West Chester High School - Garnet and White Yearbook (West Chester, PA)

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MISS LETTIE KELLER Miss Keller’s students will remember her patience, her absolute fairness, and her ex- cellent teaching. Her colleagues will remember her subtle humor, her loyalty, and her integrity. Innate simplicity and the dignity of her gentle spirit made us all her friends.

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 MR. HAROLD I. ZIMMKRMAN Mr. Harold I. Zimmerman, affectionately known as “Mr. Zim to more than a generation of West Chester students, will retire from teach- ing in June, 1956. Formerly coach of most major sports, he is presently serving as coach of the cross-country anti track teams, I lead of the Physical Education Department, and Director of Athletics. He has served as president of the Ches-Mont League since its organization in 1950. He is a member of the Executive Com- mittee and Chairman of Track for District I ol the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic As- sociation. At its December 1955 meeting, Dist. I, PIAA, presented Mr. Zimmerman a plaque in recognition of his unique service to school athletics in this area. As Director of Recreation in West Chester, he has long supervised the sum- mer playground programs throughout the bor- ough. His students, his colleagues, and his fel- low-townsmen salute “Mr. Zim upon the com- pletion of thirty-one years of service to the youth of West Chester. MR. CLARENCE Y. ZEARFOSS Mr. Clarence Y. Zearfoss, who retires at the close of this school year, has been a teacher of industrial arts and mechanical drawing in the West Chester schools since 1928. Mr. Zearfoss studied at Williamson Trade School and George Washington University. Prior to coming to West Chester, Mr. Zearfoss taught at William- son Trade School, Technical High School in Washington, D. C., and Tredyffrin-Easttown High School in Berwyn. In addition to his teaching, Mr. Zearfoss has had considerable ex- perience with industries such as Baldwin Loco- motive Works and American Rug Machine Company. In his earlier teaching career Mr. Zearfoss also coached both baseball and football. Upon his retirement from teaching, he hopes to return to industrial or trade work. The grati- tude and best wishes of his students and co- workers go with Mr. Zearfoss as he retires from a successful teaching career. 8

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When enrollment in the schools in- creases overwhelmingly, the problems for you and the school board also grow. Rarely do we, the students, have a chance to express our appreciation for the many toilsome hours the board spends to give each of us the best possi- ble education. You have made possi- ble the many things we often take for granted. The school directors have obtained the best for us, and we hope that in the future we shall prove that the pains taken by you in our behalf were not in vain. MR. NORMAN D. GEORGE President of the West Chester Joint Junior- Senior High School Board Guiding Hands The age of The Little Red School- house and the hickory stick has passed into one of million dollar buildings and classroom psychology. We of 1956 have found security in a world shaken by political, social, and economic indecision. We have been given the best possible educational in- gredients: a fine faculty and adminis- tration, and the most modern methods a nd equipment. We appreciate your help. Dr. Stetson, in providing these. They have made our high school days both happy and rewarding. 10 DR. G. AR THUR STETSON Allegheny College, B.S. Columbia University, M.A. University of Pittsburgh, Ed.I). Superintendent oj Schools