Sewanhaka High School - Totem Yearbook (Floral Park, NY)

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DEDIII TIU Ten years ago atnthis time Sewanhaka High School was looking back on its first year of existence. When school opened again the following September the veterans of that first year were greeted with the sight of a comely young Latin teacher, just out of college. Her only previous experience was a year of teaching in a small upstate rural school. Since then, the blonde locks, pleasant disposition and teach- ing mannerisms of Mrs. Elizabeth Sayre have become a Se- wanhaka institution. A large number of past graduates still remember her, as will the sixty or seventy 1941 alumni who have acquired a smattering of 'Virgil, Caesar, Cicero and the other historical and philosophical knowledge that goes with Mrs. Sayre's Latin classes. Mrs. Sayre was born in Macedon, a small town on the out- skirts of Rochester. She passed her childhood there and en- tered a local high school, graduating in three years at the age of 15. Sewanhaka's Latin teacher then entered the Uni- versity of Rochester which she completed in par. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree and was qualified to teach Latin, History, and French. Although she has taught both French and Latin, Mrs. Sayre has not yet lectured on History. After a brief fling at rural education Mrs. Sayre came to Sewanhaka in 1931. In that year she became adviser to the newly organized Latin Club. For a while she was adviser to the Freshman Class. Continuing her own education she earned a Master of Arts degree at Columbia University in 1934. Mrs. Sayre's off hour time is spent in taking care of a future Sewanhakan. Her twelve year old son will soon enter high school. During the summer vacations the Sewanhaka Latin Teacher turns to travel and has covered most of the United States and Canada during the past few years. In these preceding lines we have attempted to tell something about Mrs. Sayre herself. What we can never fully describe is the contribution she has made to Sewanhaka High School and to her students, who have gained far more from associa- tion with her than merely an understanding of Latin. ai 1