The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-06-12


Miss Phebe Roy has been a familiar
figure on our streets for so many years
she needs no introduction to the people
of Yale, but we wish TO say a few
words in appreciation of her long and
faithful service.
Miss Roy came to us in 'SS and tells
us that among her first pupils were
Mrs. Ira 81 cker, Mrs. Maud Pollock,
Mrs. Maud Locke, Mrs Sarah Parker
and Mrs. Maude Ballentine. She taught
two years then resigned on account of
the illness of her mother, returning
however, two years later, since which
time she has taught the first grade in
our public school
The old brick building was erected
in 1887 and for year or two all grades
attended there, but growth in numbers
compelled them to place the first and
second grades again in the old primary
building which had been used for a
time as a dwelling house. Here Miss
Roy taught until the erection Of the
present school in 1904 when all were
" housed in the same building.
Her years of teaching have been dur
ing the regimes of f.. $. Black, Il. :.
Campbell, j. .. Roodc, j. w. Robinson,
c. f. Kellogg, +. w. Wheaton, and n.
j. Drouyor, and she now teaches the
children of parents who themselves be-
gan school life with her, and in her
heart she is as young as the children
who now look TO her TO start their feet
Alright upon the pathway of knowledge.
Miss Roy has steadily advanced in
her work, being always eager to adopt
new methods and do anything that
would make her work more efficient.
She is painstaking, spending long hours
in the school room, her whole motive in
life seeming TO be the success of her
work, and how far she has succeeded
may be judged from what she herself
saws. In recent conversation with her
about present conditions and methods
she said that if any one had told her
twenty years ago that she could accom-
pliSh in one year what she does today
she would not have believed them.
Teachers often wonder what pupils
may be twenty or twenty-five years
later Miss Roy has seen what others
are perhaps now wondering. Dwelling
among ms she has been closely assOci-
ated with hundreds as they passed from
childhood into manhood and woman
hood The high regard and esteem in
which she is held by all is shown in the
kindly memories they have of Miss Roy.
She is not forgotten while others have
perhaps passed from memory. Her spe-
cial aim has been to make good Ameri-
can citizens and with cheerfulness she
has devoted the best years of her life
to the development of noble manhood
and womanhoOd.
Not only would she be missed in
school but in church circles as well. For
years she has been faithful and CON
sistent worker in the church and Sun
day School, regular in attendance upon
church, loyal teacher in the Sunday
school, and always in demand in the
preparation of exercises or entertain
ments that are given from time to time
both in connection with the school and
church. Her willingness and ability
have made it seem to others an easy
task to prepare drills, etc, while in
reality they have meant many, many
hours of tedious labor.
After the death of her mother few
years ago her father came from Capac
to Yale and since then Miss Roy has
not only taught but has kept house and
made a home in our midst where she
has written cher name by kindness,
love and mercy on the hearts" of the
hundreds with whom she has come in
contact and will never be forgotten.
Perhaps we can find no more fitting
conclusion than the "Salutation of the
DAWN" which expresses the Hope, Joy
and Love with which she enters upon
her daily tasks.
The SaIutation of The Dawn.
Listen to the Salutation Of the Dawn,
Look to this day,
For IL is Life the very Life OF Life,
In its brief course lie all
Varieties and Realities of your existence.
The Bliss of Growth
The Glory of Action
The Splendor of Beauty.
For yesterday is but a dream.
And tomorrow is only vision
But today we'll lived makes every yesterday
A dream OF happiness
And ever tomorrow vision OF Hope.
Look well therefore to this day.
Such is the the Sautation of the Dawn.
Persian Sauskit.