Boston State College - Bostonian / Lampas Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Hora OTUtams Miss Williams ' s gracious and charm- ing personality, her wide and varied interests, her tact and helpfulness in criticism, her broad sympathies, and her strong individuality have endeared her to those of us who have been so fortunate as to come under her influence.

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Wallace Clarfee ?Bopben The Class of 1929 has been written in the annals of The Teachers College as the last to graduate under the noble and inspiring leadership of Wallace Clarke Boyden. As teacher and principal, Mr. Boyden has been a constant source of strength and inspiration to the college, to which he has given a lifetime of service. Wallace C. Boyden was born seventy years ago in the town of Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Both his parents were teachers. His father, Albert G. Boyden, taught for sixty-five years. He gave sixty-one years of his teaching service to the Bridgewater Normal School, of which he was principal for forty-six years. His mother, Isabella Clarke Boyden, had been a teacher at Wheaton Seminary, and it was she who educated her son until he was ready to enter the high school. Upon the completion of his high school course, he prepared for the teaching profession, to which his parents were so devoted. He entered the State Normal School at Bridgewater, from which he was gradu- ated as valedictorian. His studies at the Normal School were supplemented by a four- year course at Amherst College, where he was honored with the Phi Beta Kappa rank. The versatility and power of leadership which characterized to a marked degree his later professional career, were exemplified in his college days. He was elected president of the Young Men ' s Christian Association and president of the Athletic Association. He was a member of the Glee Club, of the College Baseball Nine, and of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity. In 1883 Mr. Boyden began his noteworthy service as an educator. His first ap- pointment was to the principalship of the Stoughton High School, from which posi- tion he resigned in 1884 to become head of the mathematics department in Williston Seminary, Easthampton. In December, 1889, Mr. Boyden entered the educational system of Boston. He served as master in the Boston Normal School until 1900, when, upon the death of Dr. Larkin Dunton, Mr. Boyden was appointed head-master. He furthered the fine work begun by Dr. Dunton, and under his capable leadership the Normal School became steadily a more potent factor in the educational system of Boston. Courses were lengthened; standards were raised; and pro spective teachers went forth better qualified to train children. When, in 1922, the General Court authorized the changing of the Boston Normal School to The Teachers College of the City of Boston, Mr. Boyden became the Princi- pal of The Teachers College, a position which he has held up to the present time. Although his work has been most intimately associated with the Boston schools, Mr. Boyden ' s active interest has extended to educational affairs of both state and nation. Mere mention of the names of societies of which he is a member shows his prominence as a citizen and educator. He has served as president of the New England Teacher Training Association, as president of the Boston Principals ' Association, and for two years as president of the Massachusetts State Teachers ' Association. He is a member of the American Association of Teachers Colleges, a member of the National Society for the Study of Education, and has been for over thirty years a member of the National Educational Association. For two years Mr. Boyden served as chairman of the Easthampton School Committee, and for three years was a member of the Newton School Committee. He has also held the presidency of the Every Saturday Literary Club and of the Boston Congregational Club. He is Past Master of the Dalhousie Masonic Lodge of