Belmont High School - Blueprint Yearbook (Belmont, MA)

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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 ]

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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 C II A M E L E 0 N 19 2 2 THE OLIN FUND Upon the death in 1899, of Mr. Olin, the beloved principal of the Belmont High School, a collection for flowers was taken in the school, but when the big total was received, it was the general opinion that Mr. Olin would have thought it too much to spend for flowers, so a floral cross was bought for thirty dollars, the rest to be used to start a memorial. One hundred dollars was added to this sum the next fall by the pupils who had willingly pledged themselves to earn one dollar apiece during the summer vacation. The “Winged Victory” was suggested as a memorial, but, owing to certain circumstances, such as the size of the statue and the proper place to set it, this suggestion was put aside. Just before his death Mr. Olin had expressed a wish that he could help some of the poorer students, and he left to three of them fifty dollars in order that they might continue their education. Acting upon this deed, Miss Burbank and Miss Emily Hunt put forth the idea of an Olin fund. The school has added to this fund yearly a sum of about one hundred dollars from the receipts of the Olin Fund Concerts, until we have now approximately $3000. The interest of the Fund is used to help a needy graduate through his first year in college. f 15