Holyoke High School - Annual Yearbook (Holyoke, MA)

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WINFRED CHANDLER AKERS. With the turn of the century, Holyoke High School came under the guidance of Mr. Winfred Chandler Akers. The School Committee in its quest for an able leader turned to the eastern part of the state. Mr. Akers had a proven record as administrator and disciplin- arian in the schools of Quincy, Providence, Rhode Island, and Somerville. He accepted the call to Holyoke in 1899 and served in the office of Prin- cipal until 1903. Mr. Akers was born in Andover, Maine, on Wash- ington's birthday, 186 S . After preparatory courses at Maine Wesleyan Seminary and Kent's Hill School, he taught for four years before entering college, a custom quite the order of the day. He chose Wesleyan University at Middletown, Connecticut, for his Alma Mater. There he was graduated in 1893 with the degree of A.B. After four years in Holyoke, Mr. Akers accepted an invitation to the principalship in New Britain, Connecticut. Ten years later he went to Brookline High School, Where he remained until his retirement in June 1930. In February 1937 Mr. Akers died at his country home in Holden, Massachusetts.

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Throughout his remarkably active life, Mr. Keyes held many positions of distinction in teacher organizations, notably the presidency of the American Institute of Instruc- tion, the oldest educational association in America, and the presidency of the National Council of Education, the leading division of the National Education Association. Mr. Keyes was considered by many school administrators to be one of the foremost public speakers in the field of education in America. His varied and comprehensive talks were delivered at teacher institutes, conventions, and summer sessions. Tests of True Teachingv, Life and Growth for the Teacher , Adaptation of Industrial Training to Present School Methods are examples of the subjects he selected. I-Ie was associated with such leaders in this Held as the late Dr. G. Stanley Hall of Clark University, Doctors Thorndike and Strayer of Columbia, Dr. David Starr Jordan of California, Dr. Judd of Chicago, and the late President Eliot of Harvard. On April 12, 1881, Charles Henry Keyes married Nellie Elmira Brown, a teacher in Excelsior, Minnesota. They had two daughters and four sons. Surviving Mr. Keyes are his Widow and daughters, Mrs. Maud V. CKeyesj Decker, Mrs. Helen B. CKeyesj Wright, and sons Dr. Harold B., George T., and Clarence E.

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MURTACH M. S. MORIARTY was born in St. Clair, Pennsylvania, September 7, 1860 the son of Pat- rick and Mary QMoriartyJ Moriarty. In 1863 the family moved to Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He at- tended the public schools of that community from 1867 to 1878 after which followed an interim of work until 1882. Mr. Moriarty entered Holy Cross College in 1882 and was graduated A.B. in 1885. From 1885 for forty-five years Mr. Moriarty serv- ed the schools of Holyoke with honor and dis- tinction. His first position was principal of the old North Chestnut Street School now the William Whiting School from 1885 to 1890. Then came a period as teacher of Greek and Mathematics at the high school on Elm Street 1890 to 1893, followed by the years as department head in Mathematics 1893 to 1903 and 1906 to 1930 with the added duties of the vice-principal from 1892 to 1903. ln 1903 Mr. Moriarty was appointed principal, a position he held until 1906 when he returned to Head of the Mathemat- ics Department. One of Mr. Moriarty's tasks, performed with the exacting care characteristic of his every assignment, was the work of preparing the memorial to the former students who fell during the World War. From 1911 to 1930 Mr. Moriarty carried the extra- curriculum assignment of faculty coach of soccer, a school sport of which he was an ardent supporter. Many positions of honor in the educational field were his during his long active career. He was treasurer of the Hampden County Teacher's Association 1912-1913, vice president 1913-1914, and president 1914-1915. A charter member of the Connecticut Valley Section of Teachers of Mathematics in New England he was elected vice presi- dent 1920-1921 and president 1921-1922. As a charter member of the Mathematics Association of America and of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and as a member of the American Mathematics Society Mr. Moriarty enjoyed active mem- bership in these learned societies. Mr. Moriarty married Ella Laura Farnum who died in 1920. In 1923 he married Wini- fred Sampson Farrell, they have one son Richard Woodbridge Moriarty. Since his re- tirement in 1930 he has made his home in Petersham, Massachusetts.