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A YANKEE PROFILE Ot New England ancestry Wrllram M Abbott spent hIs boyhood days In the town of Slcowhegan In central MaIne a regron ot wooded hIlls and clear lalces HIS schoolIng was In the classIcal sublects then taught After hlgh school he recerved practIcal GXPEYIQHCG In foundry worlc patternmalung and mIllwrIght worlc He was also a machInIst on marIne engInes at Portland Marne He was a member of the fIrst class of the MechanIcal Teacher TraInIng lnstItute offered by the State Board of Educahon under the SUPSTVISIOH of Mr Charles R Allen called the Father of vocatlonal educatlon ln 1910 he went to Northampton Trade School where he Introduced a course In MaterIals ot lndustry and taught cabrnet malcmg and allIed sublects Commg to Sprrngheld he taught at Trade School for a year and then changed to State St r Hlgh School ln 1916 Mr Abbott Iorned the faculty ot Techmcal Hlgh School Here he has taught advanced cablnet malcIng pattern malcrng and wood turnIng When Technlcal was enlarged a few years ago he Installed most of the machrnery and equIpment In the Sprmg St BuIldIng He Introduced courses In blueprrnt readIng In the Evenlng Techmcal School where he taught from 1917 on untIl IlS dIscontInuance ln the past three years he has completely rebuIlt and Improved the lathes and other equIpment In Shop112 Thrs une Mr Abbott retIres Aslced about hIs plans forthe future he replred that he had none Other than a desIre to lead a qUI9f home hte for at my age you can t be sure of your strength from day to day l don t want much SGId he went on and so showed hlmselt a true Yanlcee content to do hIs worlc and un Wllllng to have anyone malce a fuss about It even after twenty four years of thorough worlc Calm modest conscIentIous thIs IS what students and teachers OlIl49 thmlc of Mr Abbott as he leaves Techmcal Y T Xffftf fff! ff' ' . I ' . , I . ' I ll X-'Qskx 'RN-'Qs .i'+'b- .ff I 1. 49
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ENGNEERING DRAWM l ca f 5. fe- v , , h . is x ' 2 321.19 'rf r - - K X Mr. Dufhn, Mr. Brown, Mr. Thorndike, Mr. George Reed, Mr, Hitchcock, Mr. Mr S Richardson. gnc, Unborn, M, Bock Pow Mr, Davis, Mr. Mockenzie Dresenfj. SS ROY, Miss AH efl First Row Mr. Henson, Mr. Richardson, Mr. Lake, Mr. Fitzroy. H Abbort, Mr. Reed, Second Row Mr. Mr. Spence, Mr, Lynch, Mr. Lowrence. No1Presen1 'W Mr. Wood. SHOPWORK Mr. Spencer. MUS! N f. B vns, M , urr, Mr. Vvolmenfss Whrrremcref Mr Miss M- M. rllerl M. E Svxlir, SWen5Of1,'ssM':?,esQrQ2iSS Wilson Our, MW' XQ , .. :'j ' -Wsiffki W
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