Riverside High School - Skipper Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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SHIPMASTER MR CHARLES W WHITNEY 1930 1944 In 1930 when students first embarked on the S S Riverside Mr Whitney stood at the gangplank to wel come them aboard Steadily loyally and wisely he charted the course and guided the voyage until he retired In Iune 1944 Under the leadership of Mr Whitney our school rapidly became one of the outstanding schools School from 1919 1929 He had yomed the faculty of Hutchinson in l9l6 as a history teacher and became head of his department the following year Although Mr Whitney has retired we frequently see him at school helping ln an emergency or enjoying a social hour Mr Whitneys discernment democratic methods foresight and wise leadership are largely respon lble for Riverside s 25 successful years 6 l , . , . . , u . - u I ' , . , ' 1 1 . ' a S ' ' 3 of the city. Preceding his career at Riverside, he had been an Assistant Principal at Hutchinson Central High . . . . ' . . . , ., . - - 9 9 , Q 1

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ION MR. CHARLES W. WHITNEY and MR. RAY W. SPEAR Past and Present Principals of Riverside High School in grateful appreciation for their Sympathetic Understanding and Wise Guidance, the class of 1955 dedicates this, the Silver Anniversary issue of the Skipper. bs .vnu 1. 4 , ' .,,,.f.e4..,.-,G -.5 i e J

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SHIPMASTER MR RAY W SPEAR 1930 1955 In 1944 Mr Spear took a firm hold of the wheel of the S S Riverside and has faithfully remamed at the helm ever smce Havmg been closely associated wlth the work of the school at the tlme of the malden voyage xn 1930 he was well acquainted Wlth the course From 1930 1942 hc was Asslstant Prmclpal of Rlverslde Before comlng to RINCI'S1dC Mr Spear had been a science teacher special assistant and head of the science de partment at both South Park and Bennett High Schools Durmg the mllltary absence of Mr Farrar he was assistant Prmclpal of Bennett High School from February 1942 May 1944 We wish to thank Mr Spear for hls mvaluable contrlbutlons to Rlverslde during the past quarter century He has done much to make our school a vxtal part of the communlty by establlshmg friendly rclatlonshlp between parents and faculty and fostering the good will of the busmess orgamzatlons of our area Hls SO1lC1IOUS concern for the students wlll nex er be forgotten 7 1 , . . . . - . . - E V . . . . . , . .. . . . Y . . s. . . - - s - s - u . . , . . . . . r l . . 4. Y x s 4 - 5 - s V