Abstract
Our Johnson City schools suffered a severe and untimely loss on November 26, in the sudden death of Mrs. Merle W. Kays, librarian at the H. J. Johnson School and chairman of our system-wide committee on audio-visual aids.
During the long term of service she gave to our schools, we came to recognize and appreciate Mrs. Kays as a person of the highest type of character and integrity and a teacher of particular and exceptional qualifications. She was gifted in the art of classroom management and in leadership control and guidance. She had the sunny disposition, the calm, quiet and even temperament that served to gain and retain for her an ever-widening circle of friends. Her love of young people and her keen interest and zest in teaching, together with her devotion to her tasks, make her exceedingly difficult to replace. We are all better for having known and worked with Mrs. Kays.
H. B. Eccleston, Superintendent of Schools
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