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

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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

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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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BUCKLER, LEON H..............................180 Driving Park Avenue “He's a man—every inch of him.” Prepared No. 20..........................University of Pittsburgh Interclass Track Meet 3: Senior Play 4; President Science Club 4; Class Honor Roll 4. BURHANS, EVERETT H.................................. .26 Hague Street Life means, not submission to, but mastery of. environment” Prepared Jersey City. N. J.......................Cornell University Science Club 4; Choral Union 4; German Double Quartette 4; Hack Quartette 4. CALIHAN, KATHRYN F................................417 Monroe Avenue “Sweetly and stately, and until all grace of womanhood ” Prepared Nazareth and Sacred Heart Academies...............Undecided CAMPBELL, RALPH.........................................26 Finch Street A docile disposition will, with application, surmount every difficulty” Prepared No. 7.........................................Undecided CARTER, JAMES A....................................101 Bartlett Street ‘7 resolved that, like the sun, so long as my day lasted, I would look on the bright side of everything.” Prepared Albion, N. Y..........................Mechanics’ Institute Senior Day Committee. COLE, ADA MARY....................................33 Reynolds Street “Sweetness is hers and unaffected ease ” Prepared No. 19...........................................Mechanics’ Institute Glee Club 3; Senior Play 4. COLEMAN, MARGARET LOUISE................................27 York Street “A sunny temper gilds the edges of life's darkest cloud.” Prepared No. 29..............................Mt. Holyoke College Glee Club 4 : Science Club 4; Junior Play 3; Treasurer Science Club 4: Senior Play 4; Senior Dance Committee 4: Librarian Choral Union 4: Class Honor Roll 4: Girls East High Debate 4. COLEMAN, WINFIELD..........................................27 York Street “A vigorous will is a perpetual tonic” Prepared No. 29..............................University of Rochester Glee Club 3, 4, 5; Choral Union 4. CONN, GRACE.............................................105 Pearl Street “Study only the best, for life is too short to study everything. Prepared West Bloomfield................Brockport Normal School COURTNEY. GILES L.................................195 Arnett Boulevard “He that gives most, receives most in return” Prepared Franklin Academy, Malone, N. Y....New York University Class Soccer 3; Hockey Team 3, 4; Senior Party Committee 4; Assist- ant Editor Senior Annual 4: Chairman Class Memorial Committee 4: Class Baseball 4; Class Honor Roll 4. CROSSETT. SIDNEY........................................ .30 Thorn Street “Nothing can bereave him of the force he made his ozvn. Prepared No. 7..................................Syracuse University Class Football 1,2: Class Basketball t, 2, 3, 4 ; Class Baseball 1. 2, 3, 4; Class Track 1, 2; Captain Second Basketball 3; Executive Council 1, 2, 3, 4; Secretary Council 4; Assistant Editor Occident 2, 3 ; Asso- ciate Editor 4; Basketball Team 4. 23