Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

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l and a smaller work, The English Language, which had a similar c asses, ' ' A few ears ago he gave a course of lectures at' the Lowell Insti- origln, Onyafter were published under the title, The Evolution of the Massachusetts School System. In his preface he says that the work its only a sketch-a study, not a history of education in Massachusetts, an. other bag gaid that it is the only history of any phase of education in tute which so America that is sure YO be 3 C1HSSiC- In additi0n't0tl1C performance of his regular duties, Mr.'Martin has been active in many organizations, educational and otherwise, and has filled important offices in them, including the presidency of the Massachu- setts Schoolmasters' club and of the American Institute of Instruction. In his various relations he has been a frequent and forceful speaker on many subjects, educational, literary, and religious. Un all fitting occa- sions, especially in his after-dinner addresses, the keen wit with which he is gifted adds richly to the interest with which he is heard. l ' If, instead of attempting a complete portrayal of his characteristics, one were to select a single trait which most distinguishes all of lVIr. Mar- tin's work that trait would be clearness : clearness of insight into the prob- lem before him, whether a practical matter -in town meeting, a scientific principle, or an educational theory, clearness of thought, of utterance, and of expression, clearness in criticism and in suggestion of remedies, when the criticism is adverse. All who are interested in this school may well rejoice that one of our. alumni, who has met all past responsibilities so efficiently now occupies the highest position in the educational system of the state. , 8 Wee-Pri Bridgev College, 1 Taught Nl 1875679 tional Qor tauqliaian since 187g

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Secretary illbartin. - EORGE HENRY MARTIN, seventh Secretary of the State - H Board of Education, was born in Lynn, which has always been g I qu his home except during the years of his residence in Bridge- E I water. ' V ' h He attended the public schools of his native city and in a magazine article My schools and schoolmastersn he has given aninter- esting sketch of his school life. What he says in that article concerning one of his teachers is strikingly applicable to himself as a teacher : His keen questioning went to the root of things, and under him fthe subject taughtl became luminous. . , Graduating fromthe Bridgewater Normal Schoolhe taught for a time in Grammar schools and then was called to a position in this school, where he remained eighteen years, during nearly all of which time he was first assistant. .For the many hundreds of pupils who were under his instruc- tion here his influence fills a large place in their estimate of what the school did for them, not more for what he taught them than for the per- fect examples which he gave them of what good teaching is. While here he took part in Institute work and was so valuable afactor in it that he was appointed one of the state agents. In that position he acquired a wide acquaintance with the schools of the state, his annual re- ports show his quick appreciation of the conditions existing in the schools which he visited, often in sentences of epigrammatic terseness. i After several years service as agent he was elected as supervisor of Boston schools and remained in that position, by successive re-elections, until last year when he was chosen to his present office. This brief sketch of his workin the past will suggest his varied and extended preparation for the important position which he now holds, a preparation which cer- tainly has not been exceeded in its fulness by that of any of his prede- cessors. I While teaching at Bridgewater Mr. Martin published a text-book on Civil Government which he had prepared to meet the needs of his own 7

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all E lil-lage, which h ctures at th ad C title, E face Q won ation in M thatthew an HSS21ChuSett ucatiolli i . . fi . sg . J ' mal and es Mr.Mminhg, presidenc f .tallllgf in I . Y 0 the Massachg Dstitute of I D if 3 nd nstmlfllllg fo f ious. Orce Ul Sneakerll lt Y n all fitting . :he keen wif with ff IS heard, I I myal of his charaeteristiqi atinguishes all of SS of insight imoriepili f0wn meeting, a scieitilfi' of thought, of utteranogi' 1 suggestion of remediegfl ell rejoice that one of out liciently now occupies the f state. 3 ' . 1. .Q hi 'A it .fm -41. 0 it 1 -Vz'ce-Pffzhzczjml and ffzsfffzzcfor in Nalzzral SCZ.67ZC6' fl Che jfacultg. - ' ALBERT G. BOYDEN, A. M. . Prifzczfrzl of Zhe Afoffmczl School and f7Z5Z7'ZL6'f07' in - - .Edzzcaziomzl Sindy qv Mara. Bridgewater Normal School, 1849. A. M. Am- herst College, 1861. Principal English High, Salem. Suh-Master Chapman Grammar School, Bos- ton. Instructor Bridgewater Normal School, 1850- . 535 1857-60. Principal of the School since 1860. ARTHUR C. BOYDEN, A. M. HZ'Sf07jl and Civil Polizjf. Bridgewater ,Normal School, 1871. Amherst I College, 1876. A A. M. Amherst College, 1879. Taught Mathematics Chauncy Hall School, Boston, 1876579 In 1891 with J. W. Dickinson on Educa- tional Commission to jamaica. Instructor in Chau- iauqnaiand Cottage City Summer Schools. Bridgewater Normal School since 1879. Vice-Principal of Bridgewater since 1895. I T FRANZ I-I. KIRMAYER, Ph. D. n ffzsfffzzciaff z'1z Classzks. and M0d677Z Lafzgzzrzges. Attended Universities of Munich' and Giessen. 1 Ph. D. Boston College, 1895. Served- in War of Rebellion, 1864-5. Vice-Consul of United States at Munich, 1868. Author of several text books. , At Bridgewater Normal School since 1870. 9