He loved imitating Mr. Schell, eight grade Science teacher: Mr. S looked similar, but very chubby. Willard had great reverence for both Science and Math (including Algebra and Geometry). Teachers adored him .
In freshman Spanish class, we were learning a new song , Las Mananitas.
The girls were directed to march around singing:
Estas son las mananitas
que cantaba el rey David
Hoy por ser de tu santo
te las cantamos aqui.
Then as we sprang into the next stanza we danced with great livliness:
Despierta mi bien despierta
Mira que ya amanecio
Ya los pajaaritos cantan
La luna ya se metio.
Then the boys were directed to begin following us as the beautiful song flowed:.
Que linda esta la manana
En que vengo a saludarte
Venimos todos con gusto
Y placer a felicitarte!
El dia en que tu naciste,
Nacieron todas las flores
Ya viene amaneciendo
Ya la luz del dia nos dio.
I looked around, and Willard had actually slipped on an oversized sombero and began slouchingly slowly strolling along as if he's in sunny Mexico!
Too funny! He (and Bruce Smith) kept the homeroom in sitches!
His close, unwavering friendship with Micheal White and Hampton Bailey was an inspiration to all!
The Fall of '64, I looked forward to a fresh, crisp junior high school adventure. Assigned to the excelerated 7-3 homeroom, was very impressed with my new fellow prodigy classmates.
Upon graduation, I seeked him out to sign my annual, though we shared no classes at Wolfson.
Willard stood out. He was a great pleasure to know.He will always be deeply missed.
Gwendolyn Elouise [Gwen] Butler
Neat as a pin
Cute as a button.
Smart as a whip
Funny as can be
He loved imitating Mr. Schell, eight grade Science teacher: Mr. S looked similar, but very chubby. Willard had great reverence for both Science and Math (including Algebra and Geometry). Teachers adored him .
In freshman Spanish class, we were learning a new song , Las Mananitas.
The girls were directed to march around singing:
Estas son las mananitas
que cantaba el rey David
Hoy por ser de tu santo
te las cantamos aqui.
Then as we sprang into the next stanza we danced with great livliness:
Despierta mi bien despierta
Mira que ya amanecio
Ya los pajaaritos cantan
La luna ya se metio.
Then the boys were directed to begin following us as the beautiful song flowed:.
Que linda esta la manana
En que vengo a saludarte
Venimos todos con gusto
Y placer a felicitarte!
El dia en que tu naciste,
Nacieron todas las flores
Ya viene amaneciendo
Ya la luz del dia nos dio.
I looked around, and Willard had actually slipped on an oversized sombero and began slouchingly slowly strolling along as if he's in sunny Mexico!
Too funny! He (and Bruce Smith) kept the homeroom in sitches!
His close, unwavering friendship with Micheal White and Hampton Bailey was an inspiration to all!
The Fall of '64, I looked forward to a fresh, crisp junior high school adventure. Assigned to the excelerated 7-3 homeroom, was very impressed with my new fellow prodigy classmates.
Upon graduation, I seeked him out to sign my annual, though we shared no classes at Wolfson.
Willard stood out. He was a great pleasure to know. He will always be deeply missed.