Berkshire School - Trail Yearbook (Sheffield, MA)

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DAVID C. EIPPER, A.B. A member of the Junior Eight of Phi Beta Kappa at Harvard, Mr. Eipper came to Berkshire in 1910 and is now senior master. He teaches advanced mathematics to a small group of seniors. He has been taking a night course in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, which is offered under the auspices of Wil, liams College. Mr. Eipper completed his fiftieth year as an instructor at Berkshire this year. .f . .X-,V .. . 1 ...C sf., s o .. WVX . .., . ..., sf f of K as K 1 Q it --oi' 'W ,.. .11 ,K ,iff A i,i1k5w' 4 A .is-if if --.x vit ii Xu. s-2' .- - -xx A 5' t 255 J. bw ,, . . - .Xe fx TWT-S . it . . . . xg, W .- FRANK E. STEVENS, A.B. Mr. Stevens was graduated in 1915 from Boston University, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and of the Glee Club. He taught at Fessenden before coming to Berkshire in 1921. Mr. Stevens teaches honor sections in French and Latin, and is head of the language department. A frequent visitor to Europe, Mr. Stevens received his Diplome from the University of Bordeaux in 1935 and studied in France during the summer of 1959. .Q S915-i re l 'i 4 ,fy K1 gllwf ' if gi ,JLTWK I jfs.. f s I ..,-v .. Htl- -1' E, 3' FRANK H. BEATTIE, A.A.G.O. Mr. Beattie, who has studied at Columbia University and Yale University, came to Berkshire in 1926 as an instructor in mathematics. Since then he has become assistant to the headmaster, and is a member of both the disciplinary and admissions committees. Mr. Beattie has maintained a life- long interest in music, and directs the Glee Club as well as offering a weekly series of lectures in music appreciation to sophomores and juniors. After many years of coaching, 1 F ' N X 8.2 W.. Mr. Beattie was named athletic director in 1958. it Lib , it -. irsswtsi' f use ltfffrfif if F ARTHUR C. CHASE. A.B., M.A. Mr. Chase was graduated in 1929 from Harvard Uiniversity, where he was president of the Glee Club and editor of The Lampoon, the Harvard humor magazine, and taught at Ala- mos Ranch School in New Mexico for seven years. After two years of study at the Yale Graduate School, where he received the M.A. degree, he came to Berkshire in the fall of 1938. Mr. Chase is 'assistant headmaster, head of the English de- partment, and director of the Trail Squad, 15

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JOHN FORBES GODMAN PH. B., LL. D. HEADMASTER Mr. Godman was graduated from Yale in 1930. The following year, while a student at the Yale Law School, he was a member of Yfalefs Varsity football coaching staff and a Freshman proctor. He was then appointed director of athletics and instructor in history and mathematics at The Gun- nery, where he was also head coach of football, basketball, and baseball. After attending Harvard Graduate School of Education, he returned to The Gunnery as assistant headmaster. He received a commission in the Army Air Forces in 1942 and served as director of Pre-Flight Pilot Training, B-17 Officer Training, and Radar Ground Training in the Western Flying Training Command. He was separated from the Armed Forces in 1946 in the rank of major. ln 1948 he was made headmaster of Germantown Academy and while in this position was elected to the Country Day Headmasters Association, was a member of the executive committee of the Pennsylvania Association of Private Schools, and received an honorary LL.D. from Hahnemann. He was appointed headmaster of Berkshire School in 1951. 14

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-':.: - Siffkii fwfr YL .say .- Q v W. CHATTIN WETHERILL, JR., B.A. Mr. Wetherill was graduated from the University of Penn- sylvania in 1938. At Penn he was president of the junior class, excelled in crew, and was captain of crew in his senior year. Before coming to Berkshire in 1951 he taught at Germantown Academy and The Gunnery. At Berkshire he teaches biology. ln addition to his teaching duties, he heads the Fishing Club, the Rifle Club, and the Berkshire Fire De- partment, and also coaches C group skiing. . . , Q. , b f -'-fs' f EMMONS w. PUTNAM, JR., A.B. . ' Mr. Putnam, a graduate of Clark University, taught at the fs , ,..s, Taft School and at Rectory School before coming to Berkshire 4' A in 1953. A veteran of World War ll, he teaches freshman if gzgg. A English and is the director of the language training depart- xg .tt , ment, which he inaugurated. ln addition, Mr. Putnam is a member of both the admissions committee and the disciplin- ary committee, and is an advisor to the freshman class. A 1 nary. He also before coming Latin, algebra I wrestling team, JAMES J. COALE, A.B., B.D. Mr. Coale was educated at Hotchkiss and Princeton, from which he was graduated in 1937. In addition, he holds the degree of Bachelor of Divinity from Union Theological Semi- served with the State Department in Germany to Berkshire in 1954. Mr. Coale teaches and plane geometry, coaches the Varsity and is an assistant track coach. C. TWIGGS MYERS, A.B. A graduate of Princeton, Class of 1952, Mr. Myers came to Berkshire in the fall of 1953. He has taught ancient, Euro- pean, and American history since then, and is now the head of the history department. Mr. Myers works with the Trail Squad, and is assistant ski coach and head of the Varsity track squad. He is also advisor to the junior class and house- master of Allen House. 16