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Show o A new principal and all but two of his faculty litera.lly descended upon 'the little community of Dra::er, determined to build a school io!hich vlould be a credit to them all. TruLtsame kind of coop~ration betvleen teachers and students, teachers and principal, and between principal a~d students existed as long as Reid Beck was principal at Draper. Reid treated a child as an equal and in becoming acquainted he would say in a pleasant voice, "Ny name is Reid Beck, will you tell oe your name?" When something came up missing in the school it took only a short time for ~tr. BecI~ to find the guilty party and administer fair punishment. t1any people came to him for counsel and he had many friends. children, ir. fact he loved people of all ages. of every child in his school and community. their parent s a1:0 He loved He knew the name and face He taught SO ::,2 0: the cLL1:3.2:'e :-. , .~:l';:-,:<c:: a.rents. He ImeH tl1e problems of the farmer, the dairyman, the s:-.eepnen, the poultryman because he was or had been all of them. He knew, sU£:ering and 'loss, for he sufferec. nuch and lost m'.1ch, both materially and personall J' . He alvlays had "the co,-"",-on 'touch". His princi:?alship can be ar:~ his influence in the lives of t:-.03e 1i r~o kneH hirr. compa!"ed. to that of Joh.'1 Rocky Park, the man i,; ho made Draper fa~orc..bly famous. He died. :J-ecember 21, He was fat~er 1943, from injuries in an ,automo:ile accident. to SO:-::e, "Grandpa" to his ovm grandchildren, Reid to many ind to othe::-s Freside::t, or Brother or Bishop Beck, but to tea.:hers and children i:::. ::is schoo::' at the end of the day , it ,'Tas "Go~dnight, ' I'll seE: you tomorrch", Er. School if ,;;o.s " TIlr. Bec ~~." Be~ :': , To the edolescent boy or girl 1:: Junior High v:ill you help me?" To the boys :'::1 the Servic8 home on fU!"::";ngh and .... ::0 i'1variably fOL',rrd their way to t :"3 cffice' to spe:r.J. an hour tal~~ir:g to their old and d3ar friend, i t was stU:, Lr. Beck. He was so ,",'.lch a pru.-: of the lives of people in this coromuni ty, Draper, that he blsssed their tabies, bap~ized the children, per:o:::-ne: the:.x |
