Walton High School - Periwinkle Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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Throughout our tour years at Walton, vve have had, vve must admit, a rather grand and glorious time. And, oddly enough, vve have taken it duite tor granted. Seldom, it ever, has the realization come that one ot the principal reasons tor our vvell-being is the congenial and sympa- thetic attitude existing betvveen the the taculty and student bodies. l-lere vve have placed our tinger on the pulse ot the schools lite-stream. At the head ot the taculty statt, vve met lvliss lvlary A. Conlon an able, tair-minded leader, vvhose intluence vvill continue to pervade Walton and to dominate the spirit ot tuture classes. l-ler insight and perspicacity in her school activities and her unceasing ettorts tor our vveltare, proved her vvorthy ot the respect and admiration ot everyone vvho lqnevv her, Walton vvill miss her. Gur loss vvas more deeply telt because ot the triendly atmosphere vvhich exists in Walton betvveen the taculty and the student body. Our teachers, alvvays vvilling to be ot assistance as tar as they are able, give not only ot their technical lfnovvledge, but ot their abilities as advisers and triends as vvell. Conducting our classes, they have exhibited a dex- terity in directing us and a patience and vvisdom in counseling us that vve perceive only now in retrospect and tor vvhich vve are truly grate- tul. Theirs has been a dual taslc-that ot vvorking and ot playing vvith us. They have done both vvell, Notwithstanding the rigorous demands ot their pedagogic duties, the teachers ot Walton have alvvays found time to make the student lite as pleasant as possible, ln extra-curricular activities, vve have discov- ered that they are limitless in their capacities tor ingenious inno- vations, and vve have tound, too, that they are possessed ot understand- ing, sympathy, vvit, and a sense ot humor vvhich, with all our vagaries, vve have tound ditticult to exhaust. As supervisors ot our clubs, their encouragement and energy have provided the impetus that has made our atter-school activities so delightful, Language clubs, science clubs, cratt clubs, history clubs, clubs ot every sort and concerned vvith every interest-all have that splendid spirit ot good tun and cooperation that is the essential basis ot our school lite, ln the success ot our school pertormances, too, is convincing evidence ot the advantage ot this mutual teeling betvveen pupil and teacher. The very tlavor ot these entertainments, the results ot the concurrent ettort ot instructor and pertormer, is an amiable intormality that detracts not in the least trom their ettectiveness. Convergent interests ot taculty and students at Walton have pro- duced a sense ot good-vvill and common vveltare that vvill, in all proba- bility, remain vvith its possessors tor a long vvhile, The vvarm glovv that is telt by the mind in the presence ot congenial and kindred spirits is a lasting glovv, and even vvhen it fades, it leaves an ineradicable im- pression vvhose intluence is profound.

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I am noi a Teacher: only a fellow-Traw eler of whom you asked The way. I pointed ahead-ahead of myself as well as of you. Shaw

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MISS MARY A. CONLON I . f ff' I Www o 2 X .mmiff M , 4,6 . ,, Wi Q. , , ff I , f ' A ff f , f ' as A v Va 'f 'ff 'v:,, -'uf W. V XV JJ? Yw f P I I A 7 , ,- .I f ,, if Y 'ff' ' Z' -ff? I 5 Z i' MISS IULIA E. HOILSTE ADMINISTRATIVE ASST. AND DEAN ACTING PRINCIPAL MISS CHARLOTTE BECKER ASSISTANT DEAN MR. slMoN 1. IASON