Belmont High School - Blueprint Yearbook (Belmont, MA)

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T li e C U A M E L E 0 N 19 2 2 19 2 2 SANFORD B. COMERY In the fall of 1921, when Mr. Scott was elected Superintendent of the Bel- mont schools, Mr. Comery, who had been acting as sub-master, was elected Prin- cipal of the Belmont High School. Sanford B. Comery was born in Thomaston, Maine. After attending the grammar and high schools in that city, he then went to Bowdoin College, from which he graduated in 1913. He has always been especially interested in all branches of science and upon coming to Belmont, in September, 1916, he took charge of those classes. Mr. Comery is highly respected, not only by the pupils of the High School, but by all the citizens of the town. The members of the Senior Class, who already regard Mi ' . Comery with deep respect and strong personal liking, wish him great success in the big work to which lie has been called. f 13]

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19 2 2 The CHAMELEON 19 2 2 FRANK ARTHUR SCOTT When Mr. Scott, our former Principal, became Superintendent of the Bel- mont Schools, the pupils of the High School were very glad for his sake, but with their gladness was mingled regret also; for, they queried, “What will Bel- mont be without his familiar face? ' - ’ True, we were not really losing him, but at the time it seemed so. Mr. Scott was born at South New Berlin, New York, the tenth of July, 1880. His father, Walter Scott, was the principal of the Connecticut Literary Institution, which his son attended. Other schools that Mr. Scott attended were the Piddie Institute, at Hightstown, New Jersey; the Institute of Tech- nology : and Clark University. From Harvard, he received the degree of A. B. in 1903, and from Dartmouth, the degree of A. M. in 1913. Mi-. Scott is an enthusiastic follower of the newest methods of education. He is a lover of the great out-of-doors, and a tenor singer to whom all listen with pleasure, but it is especially the rare quality of simple, whole-hearted friendship which endears him to pupils and teachers alike, and which causes the constant request for his presence at every school event. The charm of Belmont has been very graphically depicted in the following beautiful sonnet, written by Mrs. Winthrop Cheney: [ 12 ]

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19 2 2 The CHAMELEON 19 2 2 MISS MARY L. BURBANK In the Fall of 1921, Miss Mary L. Burbank retired after forty- two years of active service in the Belmont High School. Her retire- ment was deeply regretted by all. Teaching was to Miss Burbank a sacred trust. In all her years of teaching she revealed strong spiritual and intellectual convic- tions and what is better still, she had the courage of those convic- tions. To her life work, she brought rare gifts of mind and char- acter, indomitable energy, untiring zeal, and unselfish devotion, ner culture, broad as well as deep, enabled her to see the possibili- ties of her pupils, and to develop in them a love for a difficult sub- ject. Her rich service in the educational field makes the town of Belmont so largely indebted to Miss Burbank that she needs no greater memorial than the loving regard and respect with which the town regards her. [ 14 ]