Rowan College - Oak Yearbook (Glassboro, NJ)

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was made apparent to us. His idealism, his belief in the ability of every man as one (it God ' s beings to grow nearer perfection, has always so dominated his personal conferences with us that we have left him inspired to do our best. The years spent in the school which Dr. SavitZ dreamed, planned, and built have been a truly transforming experience for us. They have helped us to gain the power to lay hold of the worthwhile in our environment and to use this good in shaping our lives. Therefore, as an expression of our homage to him, we enshrine Dr. Savitz within our hearts as one of the greatest educators in our state. HERE ' S TO DR. SAVITZ ' 1 ' m0 Heres to Doc-tor 5a-vVtz,CW Ma st t V to yaO. 1 fcfc 3 — K Hevesto Pot-tor Sdc- vitj-Obl heavts p hat XSi ,., I c 0 Z- ' We Coh mot oov uc- cess 0 1 b m i i Dt.al Rv . 1 love of yOu wi

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A TRIBUTE mm Dr. Jerohn J S w 1 1 JN THESE pages we pay tribute to Dr. Jerohn J. Savitz. We, who have gath- ered from all over the state to become integral parts of this school, have come to know its creator well. On entering, we experienced a feeling of deep respect tor him as the execu- tive, hut soon there came evidences of his great kindness which invited our friendship. As the years passed and we saw his infinite capacity for work as well as his whole- hearted devotion to the teaching profession, our respect grew into deep admiration and our friendliness into sympathy of purpose. By the more intimate acquaintanceship with Dr. Savitr: as a classroom instructor, the realisa- tion of his intense interest in scholarly things

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A TRIBUTE ( Jill I UK Mil) DR. SAVITZ ' S LIFE . . . N THE little town of Bushkill Park, Pennsylvania, Jerohn J. Savitz was horn. This farming center where his father and grandfather had owned flour mills, maintained a one-room school, open only during the five winter months. The remainder of the year Jerohn Savit: attended a school m the city of Nazareth. At thirteen he had completed his work there. He had not considered teaching as a possible profession until a cousin persuaded him to attend a summer school session at Kutz- town State Normal School. Upon completion of this course he secured his first position to teach seventy-three pupils, ranging in age from six to tweny-one, in a new one-room school. After teaching here for two years, he was, at the age of eighteen, appointed principal of the Churchill Academy, a private school, for hoys and girls. This position he held for three years, then entered Lafayette College. During his term of pnncipalship at the Academy, Jerohn Savits married Stella Kiefcr of Northampton County, Pennsylvania. His next position, which he held for seven years, was that of Supervising Principal of the Slatington Schools. Dr. Savitz refers to this experience as a very enjoyable one, but he wished to move