Scott High School - Talaria Yearbook (Coatesville, PA)

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For Servloe Beyond Duty We Honor few! We the class of 1947 recognrze a gallant leader an able adm1n1strator an understandtng counselor and a true gentleman and frtend-our Supertntendent Harvey R Vandershce who w1l1 retlre at the close of the 1947 school sesston We feel that Dr Vanderslrce has contr1buted to the C1ty of Coatesvrlle capably adm1rably and 1nsp1ra QU beyond duty HARVEY R VANDERSLICE Supermtendent of Schools tronally and so we bestow merrtortous c1tat1on for servrce Harvey R Vanderslrce was elected to serve as P1'1!'1C1pGlOlCOQlGSVlll8 Hrgh School rn 1917 One year later he became Supertntendent of the Coatesvtlle School Dxstrlct Dr Vandersllce remamed m that capacrty untxl 1926 ut whtch trme he accepted the same responsrbtlxtres at Alxqulppa Pennsylvama However alter a successful admmts tratrve perrod there Dr Vanderslfce returned to the Coatesville drstnct as Supermtendent of Schools m 1939 and has been wtth us renderrng mvaluable servlce lnterestmg comparxsons have been observable durmg Dr Vandersltces admmxstratrve perxod ln 1917 there were 79 faculty members today there are 136 faculty members and 44 addrtronal publxc school employees In 1918 63 persons were granted htqh school drplomas 1947 wrll see 310 persons graduate It rs mterestmg to note that Dr Vanderslrce superv1sed the Drstnct through World War 1 and World War ll Durtng these cntrcal Coatesvtlle was an Durmg the now a vltal part of 1 e separate school The terested rn outstandmg example of progresslve mcorporatton penod of Dr Vanderslrces adnnmstrafwn many school functronmg These mclude educattonal progress of the Coatesvtlle School trmes rt rs dtfflcult to achteve growth However rn curnculum and actrvtttes outstandtng achtevements were mcluded and are sx year 3 3 tumor semor hrgh scnool orgamzatron whxch was later to be drvxded mto two plants the Gordon Iumor Hlgh School and the S mclusron of the mdustrtal departments whlch p Horace Scott Semor Hrgh School rovtde apprentxce opportumttes for boys m carpentry pnntrng electncrty machme work and auto mechanxcs The recogmtxon for establtshmg classes comparable to capacxttes achlevements and mterests f students Fulftlled the need for Dlstrrbutrve Occupatronal Trammg Founded the Coatesvrlle Ntght School through whtch townspeople may complete work requtred for drplomas or may secure speczalrzed trarmng whxch ts helpful m thetr occupattonal advancement Developed enlarged departments m home arts commercral and prxmary ftelds Improved the athlettc held and forwarded the tdea of erectmg floodlrghts for nrght football Was mstrumental m establrshmg the Veterans School for the beneftt of returnmg servtcemen whose edu for atronal plans had been hampered by World War II 9 Increased mterest and acttvtty rn choral and mstrumental musrc The Coatesvrlle School Dxstrrct wxll lose tts greatest asset wrth the retrrement of Dr Vanderslxce We wrsh htm however every happmess and contmued enyoyment of lrfe whxch he has taught us to apprecxate abundantly l E T' . I . . 0 D ' - I l 'A to Lf . . . . . nf' 9 A I I . W i r.,. 5 , 1 'Th i I gg . .U . . , . . . .. . 3. ' ' 'A , ' . ' O 5. . . . 5 ' , ' , ' ' .

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The Ttmes Demand by LUCY SCHULTE tfieprmted wrth permtssnon ol Womans Pressl There ts one road One road along whrch all men go But only o e 1 all of ttme One road whtch cuts from ttntte Past Through bleedtng Now Whtch stretches out tnto the bltnd to come One road where all mankmd These thousand years has gone Stumbltng walking marchtng But creep or crawl or run The great road stretches out The road 1 one Some men there are who walk Serenely wrth therr God Whrle others travel learlully alone And some wtth arrogance and prlde Keep clean thexr robes and rrde Upon the shoulders ol the strong You ask where goes the road and why That men go down rt bravely go to dre Across the sands of Egypt to the sea Up Grecxan hllls to a Thermopolae And go that way not once but yet agam And leave their blood on cobbled streets ot Spam That road was chartless sea lanes cuttmg west The road from Maln Streets shaded dustmess To gun shelled beaches tn the Phtlxppmes That road was underground where black men crept From south to north And underground where hunted Iew Fled ghetto walls blood drenched by supermen To safety That road was Catacombs and death Brown pasture hungry hull and blood soaked sod The road men travel through the years ts one The road man wonders m hrs search tor God How many ktnds ot men have served To pomt Gods way to speak Hts word To make arttculate to shape command Courageous 1ust1ce that the txmes demand' Abe Lrncoln spoke tor men who touqht At Concord Men who crossed a wtlderness To make a hte ot freedom on the plams Ot Illmots He spoke for women Ol a thousand lxttle towns and farms Who helped to buxld a natxon Wtth chxldren cradled m thetr arms Lxncoln spoke tor those who sand God and the Constttutron of these Umted States Hold all men equal m the law n 'n ' . Long march ot thousands lrom the China Coast.