Plymouth State University - Conning Tower Yearbook (Plymouth, NH)

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DEDICATION To Mr. Boyd, whom wc will remember as a teacher, helper, and a friend, the Class of 1949 dedicates this yearbook. 4

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First Row: E. Compronie, M. Downing, J. Ahern. J. Smith, R. Perry, Miss Doolittle. Second Row: G. Rich, D. Haines, B. Blaklcy, 1. Lucicr, V. Bixby, B. Boyd, C. Raftopoulos, K. Reardon. Conning Tower Staff EDITOR John Ahern ASSISTANT EDITOR Margaret Downing ART EDITOR Jean Smith ASSISTANTS Rita Blaney Susan Dodge PHOTOGRAPHY Robert Perry ASSISTANTS Dorothy Haines Dorothy Hocy ADVERTISING EDITOR Eliseo Compronie ASSISTANT Verona Bixby BUSINESS EDITOR Gene Rich ASSISTANT Cecilia Raftopoulos CLASS ODE Irene Lucicr Marion Pfeuffer Lula Bakoulis Ruth Osgood FEATURE WRITERS Cecilia Raftopoulos Leona Ruggles Jean Smith JUNIOR REPRESENTATIVE Barbara Boyd YEARBOOK ADVISOR Elizabeth Doolittle CLASS ADVISOR Harry Kenny

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In Memorium For more than fifty years, Dr. Ernest Leroy Silver served public education in New Hampshire as teacher, principal, superintendent, and college president. During his thirty-five years as president of Plymouth Teachers College, more than twenty-five hundred young people completed work preparing them for teaching. The contribution they have made to education in New Hampshire is inestimable. Dr. Silver's work was widely recognized. In 1924, the degree of Doctor of Pedagogy was awarded him by his alma mater, Dartmouth College, in tribute to the quality and magnitude of his educational leadership. At the time of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the college, hundreds of alumni gathered to honor the man whose purpose and far-sightedness have been responsible for the development of Plymouth Teachers College to an institution of national standing. When Dr. Silver retired in 1946, the State Board of Education honored him by naming him president-emeritus. Dr. Silver served community and state as member of the General Court. As chairman of the Educational Committee of the House, he was instrumental in drafting far-sighted legislation in behalf of New Hampshire’s public schools. In recognition of his achievements as educator and statesman, the State Board of Education awarded him a citation for outstanding educational leadership at the Plymouth Teachers College Commencement in 1947. In St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, there is an inscription in tribute to Sir Christopher Wren: “If you would see his monument, look around.” This tribute is equally appropriate for our Dr. Silver: “If you would sec his monument, look around.” 5 HOWARD R. JONES