Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts - Mohawk Yearbook (North Adams, MA)

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99 'A 'hp FACULTY BBRNICE BATCHELDER Instructor in Reading Methods, Cl1ildren's Literature, Language Methods, Activities and the Integrated Curricula, Story Telling, Hand Writiiig, Geography, American History, and Education for Better Human Relations. 1 Miss Batchelder is a graduate of Bridgewater Normal School. She received her B.S. in Education from Boston University and an M.A. from Teachers College. Columbia. She has attended many summer schools and has taught in several. Being a specialist in reading and music she has traveled all over the United States lecturing and demonstrating for Silver Burdett and Co. Miss Batchelder's experience as a teacher ot' primary grades was obtained at North Reading, Wakefield, and other Massachusetts towns. She was also primary supervisor at Salem Normal School in charge of four rooms. LILLIAN BOYDEN Instructor in Music Miss Boyden is a graduate of Bridgewater Normal School. She received her B.S. and A.M. from Boston University. She also did special work at Columbia University. For several years she has specialized in piano .ind voice and public school music. THOMAS F. Cummimzs Instructor in Practical Arts. Mr. Cummings is a graduate of the North Adams Schools and has taken a summer course .it Columbia University. He is Manual Training Supervisor ofthe North Adams Schools as well as at the State Teachers College. 11

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ALBERT GOULD ELDRIDGE PRESIDENT 10

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GRACE LOUISE DONELSON College Librarian Miss Donelson is a graduate of the North Adams Normal School. she has attended the Breadloaf School of English, and studied under Professor Boas and others. She has taught at the Mark Hopkins School and at the Tome School for Boys. Maryland. ROGER F. HOLMES Principal of Mark Hopkins Training School, Instructor in Educational Psych0l0g3', Methods, and Management. Mr. Holmes received his A.B. degree from Wesleyan University, and his Ed.M. from Boston University. He has had experience as Teaching Principal in Cummington, Massachusetts, Instructor in Latin, ancient history and English literature at the Wellesley Hills junior High School, and Supervising Principal at Quincy, Massachusetts. ELIZABETH M. JENKINS Instructor in Arithmetic Method, Educational Psychology, Rural Education, and Civic Education. Miss jenkins is a graduate of Aroostook State Normal School, has had graduate study at Plymouth, New Hampf shire Normal School, johnson Vermont Normal School, Columbia University, and Chicago University. She has taught in rural schools in Limestone, Maine, and in primary grades at Presque Isle, Maine. She has been demonstration teacher and supervisor of primary grades at Aroostook State Normal School, Maine, principal of State Teachers Training Class, Barre, Vermont, supervisor of rural Schools in Delaware, and instructor in rural education in Delaware University. MARY A. PEARSON Instructor in Art and Handicraft. Miss Pearson is a graduate of Abbot Academy and the Massachusetts School of Art. She has had various summer courses at Round Lake, Saratoga, and Glens Falls. New York, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Harvard University, Salem Normal School, State Teachers College at Amherst, Rhode Island School of Design, New York School of Fine and Applied Arts, and State Normal School, North Adams. Her experience includes two years of rural work at Reading, one year in the grade school of Southbridge. She has been supervisor of art in towns around Boston. , Miss MARY UNDERHILL Instructor in American and English Literature, Drama, History of Civilization, and English Composition Miss Underhill is a graduate of Radcliffe. A B. and A.M. She received her degree of Master of Education from Harvard in 1932. She has taught college preparatory English in private schools in Oregon and Connecticut. She has held instructor' ships in Wellesley College, Bryn Mawr, and the North Carolina College for Women. For the four years from 1926 to 1020 she was reader at the College Entrance Examination Boards. WALLACE H. VENABLE Instructor in Science, Economics, Arithmetic, and Advanced Mathematics. Mr. Venable received his B.S. from the University of Vermont and his A.M. from Columbia University. He has taught in rural schools in Shaftsbury and Bennington. Vermont. He was principal ofthe high school in Waitstield and of junior-senior high school in jeffersonville, Vermont. and has served as instructor at the North Adams Summer School. Barn A. WESTON Instructor in Hygiene, Child Health, Sanitation, and Theory of Physical Education, Director of Physical Education. Miss Weston was graduated from the Sargent School of Physical Education, and received her B.S. in education from Boston University. She has had experience in the teaching of physical education in New Brunswick and Atlantic City, New jersey, and Brookline and Canton, Massachusetts. She has taught at Harvard Summer School, Hyannis Summer School, and at various playgrounds and girls' camps Mas. THERZA VAN ETTEN Matron of Taconic Hall Miss TERESA FERGUSON Miss BERTHA ALLYN Secretaries I2