West High School - Senior Occident Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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Letitia Eloise Young AN APPRECIATION My acquaintance with Miss Young began in the fall of 190O when I assumed my duties as principal of the Rochester High School on South Fitz- hugh Street. The principal's office in that building was on the second floor and it happened that Miss Young’s room was next to the office. As the prob- lems of the year presented themselves, I turned to her for advice; first because she was so near, and later because I came to find her suggestions so helpful. We continued as neighbors for three years in the old building and I en- joyed unusual opportunities for seeing her work. During those years her program consisted entirely of first year classes in Latin and Algebra. I found that she was anxious to take the same pupils in these two subjects, which are naturally hardest for first year pupils, because she felt that by meeting them twice a day and along two lines she was enabled to understand them better and so to teach them more sucessfully. This undertaking involved double preparation on her part, but from this she never seemed to shrink. Her patience and tact in dealing with her pupils at this most trying time in their school lives; her absolute devotion to her work; her marked success in starting pupils on their way through the school was so evident that it was no unusual thing for me to receive urgent requests from parents whose boys and girls were entering the school that Miss Young might have charge of their children. Again when we began' to plan for the new East High School I recall how frequently her suggestions were helpful and how keen was her interest in the whole problem of the school. We worked together at East High until the opening of West High deprived me of her services. But the final verdict as to her life work does not rest in the words which I may write here; it rests in the grateful memory of those boys and girls, former pupils of hers, now become men and women. As I meet these men and women and hear so often their sincere expressions of gratitude for what Miss Young did for them, I am again assured-that the verdict on her life’s work is: “Well done, good and faithful servant. Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. 21 Albert H. Wilcox.

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-Scholarship of Class of June 1913 Another year has been added to West High’s history and another class, that of June 1913, is about to pass into the alumni of the school. Nothing very extraordinary about that class more than any other, is there? Let us look over the records of the previous classes and compare their relative percent- ages in scholarship. We find that of the members of the class of June 1906, 27.4 per cent, was eligible for commencement honors; of 1907, 13 per cent.£ 1908, 22; 1909, 19; 1910, 12; 1911, 14; 1912, 18.5, and of the class of June 1913, 26.7 per cent. We are proud to think that we belong to a class that excels in scholarship. The various sports are fine, so are debating, dramatics; and music, and to excel in any of these is a good thing, but to excel in scholar- ship is the topmost rung of the ladder. Important as school activities may be, they must give place to scholarship. The primary reason of establishing high schools is education, and it is that reason that prompts many to go there. The students who realize why they are going to high school are likely to be the ones who will excel in scholar- ship, but they are too few; too many belong to the other class. So, have we not reason to be proud of having so many students in our class, that have been faithful workers throughout the four years and can now present records above all reproach not only when examined with the naked] eye, but also with the microscope ? Activities may 1 come, Activities may go, But scholarship goes on forever. Honor Roll Faith Adams Earl C. Karker Myra Seymour Barbour Lieschen Langenbahn Marie Brewster Ethel Rose Lannin Leon H. Buckler Marian E. Leary Margaret Louise Coleman Louis C. Lovegrove Giles L. Courtney Paul Robert Meinhard Marguerite J. Eastman Agnes C. Miller Mabel Evarts Adele Oberst Glenn Henry Ewell John W. Remington Cornelia Farrington Ruth Hazel Roworth Marion V. Gunson Jane King Salter Mabel Hager Irene Walsh Viola M. Hall Mildred D. Wilcox Donald Hershey George Willis »

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o a m bk «torn lE li “It is better to give more ‘taffy during life, than so much epitaphy after death. ADAMS, FAITH MILDRED.............................14 Seneca Parkway ‘'Faith shineth like the morning star.” Prepared Hake's School...............................Undecided Choral Union 4; Class Honor Roll 4. ALMSTEAD, LEAH E..................................36 Jefferson Avenue Her silver voice Is the rich music of a summer bird Heard in the still night, until its passionate cadence” • Prepared No. 3.......................Will finish musical education; Glee Club i, 2, 3, 4; Leader and Soloist Glee Club 3, 4; President Choral Union 4; Quartette 4; Double Quartette 4; Senior Play 4. ATTRIDGE, JAMES PERCY............................524 Plymouth Avenue A friend in need is a friend indeed Prepared No. 14.........................University of Rochester BALTZER, GUSTAVE A...................................192 Child Street His mind his kingdom, his will his law ” Prepared No. 17...........................University of Rochester Vice-President Class 3; Junior Play 3; Senior Annual Board-3. BARBOUR, MYRA SEYMOUR..........................151 Saratoga Avenue “Truly lady, with grace divine” Prepared No. 6....................................Vassar College Class Treasurer 3; German Party Committee 4; Class Honor Roll 4. BARR, MILDRED.......................................384 West Avenue Gentle of speech, benifleent of mind ” Prepared No. 4....................,......University of Rochester BEAL, ELIZABE1H M.................................54 Thorndale Terrace A face with gladness overspreadI, Soft smiles by human kindness bred .” Prepared No. 29................................Mechanics Institute Class Secretary 3. BREWSTER, MARIE..................................822 Frost Avenue I take her for the flower of womankind.” prepared Nazareth Academy........................... Undecided Glee Club 2, 3; Secretary Class 3; Vice-President Class 4; Vice-Presi- dent Students’ Association 4; Executive Council 4; Class Honor Roll 4. BRIARS, ETHEL....................................... Thorn Street “The greatest and sublimest power is often simple patience ” Prepared London, England....................Syracuse University 22