To Miss L. Vesta Beard, whose work in Neton High School has been so untiring and whose inspiration and help has been so freely given in our behalf, this volume of the Newtonia Annual is affectionately dedicated.
Not often is it given to any individual to serve in one place and capacity for twenty-five years. Still less often do we find those, who, during such a period of time have constantly increased in ability and worth to the community and to the individuals among whom they work.
Miss Beard is one of these few. Coming here as a young woman and beginning her work as a teacher in our High School, she made good from the very first. Hundreds of young people have come under her influence. They have left her classroom respecting her for her optimism and cheerful outlook on life and appreciating that fineness of feeling which made her always tactful and courteous. She has constantly emphasized the highest ideals of service and usefulness, and her own splendid Christian womanhood has been a source of inspiration to many a young man and woman.
Her students have gone into every walk of life and into nearly every country on the globe, yet none forget their days in High School and all love and honor Miss BEard for the part she had in the development of their lives and character.