Brighton High School - Gothic Yearbook (Brighton, MA)

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Ma. S cfneff Pelewian

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M4 Sacfneq fjelteaian The students the faculty and the dlllilllll wlll never forget 'Wir Sldney Peterson who unseltisllly devoted forty one years of hls llfe to the young men and women of Brlghton Hlgh School 'Not only shall we all remember hlm as ar eager and most capable teacher but also as a f lend ever warm slncere and klnd toward those Wlth whom he comes ll'I contact -X graduate of the Boston Publlc Latln School and of Harvard College he dld graduate work at Harvard at the Massachusetts Instltute of Technology at Worcester Polytechnlc Instltute at Boston IJI'llVel'Slty and at the IIIIIVBFSIIY of Parls where he dld work under Madame Curle Besldes thls year ln France he spent ln travel and study slx summers ln Europe -Xfter two years at the Worcester Classlcal Hlgh School he came to the Brlghton Hlgh School IVI'llCh he saw grow from a school of 210 to one of 1100 puplls In those early years he coached ln athletlcs and was ln charge of all SOCl3I ard mllltary func IIOIIS of the school ln addltlon to hls regular full tlme lnstructlon ln sclen- e In 1901 he was made Master Head of the Sclence Department ln whlch capaclty he served ulltll hls retlremellt It was ln 1904 that he took charge of the school programs That lllcreaslllgly arduous task of Illdklllg' the asslgnments of studles for all teachers and puplls he dld ullalded and wlth uncanny perfectlon Slnce he IS a man of vlslon and ldeas he had a tremendous lnfluence upon the school and thus proved to be an Appreclatlon of hls professlonal dblllfy IS shown by the offices to whlch he has been elected Presldent of the Eastern ASSOC1atl0H of Physlcs Teachers VICE Presldent of the New England Assoclatlon of Chemlstry Teachers PfeSld8nt of the Masters Heads of Departmerts of Boston Hlgh Schools Presldent of the SCIENCE Councll of the Boston Hlgh Schools, Chalrman of the Commlttee for the Course of Study ln SCICHCC for the Cooperatlve Courses lll Boston Hlgh Schools, a member of the orlglnal commlttee to formulate the Qllglblllty rules for lnterscholastlc athletlcs Chalrman of the Com mlttee on Standard Speclficatlons for Sclence Laboratorles Mr Peterson was always happy to help hls puplls wlth thelr problems and was always eager to teach them honor and the Joy of accompllshment through the beautles and facts of sclence lnstllllng ln them SCIENCES unfalllng lntegrlty He has remalned young ln Splflt Wlth the two generatlons of hls puplls so that they ever conslder hlm thelr frlenld To the hundreds of puplls he has been falr just enthuslastlc klnd sym pathetlc loyal and an lnsplratlon to many of them to follow sclence as thelr llfe s work Hls fellow teachers have mlssed hls conslstent frlendllness and hls unvarylng loyalty Indeed he IS a frlend ln whom C0llHd6l es are safe and from whom ddVlCE IS dependable No teacher ln the century of the Brlghton Hlgh Scnool has left the mark of hlS lntluence on the school as has Sldney Peterson Followlng hlm lr o the sunny cllme of hlS new home ln Florlda go the heartfelt 'wVlSh9S of hlS puplls and colleagues for hls contlnued good health and full enjoyment of llfe Hls teachlng was dedlcated to the bellef and falth ln Youth that IS full and llfe glvlng to contrltlon reslgned and penltence felt for the mlstake maker to a falth whose unkllown source IS a well sprlng of heart and soul courage 10 I e K II, 1 I .Il I I I 4 . n LII I I . . , V 1- . . '. ' Y . - , I ' .I 1 .I ' L ' ' I C ' tl ' , 1 Y .1 15 1 rI , - , I y I 1 I 1 , . y . Y . . s v . . , f . . . V A . i . . . , . A Y . . . K , . ' .' , ' ' 5 ' . 1 1 1, 1 I I 1 1 I P I H I I Y - . . I . . . - . . . . 1 . 0 - t . V . - . . , 1 A 1 L4 , 1 LI :I 1 , I I 1 1 I L. ' . ' y . V' . Y . ' . A 'Q . 1 'L' 1 I 181, 1 1 I S I ' K L74 I 1 able assistant to the headmasters under whom he served. : . . . . Z . - . Av A . . . V 3 . I .1 . , c c c c . . .. . ' . I . g . - ' S - S ' ' c ' ' . , . . . . . . ,. , . W . y . , - v s ' - '11 iv' , If 1 I I ur.: 1 1 I A. . . . L. . v . . K.. u . . . if . . . . H . . . - . . . I 1 . . - l ' , ' , - ' YP