Boston Latin School - Liber Actorum Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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modern basis. A man of high character and strong moral influence, his work with but few changes from his original plans lives after him as an active memorial. The noble men who have followed him in our times are more vividly remembered by the present Masters and Alumni. To en- deavor to estimate the scholarship, integrity, and love of duty of these men is but to repeat the traditions of their calling. To speak of Arthur Fiske, the great Greek scholar; Henry Pennypacker, the nationally famous Chair- man of the Committee of Admission at Har- vard College; and the well-loved Patrick Campbell, Superintendent of Boston Schools from 1931 to 1937 serves not to open new facts to the historian, but to recall pleasant memories of student days to the reader. The growth of the School and its conse- quent establishment in its imposing edifice on Avenue Louis Pasteur is remarkable. Des- pite its rapid growth, its graduates continued to make themselves a more distinguished group than any other American school pre- paring young men for college. The members of this year ' s class must per- force feel the great tradition which has been handed down to them. All of us must un- Corner of Assembly Hall derstand what we have inherited. Three hundred and ten years of solid achievement may be interpreted as the dream of a colonial minister come true. We owe our success to the patient devotion of masters who have given their lives to the teaching service; to the deeds and ideals to noble graduates ; and to the industry and perseverance of the thou- sands of students who have been Latin School boys. Boston Latin School — 1945 Page Fifteen

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Gould’s successor in 1828 was another author — this time Frederic Leverett, whose Latin Lexicon’ ’ soon was adopted as a standard volume. He remained in office three years, resigning to become head of a private school. One of the most important among the earlier masters assumed his duties in 1836. He was Epes Sargent Dixwell, a former in- structor at the English High School. During his term of fifteen years the Library took shape and became an actuality. In passing, it is interesting to note that Dixwell had with him as usher the famous Edward Ev- erett Hale; while the succeeding master, Francis Gardner, had Phillips Brooks. Both of these ushers later distinguished themselves as great religious leaders in Boston. Gard- ner, himself, was one of the most renowned men of New England in the middle of the nineteenth century. He edited a series of Latin textbooks, vigorously opposed any al- teration of the School’s time-honored curric- ulum, made both many friends and many enemies, and was eminent as a just and prac- tical Yankee. He died in 1876, the first mas- ter to die in office since Ezekiel Cheever. With increasing enrollment, the School found it necessary to move first to quartern on Bedford Street and a generation later to a double building on Warren Avenue which it shared with the English High School. The master at this time was Dr. Moses Merrill, who reorganized the method of instruction and the subject-matter on a sane and more Warren Avenue Corridor Page Fourteen

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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Front Row (left to right): Messrs. Dunn, Col- lins, Cleary, Benson, head; Marson, Jameson, O ' Keefe. Rear Row: Messrs. Nevil, Russo, Finn, Cal- lanan, Brickley, Hart, Mahan, Sheehan. FRENCH DEPARTMENT Front Row (left to right): Messrs. Pike, Levine, head. Rear Row: Messrs. Van Steenbergen, Scully, McGuffin. GERMAN DEPARTMENT Messrs. Weinert, Getchell, head; Van Steen- bergen, Galline. HISTORY DEPARTMENT Front Row (left to right): Messrs. Rosenthal, Nemzoff, Godfrey, Peirce, head; French, Gor- don, Goorvich.