Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell
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Kfe"ws~=<br />
Sturtevant<br />
—passes—<br />
By Un Marie Wans<br />
Robert I. Samcvant. mired <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
counselor wd Soda) Studies uachcr<br />
died May 11 after a brier illness.<br />
Rejected by many students and<br />
facufy members, he h«J served at<br />
LoweK ai a cuurador for 14 yean at<br />
»«tt as a history teacher.<br />
Remembered moot vividly 0 a nun<br />
who wrs ",,.al«ays sinning and<br />
always happy,..," Snirtevsnt quickly<br />
and easily made warm friendships<br />
with maay students. Said coumclor<br />
Boe Wong, "lit loved the kid*, and<br />
the kids ktved him."<br />
<strong>The</strong> late Robert SlortrvBBl was a<br />
Limdl coomdM- for mcjiy yean<br />
before he traasfrmd to<br />
"I remember him most for his wit,<br />
gvod-itthired manner, and professional<br />
stindanU." said COUKCIOT<br />
Cathryn Brash, "lie alwtys tried tn<br />
be the best kind or* teacher and the<br />
best kiad o 1 * coumelor."<br />
OuteJe U hi< fond commitment in<br />
serving the school. Stunevani was<br />
dedicated *Dtwi family. He i» survived<br />
by hh wile, Patricia, and children,<br />
Vincent anJ Margaret.<br />
A do uut Konun Catholic. Sturtcvant<br />
poHesscd "...a very affirmative<br />
value, of what human beings «crc<br />
capsule of becoming, but he did not<br />
preach hn vaJuct and ideas: fte siniply<br />
lived them." said Bratb.<br />
Counselor Joan Catclli<br />
rcincinl»cicd, "Sninoaw »u a<br />
people-penoc who enjnj-cd just<br />
meeting and talking wtth people, and<br />
be was always able to tee good in<br />
them."<br />
A graduate of <strong>Lowell</strong> High School<br />
and U.C. Berkeley, where r: majored<br />
in Social Studies. Sturtevant<br />
belicvr) Tirjjy In education and its<br />
I<br />
pmitivc Inftuenct upon students.<br />
"But." added Catctlt. "he was<br />
never judgmental, and he was 1 good<br />
ILtXtxr...he uugltt mostly not by<br />
what he saki. bui by what he did."<br />
Sturtevam »» so inpectcd by<br />
friends and iludcnt» alike that<br />
Wallenberg Hi;h School, where he<br />
also served as a counsels*, ckned tor<br />
two hour* so trut the Mudcnu cnitd<br />
attend hu funeral-<br />
Al hu service wat icad 10 Mrs.<br />
Sturtevant, a piece wrirtrn by Mr*.<br />
Lee Samuel, a friend from<br />
Wittenberg. which wid. "In our<br />
generation God railed 36 righteous<br />
me»—oot rich, not powerful, but<br />
righteous. It is because of the<br />
righteousness of these 36 men that<br />
God spared the whole world fnxn Hi»<br />
T.r»th. Now there arc only 35.'*<br />
Library<br />
(cont'd)<br />
N from pg I *<br />
not be there are more cartels sad<br />
more chairs."<br />
<strong>The</strong> groundbreakinic ceremony for<br />
the «art of the construction look place<br />
on M*y 28, <strong>The</strong>re was a »peci)>l<br />
schedule for the school djy w ihu all<br />
the students and faculty member*<br />
cculd attend.<br />
Former Superintendent of Schools<br />
Carlo* Corncjo and the Pairnt-<br />
Tocher-Student Askocixjoq fTTSA)<br />
officers u>cre umonj the bocfctrcd<br />
guests a* the c\eut.<br />
<strong>The</strong> cert m&ny lasted for aKci an<br />
hour and comisced if \wi n.tiot'<br />
nunccs, speeches, chpt'n. "hven tiien.<br />
the Kills and stairueiK were enmd-<br />
J." he remarked. "You'd think<br />
they'd taild a Knoil with h»]X- !;Vc<br />
h i ^ "<br />
| y<br />
Laddie Burks Scdl '34 icW of a<br />
pcripjufic Litwcll csfcer: Some of<br />
her <strong>class</strong>es stated uell campus was<br />
not Kig enough. Lrmcllitos then attended<br />
KhocJ on the campus, until<br />
Uui buitding Mas condemned, tnd wt<br />
the Class ot '34 finiitKd hipn whool<br />
iharing Galileo's facili: I ej<br />
<strong>The</strong> oenipg alw figured Pat<br />
Btown ai Saluutnrun. Samuel<br />
HkLul in a <strong>Lowell</strong> Rcttmpcclrvc. and<br />
a Dcdk-atioa Rfspome hy dunning.<br />
Behind Ibc bal«oi>3\ and nC ItgSu<br />
was mil the aim of the affair. "To<br />
Ciroi Channlss I^tts as she prepares to make ber entrance to tbe<br />
gaU la her booor, sponsored by the LtmtU Ainaud AssociatlMi and<br />
Friends of the <strong>Lowell</strong> Creative Arts Department.<br />
raise money for our school...we<br />
_ remember," mid Roberta Blrtwcisi.<br />
I presidem cf the <strong>Lowell</strong> Alumni<br />
THE NEW SELF SCHEDULING I AsiocuUkm. Paul Lucey. executive<br />
APPOINTMENT SCHEDU1£ ( director of the association, told the<br />
TIME<br />
8:30<br />
8:40<br />
8:33<br />
:IO<br />
9:25<br />
9:45<br />
10:05<br />
10:25<br />
10:43<br />
11:03<br />
11:23<br />
11:45<br />
12:05<br />
12:25<br />
(Fall I9S6)<br />
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