Belmont High School - Blueprint Yearbook (Belmont, MA)

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Belmont High School Sr. ICttmarb 38. ©lark In the death of Dr. Leonard B. Clark, who passed away on October 26, 1926, the Belmont Schools lost a constant and devoted friend, who had been interested in the welfare of the Schools for many years, and had given himself unsparingly to public service throughout his life. Dr. Clark was born in Weston, Mass., September 8, 1862. He prepared for College in the Newton Schools and graduated from Harvard College in 1895, • from there entering the Harvard Medical School, from which he was graduated in 1889. In that year he settled in Waverley and began his career of public service and of ministry to the sick and the afflicted, which did not end until his death. He was a member of the Belmont School Committee from 1893 until 1897 and from 1906 until 1918, and during four years of his incumbency served as Chairman of the School Committee. He was a member of the Board of Health from 1894 to 1897, and from 1911 to 1923 and was Chairman during the year 1922-23. He was Trustee of the Belmont Public Library for twenty-one years until his death, and served as Chairman of the Board for the last five years. During the World War, Dr. Clark assisted the local Board in the examina- tion of drafted men, and was an active and valuable member of the Public Safety Committee, and served as Food Administrator for the Town. He served on various School Building Committees, notably that which built the New High School. He was a Director of the Belmont District Nursing Association from 1919 until 1925, was a Director of the Waverley Co-Operative Bank for over twenty years, and was for many years a member of the Parish Committee of the Waverley Unitarian Church which he also served as Treasurer. Throughout his professional life he was devotedly interested in the Waltham Hospital and worked unceasingly for its upbuilding and development, serving as a Trustee and member of its staff. Dr. Clark was a man of broad sympathies, lofty ideals, strict integrity and careful judgment, with genuine kindness of heart and gentleness of manner in defending the right. Constant reading and reflection had given him a richly cultivated mind and a serene disposition. His scholarly instincts and wide knowledge of men and affairs made him tolerant of the opinions of others but did not deter him from standing steadfastly and with stern determination for the things which he believed to be right. Desiring only to serve others he always effaced himself and gave to the Town and its people all that was in him. His going is an irreparable loss to the Town of Belmont and to the Community in general. His unstinted and unremitting devotion to the service of Belmont is an inspiring example and a precious memory to all its citizens. SETH T. GANO. 8

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Belmont High School Card of Thanks The Editors of the CHAMELEON wish to take this opportunity of expressing their most sincere gratitude to : Miss Gertrude L. Miller without whose kind advice and help this book could never have been made a success; Mr. Sanford B. Comery in appreciation of his many thoughtful offices to us as a class; Mr. Frederick 0. Gifford for his four years of constant service as our Class Adviser; Miss Alildred Blennerhassett for the use of many reference books and other literature; Mr. Seth T. Gano for the article on Dr. Clark; Mrs. Winifred MacKinnon, Dorothy Silley, and John Mercon, by whose pain-staking efforts the greater part of this book was typed; Katherine Sarabia for her excellent contributions; All the members of the Senior Class, and especially to George Panartos and Dorothy Mahoney, for their sincere support in this literary venture. 10