Washington High School - Lens Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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Zin illllvmuriam iiugh E. iivrhman william N. Green lliannah CE. Srhlnth Dedication lt is to the memory of William V. Green that the classes of 1948 appreciatively dedicate this Lens. Mr. Green Worked With Lens staffs for fifteen years as business adviser. Always an exacting man, he de- manded everything to be in perfect order and, be- cause of the careful direction of funds received from Lens subscriptions, many graduation classes have been enabled to present endowments to Washington. Due to his constant cooperation and supervision fifteen years of successful publication were made possible. So on behalf of over a score of Lens staffs who work- ed With Mr. Green, on behalf of the many classes who benefited from his advice, and especially on behalf of the classes of 1948, who enjoyed and profited from his advice-this Lens is dedicated. That the school Will be pleased with and proud of this Lens has been our goal, that Mr. Green would have looked at this Lens and said Well done is our hope.

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Mr. Green lnconspicuous yet very much alive, on the third floor of Washington High School, lingers the memory of a man who walked the halls of fame. Students would find this cheerful, friendly gentleman busily working over his test tubes and acids and making chemistry as interesting and exciting for his students as he possibly could. Who was this man? Why none other than our own Mr. William V. Green, born in 1883 in Albany, New York. ln 1901 he was gradua- ted from Albany High School and worked for two years in a New York State Library as an assistant loan clerk. This library was rated one of the largest in the world prior to its destruction in 1911. In 1902 Mr. Green entered Harvard University where he began his career in sciences, specializing in chemistry. During the summers of his college years he worked at the New York State Library, the New York State Railroad Com- mission, and the New York State Civil Service Commission. While finishing his senior year at the University, Mr. Green published articles in the American Chemical Iournal and after graduation in 1906, spent a year in research in organic chemistry at his alma mater, and was appointed an assistant-instruc- tor of chemistry. ln 1908, much to the good fortune of Washington High School students, Mr. Green came to Portland and was appointed head of our chemistry de- partment, in what was then known as the East Portland High School. For several years he was actively interested in a professional chemistry company, doing analyzing, assaying, and manufacturing, and in making a careful study of science laboratory furniture and equipment, particularly for the teaching of chemistry. ln 1911 he married Gertrude P. Bomgardner, and in 1913 a son, Walter William Green, was born. Walter was graduated from Reed College and earned a Master of Arts degree at Stanford University. On many eastern trips, Mr. Green had the opportunity to observe the most desirable features of high school science rooms in New York City, Chicago, and other cities, and from them he designed several chemistry laboratories in the Portland high schools, among them being the chemical and biology laboratories at Iefferson and Lincoln. He outlined the plan for the chemical laboratory at Grant, in addition to the two in the old Washington building which was burned, and the one in the present building.