Fitchburg State University - Saxifrage Yearbook (Fitchburg, MA)

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THE SAXIFRAGE 192 OUR DEAN OF MEN Willis B. Anthony was born in Adams. Massachusetts, and received his elemen- tary and high school education there. He then attended the Massachusetts Normal Art School at Boston and graduated from the four-year course in 1900, as president and valedictorian of his class. He accepted a position which he held for six years, as supervisor of drawing in the North Adams public schools. For the next three years he taught manual training in the North Adams normal and public schools. In 1909, when through the initiative of John G. Thompson the Practical Arts De- partment of the Fitchburg Normal School was started, .Mr. Anthony was engaged to conduct its activities. There was a need for a new kind of manual training and he became one of the pioneers in the Fitchburg idea of education. Educators from practically every state in the country came to Fitchburg to witness the experiment. The success and growth of the 1 ' ractical Arts Department, through I ' mirUm y -ar- of service, has been largely clue to the efforts and foresighl of Mr. Anthony. As a firm believer in the development of citizenship, through doing things which, in response to a recognized need, benefit the lives of people, he has .-pent years of study and special- ization in this kind of educational training. The graduating class of 1923 owes a great deal to Mr. Anthonj for the su i essful social life of the institution. He has always been willing to cooperate in making the after-class hours more pleasant and profitable. The 1923 graduates of the Practical Arts Department will inter the broad field of education with confidence, knowing that under the guidance of their director, they have received a liberal training which fits them for a life of servii i

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THE SAXIFRAGE 1923 FACULTY William D. Parkinson, Principal Elementary and Junior High School Departments Preston Smith Science Edwin A. Kjrkpatrick Psychology and IVda.L, r Lc Elizabeth D. Perry (Absent on leave) . . Music Grace Barr (Acting) Music Matilda B. Doland Arithmetic Sarah E. Lamprey Handwork and Drawing Katherine M. McCarty Reading and Language Florence D. Conlon Handwork and Drawing Arthur C. Harrington Geography, History, and Civics John L. Randall Nature Study and Gardening Henry J. Clancy Mathematics and Related Work Bawita Lawler Physical Training Grace B. McLean Dean of Women, and Geography and Ethics Susan M. Williams English Cora M. Hassell Librarian Practical Arts Departmi i Willis B. Anthony . . . Director Charles E. Akeley Woodfinishing and Glazin» David W. Colburn Woodworking Frank S. Livermore Printing C. Blair MacLean Mechanical Drawing Clark H. Morrell . Automobile and Ordinary Repairs Schools for Observa in i Practii i George F. Hubbard Director Juniok High Schooi Mary McConnell, Principal Carl F. Holloran, Geography, History, and Marion F. Rowley, Household Arts Civics B. Evelyn Grammont, French and Marion E. Pi rERSON, Commercial Sub English jects Edgerly School — First Six Grades Ida M. Austin, Principal Elm M. Johnson, Assistanl Supervisor I.. Frances Jones, Supervisor Susan L. I i vrk, Supervisor I)w Mil ii Schooi First Six Grades Marion F. Anthony, Principal Martj M. Gearan, Assistant Supervisoi Katherine F. McConnell, Supervisor HiGHLANn i ii Schooi First Tkret Grades l. i R V i ii IDW0R1 H. Prim ipal M VUD . GOODFI ii OW, Chief ( lcrk ill i i N M. CHORO, I