Westfield High School - Weather Vane Yearbook (Westfield, NJ)

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 ebication We, the Class of Nineteen Twenty-Nine, gratefully dedicate this faithful record of our achievements to our greatest source of inspiration, our parents, for it is to their training and influence that we owe any portion of the Spirit of Chivalry we may possess.

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CHARLES A. PHILHOWER, B.S.. M.A. A n enthusiast in bird study, an authority on Indian lore, a writer of local history, and an educator of note, Mr. Philhower is a man of varied interests. lie was graduated from the State Normal School at Trenton in 1902, having completed the three year course in two and a half years. While there, lie was a member of the debating team, president of the Normal Debating Society, associate editor of the school paper, and a member of the orchestra and glee club. In 1906, he entered Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and was graduated in 1909 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. At Dickinson he had charge of the College Commons, was a member of the College Student Government Senate, captain of the tennis and gymnasium teams for two years, and assistant professor in charge of the biological laboratory. Prior to his coming to Westfield in 1917, Mr. Philhower was supervising principal at Chatham, New Jersey, and superintendent of Warren County. While at Chatham he received the degree of Master of Arts from both Dickinson College and Columbia University. During the summers of 1922 and 1923, Mr. Philhower was principal of the Glassboro Summer School. Since the year 1924. he has been vice-principal of the State Summer School for Teachers at Ocean City. As most of us entered the school when Mr. Philhower first came here, we have enjoyed his friendship anti guidance for many years. 10