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Sturtevant
—passes—
By Un Marie Wans
Robert I. Samcvant. mired Lowell
counselor wd Soda) Studies uachcr
died May 11 after a brier illness.
Rejected by many students and
facufy members, he h«J served at
LoweK ai a cuurador for 14 yean at
»«tt as a history teacher.
Remembered moot vividly 0 a nun
who wrs ",,.al«ays sinning and
always happy,..," Snirtevsnt quickly
and easily made warm friendships
with maay students. Said coumclor
Boe Wong, "lit loved the kid*, and
the kids ktved him."
The late Robert SlortrvBBl was a
Limdl coomdM- for mcjiy yean
before he traasfrmd to
"I remember him most for his wit,
gvod-itthired manner, and professional
stindanU." said COUKCIOT
Cathryn Brash, "lie alwtys tried tn
be the best kind or* teacher and the
best kiad o 1 * coumelor."
OuteJe U hi< fond commitment in
serving the school. Stunevani was
dedicated *Dtwi family. He i» survived
by hh wile, Patricia, and children,
Vincent anJ Margaret.
A do uut Konun Catholic. Sturtcvant
poHesscd "...a very affirmative
value, of what human beings «crc
capsule of becoming, but he did not
preach hn vaJuct and ideas: fte siniply
lived them." said Bratb.
Counselor Joan Catclli
rcincinl»cicd, "Sninoaw »u a
people-penoc who enjnj-cd just
meeting and talking wtth people, and
be was always able to tee good in
them."
A graduate of Lowell High School
and U.C. Berkeley, where r: majored
in Social Studies. Sturtevant
belicvr) Tirjjy In education and its
I
pmitivc Inftuenct upon students.
"But." added Catctlt. "he was
never judgmental, and he was 1 good
ILtXtxr...he uugltt mostly not by
what he saki. bui by what he did."
Sturtevam »» so inpectcd by
friends and iludcnt» alike that
Wallenberg Hi;h School, where he
also served as a counsels*, ckned tor
two hour* so trut the Mudcnu cnitd
attend hu funeral-
Al hu service wat icad 10 Mrs.
Sturtevant, a piece wrirtrn by Mr*.
Lee Samuel, a friend from
Wittenberg. which wid. "In our
generation God railed 36 righteous
me»—oot rich, not powerful, but
righteous. It is because of the
righteousness of these 36 men that
God spared the whole world fnxn Hi»
T.r»th. Now there arc only 35.'*
Library
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not be there are more cartels sad
more chairs."
The groundbreakinic ceremony for
the «art of the construction look place
on M*y 28, There was a »peci)>l
schedule for the school djy w ihu all
the students and faculty member*
cculd attend.
Former Superintendent of Schools
Carlo* Corncjo and the Pairnt-
Tocher-Student Askocixjoq fTTSA)
officers u>cre umonj the bocfctrcd
guests a* the c\eut.
The cert m&ny lasted for aKci an
hour and comisced if \wi n.tiot'
nunccs, speeches, chpt'n. "hven tiien.
the Kills and stairueiK were enmd-
J." he remarked. "You'd think
they'd taild a Knoil with h»]X- !;Vc
h i ^ "
| y
Laddie Burks Scdl '34 icW of a
pcripjufic Litwcll csfcer: Some of
her classes stated uell campus was
not Kig enough. Lrmcllitos then attended
KhocJ on the campus, until
Uui buitding Mas condemned, tnd wt
the Class ot '34 finiitKd hipn whool
iharing Galileo's facili: I ej
The oenipg alw figured Pat
Btown ai Saluutnrun. Samuel
HkLul in a Lowell Rcttmpcclrvc. and
a Dcdk-atioa Rfspome hy dunning.
Behind Ibc bal«oi>3\ and nC ItgSu
was mil the aim of the affair. "To
Ciroi Channlss I^tts as she prepares to make ber entrance to tbe
gaU la her booor, sponsored by the LtmtU Ainaud AssociatlMi and
Friends of the Lowell Creative Arts Department.
raise money for our school...we
_ remember," mid Roberta Blrtwcisi.
I presidem cf the Lowell Alumni
THE NEW SELF SCHEDULING I AsiocuUkm. Paul Lucey. executive
APPOINTMENT SCHEDU1£ ( director of the association, told the
TIME
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9:45
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(Fall I9S6)
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