Dedham High School - Reflections Yearbook (Dedham, MA)

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Ziiiiiiii DEDHAM H-S-:QQQEQQQZX Miss Marion Harding of Ossipee, New Hampshire, in the summer and of Dedham in the winter, a graduate of Tufts College with a B.S. degree, received her M.Ed. at B. U. and has studied at M. I. T. Discouraged by the cold weather at Robbins Seminary, Exeter, New Hampshire, she came to the sunny climes of Dedham in 1928 to teach biology and physiology. Her spare moments are whiled away by reading fshe is a member of the Dedham Teachers' Association Book Clubl collecting stamps, gar- dening in suitable weather, collecting autographed books about New Hampshire, and conducting trips to places of interest for her biology students. Miss Harding keeps tit by pattering up and down three flights of stairs at school, and the most impetuous thing she ever did was to decide to go to the World's Fair, and to put her decision into effect in twenty minutes. Our versatile coach, john Heaphy, officially entitled Director of Athletics and Physical Education of the School System of Dedham, received his foundation at Georgetown University, where during his year there he was All-Southern center, and at Boston College, from which he received his degree, he was an All-American football player. He has been a member of the Boston Post staff tcovering intercollegiate sportsl, has taught history and mathematics at Boston College High School, and has been a line coach for the Boston College varsity squad. In the summertime on the North Shore he attempts to progress from a duffer to a full-fledged golfer. The culinary art is taught at Dedham High by Miss Harriette Hunting, who came here seven years ago with a B.S. degree from Framingham Normal School. Her favorite occupation is reading and she devotes her summer vacation to keeping house. Miss Hunting hopes some day to produce a perfect cook, but realizes that she is over- ambitious in this respect. Should you succeed, Miss Hunting, please invite us down for a meal. Miss Dorothea Karr has been with us only one year, but she feels quite at home here, as she is a graduate of Dedham High School. The years between her graduation from Dedham High and her return as a teacher, were spent at Simmons, where she received her B.S. degree. She modestly refuses to talk much about herself, but does admit a penchant for reading and dancing. Mr. Daniel Keegan, our hard working senior play program advertising manager, hails from Peabody, is a graduate of Salem Normal School, and has continued his education at Boston University, Harvard, Simmons, and Fitchburg State Teachers' College. He is now working for his M.Ed. degree at Harvard, and has been teaching in the commercial department of Dedham High for eleven years. Mr. Keeganls avoca- tion is music, and in the summer he engages in businessg although we are not free to be specific about his business, as it would be advertising, we are free to advertise the fact that this suave gentleman considers the 1935 seniors one of the best groups he has ever worked with. Miss Dorothy Kendall, the industrious head of our English department, is a gradu- ate of Mt. Holyoke College, and received her A.M. degree from Bread Loaf School of English, Middlebury College. Since her arrival here in 1928, her constant ambition has been that each year her English classes should profit more from her instruction and guidance than the previous classes did. Though she admits some improvement in the quality of work done. we notice that she does not consider that the class of '35 stifles further ambition. In the summer she travels tshe has been to Europe twicej and climbs mountains. This last summer a great deal of her time was occupied by the ascent and descent of twenty-four New England peaks. During the school year her hobbies are the theatre and the Appalachian Mountain Club. Miss Rosalie Lyons, who teaches bookkeeping and typewriting, is a graduate of KEKEKEZEKEKE N35 KEKEEEKEKEKE Page Ten

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EQEQQQEQQ Y E A R B 0 0 K 525252521 Mr. Joseph Connors is a distinguished graduate of Dedham Iligh who, having devoted about tive years to attending Holy Cross and Boston College, where he re- ceived his A.B. and A.M. degrees, returned to his native haunts, his chief function now being to teach English to freshmen. Since his arrival early this year he has shown his manly spirit by learning to knit, just to prevent the women teachers from getting ahead of him. He is likely to do almost anything in the summer, even going to school, and hi enjoys dancing, reading, and all sports. Mr. Connors' ambition will be realized W en he beats Mr. Kiley at golf. Miss Marion Corley, who is a native of Vermont fjust like Mr. Iiatonl has a dis- tinguished scholastic past-she graduated from B. U. School of Business Administra- tion, cum laude. She taught in Maine and in New jersey previous to her arrival in Dedham in 1924, where she holds classes in stenography and typewriting. Her spare moments are occupied by reading, attending the theater, and golhng with Miss Boyn- ton. She is now studying for her M.B.A. degree at B. U., and last summer Miss Corley spent her time and energy marveling at the Rangely Lakes. Mr. Arthur Corsini, who is a graduate of Massachusetts Art School, has been with us for four years. During this time he has had sole charge of the art department of our school and to him goes a great deal of credit for the charming decorations seen at our proms. This summer Mr. Corsini plans to study design at Harvard. From New York University, and Harvard with an M.Ed. degree, comes Mr. Harold Cowan, the head of our commercial department. He is heart and soul in his profession, his favorite occupation being teaching at Dedham High. He has had the pleasure of enjoying this pastime for fifteen years, and hopes to have it for at least another fifteen. His scholastic enthusiasm is further shown by the fact that he spends his summer looking forward to the first day of school. Miss Katherine Gahagan, a graduate of Middlebury College, has been teaching French and Latin here for the past four years. As a patriot she ranks in a class with George Washington, being a wholehearted worker for the cause of f'Young America. In spite of her many pedagogical duties here, she manages to hnd time for reading, dancing, knitting, taking Courses in French, and making grand slams at bridge. Miss Doris Grant, who deserves at least three laurel wreaths for the success of our senior play, f'Honor Bright, which she coached, is a graduate of the University of Maine and came to Dedham High in 1930 to teach English. In the summertime she lives an outdoor life on Mt. Desert Island, and temporarily forgets all about her little dears. Miss Grant shows remarkable independence of mind in that she indulges in neither bridge playing nor knitting, hiking and reading being looked upon more favorably by her. Her odd moments are devoted to working for her M.A. degree. just like the class of '35, Miss Edith Grearson has been at Dedham High for the past four years. She is a graduate of Colby College, and her function here is to teach history to sophomores and juniors. Miss Grearson spends her summers burning up the golf course at Calais, Maine. Mr. joseph Green, Jr., a graduate of Boston College with an A.B. and an A.M. degree, has spent the last tive years explaining the intricacies of algebra to our freshmen and the logic of geometry to our sophomores. He is very much interested in athletics, and plays tennis and golf, especially golf. At the present moment he is in the throes of a golf tournament with a formidable opponent, who is also a graduate of Boston College. Mr. Green usually spends his summers at a camp, but this year he is debating with himself on the comparative merits of a summer in camp or a summer on the golf links. Mr. Green might condescend to accept the presidency someday, but in the meantime he plans to continue to be a mathematics teacher. 555555555555 1 9 3 5 555555555555 Page Nine

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iiiiiiiii- YEKBBOOK :QZQZQXQZX Dedham High School and Simmons College. From her secretarial experience in a Boston firm for three years previous to entering the teaching profession, she is well acquainted with the held for which she is preparing her students. She usually devotes her summers to athletic pursuits, such as swimming and tennis, at Block Island or Narragansett Pier. Miss Laura J. Maclntyre, who teaches arithmetic to our freshmen, is a graduate of Simmons College, with a B.S. degree. The Wanderlust seems to have taken com- plete possession of Miss Maclntyre, her ambition being to travel, anywhere and every- where. So far this ambition has been realized to the extent of automobile trips around Canada and the northern U. S., and west to the Worlds Fair. In fact her automobile is one of her favorite occupations, but when gasoline is scarce she amuses herself by reading and playing bridge. She belongs to both the Dedham Teachers' Association Book Club and the Teachers' Bridge Club. During vacation her greatest hobby is her three-year-old nephew. Miss Florence Murdock, who teaches English to juniors, early showed her dis- position for traveling by moving from Dorchester to Milton in infancy: then she traveled to Radcliffe College for four years, from which she received her A.B. degreeg and this summer is to be spent in a European tour in which she will visit France, Switzerland, Italy, England, and Ireland. This voyage will partially fulhll her ambition to see the world. Past summers have been spent as a water-sprite at Shore Acres, Scituate. In addition to her regular duties as a teacher, Miss Murdock always coaches the class day play twhich has always been a successi and we are confident that our own Lady of Pain will prove her greatest triumph. In odd moments during the school year Miss Murdock works for her M.Ed. at Boston University, and attends the theatre-in any form. Her big night, needless to say, is that of the Senior Play. In 1920 the name of Tom O'Donnell was anathema to all loyal Dedhamites, being that of the captain of the Norwood football team. However, four years spent at Colby College, where he continued his brilliant athletic career by captaining the varsity football team and being on the track and baseball teams for recreation, plus a few more years, gave Dedhamites time to forget, so three years ago he returned and became a member of our faculty, his function being to teach history to sophomores, to play on the faculty basketball team, and to supply at least three-quarters of the news you read in the Mirror. He has since received his M.A. degree at Boston University, and is now studying at Boston College. During the summer months Mr. 0'Donnell supervises seven playgrounds in Norwood, with fourteen instructors working for him. By living in Norwood and teaching in Dedham he has become quite impartial, his present ambition being to see Norwood and Dedham tie at football. - Mr. Charles Peltier, who has been teaching English and Problems of American Democracy here for the past few years, is a graduate of Clark University, and he attributes his suaveness and polish to his further training at Miss Gonchls school, where he was Ufinishedf' His own description of his summer vacations, which sounds very interesting, is as follows: 'They are spent on the South Sea Islands, sleeping, and eating bananas which obliging monkeys throw to me from the trees under which I lie. His favorite occupations are looking at tiowers, and being interviewed by Mirror reporters, and the highlight of his career at Dedham High is the surprise party which the 4E division of the class of '35 gave him on his last birthday. Boston is the hometown of our genial Mr. Edwin Peterson, teacher of chemistry and physics and financial manager of school athletics. He is a graduate of Bates with a B.S. -degree, and has done graduate work at the University of Cincinnati, at Boston University School of Education, and at M. I. T. tfPete has been with us for eleven years and to him goes full credit for the success of the Athletic Association. His sum- EKEKEKEKfKfK'1335 Kfififififif Page Elewiz