Beverly High School - Beverlega Yearbook (Beverly, MA)

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Miss E. Antoinette Davis 0 Miss E. Antoinette Davis, one of the most gracious ladies ever to teach in Beverly High School, we dedicate our Year Book. Her forty-seven years of incalculable service to the youth of B. ISI. S. will long be remembered. Miss Davis was born in Cleveland, Ohio, Where she received her elementary and high school education. She then attended Denison University where she received the degree of Bachelor of Science. VVhile visiting her close friend, Miss Jennie A. Cole, a teacher at Beverly High, in the summer of 1891, she was offered a position in the French Department of the high school. 1 ortunately for all concerned, Nliss Davis accepted. During the following years, she became a member of the famed Salon Francais, the New lilngland lVIodern Language Association, and Head of her Department at B. H. S. She has furthered her cspriz' frznzcazls by trips abroad. In France, she became acquainted with the Head of the Junior Red Cross of France, Mlle. Lucie Pierrard. She has since visited and been visited by lNIlle. Pierrard and maintained a happy correspon- dence with her, thus setting a noteworthy example of hands across the seaf, Miss Davis retires this year, to the great loss of future stu- dents. Her constant optimism is seldom encountered. They will miss a wise, kind, loyal, and distinctly interested friend as we who have been associated with her Well know. In departing, however, she takes with her the heartfelt. gratitude and friend- ship of those thousands who have known her and benefited by the acquaintance. Yvhen asked to give a message, lvliss Davis said, These have been forty-seven very pleasant years. I am very grateful to the boys and girls for their attitude and cooperation in the study of French. To Miss Davis, We Wish a long and happy respite, which she well-deserves.

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