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

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MR. WEYMAN 0. STEENCRAFE B.S., M.Ed. Sincere interest in the students, trusty leadership, and active participation in every phase of school life during his five years on the faculty of the Westfield Senior High School have made Weyman 0. Steengrafe a respected friend of all. Born in Newark, Mr. Steengrafe attended Rutgers University. After attaining a B.S. degree, he received a fellowship for a year's graduate work culminated by a degree of Master of Education. Now he is continuing his studies toward a doctorate. Before coming to Westfield Mr. Steengrafe taught seven years in Hillside in the high school from which he was graduated. Though problems of American democracy is his forte, he has taught American history, economics, sociology, and world geography. For the past three years he has been faculty adviser to the Senior Class and to the National Honor Society. During the recent war Mr. Steengrafe served as an instructor in the United States Army for twenty months and as a Separation Center counselor for seven months. This experience intensified his belief in world peace through international cooperation. Last year active interest in government prompted Mr. Steengrafe to run for the state legislature. Although defeated, he gained political knowledge which has made his classes vivid and challenging. Outside of school Mr. Steengrafe is the director of the Westfield Adult Evening School and a member of the State Speakers’ Bureau of the American Association for the United Nations. In his leisure time he enjoys playing volleyball and traveling with his wife. His enthusiastic support of free discussion by students has constructed within us an unbiased outlook on current problems, and the high ideals which he has instilled in us will always remain criteria by which we may live. CYNTHIA SMITH JOYCE POWELL 5

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DEDICATION In appreciation of his competent guidance as our senior adviser, we, the members of the Class of 1948, dedicate this twenty-seventh issue of the Weather Vane Annual to Weyman 0. Steengrafe, 4

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I congratulate you upon having reached this important goal in your educational careers. Your achievements have been in direct proportion to the effort that you have put forth. Your further education, whether it be in or out of school, will likewise depend on the effort you expend on it. In the short space of time that I have known you I have learned to admire your ability to get things done, your initiative in attacking new problems and above all, your friendliness. My earnest wish for you is that you retain those same characteristics; and as life unfolds before you, it will be a broad, even highway leading to happiness and success. S. N. EWAN, JR., Supervising Principal