Riverside High School - Mercury Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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E :.s...l ,, LEWIS F. BAKER For over ThirTy years Lewis F. Baker was a viTal parT oT Riverside, TirsT as head of The commercial deparTmenT and laTer as vice principal. Alert eTTicienT, aggressive, and possessed oT a keen sense oT humor and undersTanding of his Tellowmen, he rooTed his personaliTy in The liTe oT The school. STricT and exacTing in his Teaching, keen and discerning in his disciplinary assignment Tar-seeing in his adminisTraTive responsibiliTies, he made Riverside sTudenTs and TaculTy Teel The impacT and influence oT an unusual man and iniecTed zesT and vibrancy inTo The school rouTine. As The years wore on and discipline graviTaTed more and more To his oTTice, he mighT have been designaTed as The Trouble-shooTer Tor The school. BuT wheTher he TreaTed his cases genTly, or wiTh The sTernesT OT iron-hand rneThods, an especial rnonumenT To his broad undersTanding and abiliTy has been The never-Tailing reTurn oT These recalciTranT sTudenTs in laTer years To express Thanks and appreciaTion Tor his seTTing Them on The righT Track. Every acTiviTy, Trorn The playing oT an aThleTic conTesT To The invesTmenT oT school Tunds, had his loyal inTeresT and supporT. l-le held beTore The sTudenTs a high sTandard oT conducT, and all who came in conTacT wiTh hirn will long Teel The imprinT oT his vibranT and forceful personaliTy.

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The Milwaulree High School P Norfhwesl' Corner of Van Buren and Division ' lEas+ Juneau Avenuel Sireeis Mr. Chamberlain served ihere as insiruclor in physics. Easl' Division High School Norlheasi' Corner of Cass and Knapp Sireers Mr. Chamberlain became principal in l903, conlinuing as principal of Riverside High School 'From I9l5 io his refiremenf in I937. 1 ,L .5 bfi For him who in 'lhe love of Nalure holds Communion wiih her visible forms, she speaks A various language.

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MARY K. HOWE lvlrs. Howe personiTied The ideal oT whaT a Teacher should be. Thorough, con- sideraTe, conscienTious almosT To a TaulT, she made her Teaching a living Thing. l-ler hope was To endue young people wiTh a love oT The Tine and beauTiTul noT only in liTeraTure buT in liTe. She wanTed her sTudenTs To live Tull , ThoughTTully. Through her inTerpreTaTion oT liTeraTure They lived Thus vicariously, Tor Through her eyes They saw a vision oT whaT liTe could be. I-ler sympaThy and undersTanding, her willingness To give oT her Time and energy To Those who soughT her counsel were an inspiraTion To sTudenTs and TaculTy. She gave generously oT her TalenT. BuT There was in her a vein oT iron which did noT permiT The sloThTul and The careless. YouTh musT be inspired wiTh a love oT perTecTion, musT be TaughT To see beauTy in order. She seT high sTandards. In Their earnesT aTTempT To reach Them, her sTudenTs have paid her The greaTesT honor. They loved her while she was Their Teacher, buT They will Teel The impacT oT her personaliTy and The inspiraTion oT her Teaching all The days oT Their lives. CerTainly she could say wiTh The AposTle Paul: I have ToughT a good TighT. I have Tinished The course. I have kepT The FaiTh. l-lenceTorTh There is laid up Tor me a crown oT righTeousness.