W B Ray High School - Silver Spur Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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s s is x yghlxh 'ft David K. Beatty Mrs. Marie Power Westervelt

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DEDIC T10 The Silver Spur dedicates the 1960 edition to the memory of Mrs. Marie Power Westervelt and David Beatty. An apt description of Mrs. Westervelt would say she had a ladyelike air of elegance characteristic of the last century combined with a modern spirit of independence. Although her classes were conducted with firmness and objectivity, students sensed they were a part of her family, Only the insensitive failed to understand that her sharpest admonish- ments were given with genuine. motherly concern. She used to say that some students come to a teacher with a bushel basket to fillg others, with only a thimbleg but the teacher must fill them both. Travel. her passion, ranged from school trips to European tours, the enjoyment of which she shared with all who were interested. In her dedication to her work. in her enjoyment of everything beautiful, is the clue to her sceret of living a full life. Though fullness of life is usually associated with the number of one's years, who is to say that quality did not make David's also full? He came to terms with whatever life brought him. The amputa- tion of his leg in an effort to arrest a malignancy might have altered the personality of a less mature person. but David accepted it and thus helped those around him to grow a little. Responsible, thoughtful. and sturdy, he pursued a broad path of interests. The young people in his church recognized his dependable, practical nature by electing him Presi- dent of the Senior Methodist Youth Fellowship. Earning all the highest scout awards, mastering an artificial leg--this took determination, the kind of determination which made him continue to march in the Texan band. And now in our memories, this manly spirit in a boy's body marches on.