Brighton High School - Gothic Yearbook (Brighton, MA)

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Ma Sul P ANI APPRECIATION iWrrtten by Mrss Marlon A Hawes Former Head of Forergn Languages Departmentl When Srdney Peterson came to Brrghton Hrgh School rn 1901 he found a school of about two hundred and fifty puprls raprdly growrng rr numbers and rmportance under the leadershrp of Mr Frederrc Allrson Tupper rts Headmaster The new comer was greeted wrth a specral welcome by the lrttle corps of teachers who for years had been enjoyrng the wrse counsel and drrectron of hrs father Mr Ellrs Peterson Supervrsor and later Assrstant Superrntendent of the Bostor schools Mr Peterson came to hrs new dutres wrth an excellent preparatron havrng been graduated from the Boston Latrn School and Harvard College havrng taken. graduate courses at the Worcester Polytechnrc and at the Massachusetts Instrtue of Technology and havrng taught rn the Worcester Classrcal and rn the Newton Hrgh School Almost rmmedrately hrs hrgh scholarshrp and attractrve personalrty garned hrm a place rn the regard of teachers and scholars whrch trme has only made more secure -in athlete hrmself he was harled by the boys as therr leader and for several years he coached the track hockey and basketball teams and had charge of all the outsrde actrvrtres of the school On the great days of the competrtlve mrlrtary drrlls rn Mechanrcs Burldrng he went and returned wrth the Companres from Brrghton It was he who superrntended the hangrng of the beautrful orar. e and black banner who saw to rt that every cadet recerved the flowers and candy thrown to hrm by hrs frrends rn the audrence and who Jorned rn the trrumphal homeward march of hrs vrctorrous Companres proudly bearrng the flags whrch they had won All these actrvrtres however engrossrrw were only srde actrvrtres and were qurte subsrdrary to the real work of teachrng to whrch he devoted himself heart and soul The Scrence Department of our School under hrs headshrp yrelded to none rn the crty The record of hrs studres and achrevements rs a notable one He has taken graduate courses rn Scrence Educatron Psychology Musrc German and French at Harvard College and Boston Unrversrty At Bates College he took specral courses rn Educatron. Poetry and French He has travelled extensrvely havrng vrsrted Europe seven trmes, once for a stay of fourteen months durrng whrch he vrsrted Swrtzerland Italy Ger many Holland France and England He studred French at the Lnrversrty of Grenoble and at the Lnrversrty of Parrs he took courses rn Chemrstry and Zoology and had the unusual advantage of studyrng Radro actrvrty wrth Madame Curle Many a college presrdent has had no better equrpment and we may well be thankful that 'VIr Peterson had chosen to devote hrs unusual talents and acqurrements to the boys and grrls of Brrghton Hrgh School Mr Petersons hobby rs the Great Outdoors wrth rts rncrdental gardenrng wrnter sports and canoerng How often have we seen hrm Joyfully departrng for hrs vacatron rn the country but ever then not wholly free from cares of school for rn hrs surtcase was always the materral for the hrgh school program which he has made out for many years a masterprece of patrent rngenrous labor a mrghty maze transformed rnto a perfect plan No one can estrmate the value of hrs personal rnfluence Hrs unfarlrng courtesy hrs gerarrne krndness and readrness to grve help wherever needed hrs adherence to the loftrest standards of truth and honor are combrned wrth a keen sense of humor and a very human sympathy wrth the Joys and sorrows of hrs puprls In these days called by Henry Dwrght Sedgwrck the days of the vanrshrng gentleman he strll rllustrates Chaucers rdeal a veray parfrt gentrl Kmght 11 O o ' 1 9 . . . . bl . . , . W . . , . , s , r .I . ' 7 X . v . 7 , . A . , . . U ' 9 7 Y Y . . . T . .9 Y L' , I 7 . . . , Y .lm . . . . Y . . , . for excellence, and Mr. Peterson was in the very Hrst rank of teachers of science. l l 1 - Y 9 l 7 7 ' l 1 ' Y . . . . , . 9 A 7 9 ' ! ! 9 ' 9 7 5 . . Y A 4 ' 1 r -' 1 ' Z K' ! ! 7 9 AT . . . . . . . y .A V . . , , A .' . , V . Y, . H . . . ,, . . i ! ' 66 , ' ' ' !7 , .

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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

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H-, Editor ln Chief Associate Editor Editor ex OIIICIO Faculty Adviser Photography RICHARD FAVREAU FRANCES FARRELL LOUIS RAFFIO LOUISE ANGELOSANTO DOROTHY BENNETT LOUISE BERNY LI CILLE CROVVE JLNE FINE Activities Typist BARBARA BERKSON Advertising FRANCIS CARR Home Room Editors MARION GOETZ CONSTANCE HARSON GLORIA JOSEPHS LILLIAN PAUL ELSIE SARKISIAN 12 NAZARINO MAZZOLA RUSSELL WALLEN JOSEPH A LEARY ELIZABETH I ONEILL Blographles VASILIA VERENIS Secretary VIRGIN IA RAYMON D ANN DILLON ESTELLE STEIN PAI LINE WILLIAMS JOHN ARDOLINO FRANK CASTAGNETTI RALPH COLPITTS