Brighton High School - Gothic Yearbook (Brighton, MA)

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miss 4 Ehenhate tlfurprr The retlrement of E Theodate Burp e has left a vacuum 1n 207 M1ss Burp e a nat ve of Lakeport New Hamp h1re and a graduate of Smlth College IS remembered by a host of assoclates graduates and puplls for unswervlng loyalty 1ntegr1ty pauence even w1th the underpnvxleged and the unendowed tolerance unadvertlsed generosxtles and a keen und rstandrng of the prob lems of youth She has reached the rmportant mrlestone rn her career whrch 1S not the end but the begmnmg Emancrpated from clocks calendars and dally sched ules she can now follow all the exc1t1ng bypaths that the pres ure of routme has hrtherto den1ed her She may choose to follow the sun She may prefer to watch the change of seasons at her beloved lakesrde retreat from the day the 1ce goes out ID Apnl unt1l the trees put on the1r not of color 1n October Whatever her cholce we wrsh her years of good health and a cont1nued serene outlook on l1fe so that she may be able to dram the last drop of enjoy ment from every new expenence miss tjnsrplmu fbtlhra Returnlng to Brrghton H1gh School ln September 1948 many puplls heard to thelr drsappomtment that M1ss G1ldea would no longer be found ln room 321 What these pup1ls had farled to real ze was that M1ss Grldea had been loan d temporarlly to Brlghton She r ally belonged to the faculty of Boston Clencal School The headmaster of that school real1z1ng her exceptlonal teach 1ng ab1l1ty requested that she return What Boston Clencal School has gamed The faculty and student body al1ke w1ll always remember M1ss Grldea for her keen sense of humor plcunly v1s1ble n her twrnkhng gray eyes her broad sm1le and her vnfectrous laughter Her fondness for sports endeared her to many partrcularly her golf bowling and tennls teams All who were 1n these groups found her not only an expert lnstructor but a gay compamon and a good sport Those puprls who needed a comfortmg word or advrce on a personal prob lem found M1ss Glldea unusually sympathetlc and understandmg Through her msrstence on a h1gh standard of work many were able to attam success 1n both the bus1ne s and the academlc world We are all happy for M1ss G1ldea and hope that she rs hndmg her work at Clencal School enjoyable Always there w1ll be a place 1n the treasure chest of memones of those who were pnvrleged to know M1ss Grldea as teacher or fnend 'fflr 'q'lZIllIPlIl illutlrt When we hrst heard that Mr Butler had recexved a promotron to Head of the Enghsh Department at the High School of Practrcal Arts we were very pleased But after a whlle our pleasure was tempered w1th the sad realrza t1on that of necesslty rt would mean h1s leavmg Bnghton Hxgh School In h1s classroom work Mr Butler was an excellent teacher but he had someth1ng more that made many of us envy hrm He had a warmth and un derstandmg that brought out the best rn the shy puprl that hred a drfhdent pupll w1th amb1t1on Recently we overheard a comment by a puprl who was lookmg sadly at the red lnked Enghsh III mark on h1s report card He sard That Mr Butler 15 the hardest marker ln the school Then he added But he s fcur Perhaps that sums up better than any words the regard m whlch the teach ers and puplls held htm Somehow Bnghton H1gh School wont be the same wrthout Mr Butler , an 4 'V Q . 42 it , Ai ' . e ' ' 3 1 1 1 3 I . ' ' ' o ' . . , ., ' 1 1 ' . . Q . l J . , I . 0 1 0 .rt K . 9 lsr I Q - 4 F . . 1 , e . e L Q ' - , Bnghton has lost. 1 I s . . , - , . X ,-.1 . ,U , ,Q . I I ' . . . , ' . , .

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Q9111' fllrthuies miss 413121111 4 ilflruntpsuu The sudden death on May 19 1948 of M1ss Mary E Thompson our beloved Bookkeepmg teacher was a severe blow as well as a great loss to the puprls and faculty of Bnghton Hxgh School Mrss Thompson was a dependable and conscrentlous teacher who made her pupils enyoy Bookkeeprng wh1le learmng 1ts complexrtres Her s was the task of tramrng commercral sophomores m hab1ts of accuracy honesty and neatness Th1s she accomphshed w1th consrderable ease for her natural tact and pauence plus a srncere sympathy developed respect and cooperatron Whrle her loss to us has been great to her farruly rt has been rrreparable In thrs modern world there are few daughters so happrly devoted to therr homes and mothers Today there are few who are more deeply relrgrous and who carry that rehgxon over to theu every act Of her rt can be truly saxd that she spoke rll of no one She was the happy possessor of a pleasmg manner a generous heart and a wrlhng hand The goodness and beauty of her lrfe have enhanced the teachmg pro fessron 'ILHIBS fhertruhe A ilunr After more than thrrty years of farthful loyal servrce Mrss Gertrude A Poor ret1red from the faculty of Brrghton Hrgh School on September 30 1948 When she started as an rnstructor of physical educatxon rt was the pr1v11ege of every grrl who entered Brrghton Hrgh School to come under her dxrectron And truly 1t was a pr1v1lege to be gu1ded by one so fundamentally farr mrnded wrth such warm human sympathy and qulet understandmg Dunng th1s penod of her career she organrzed the grrl s councrl the forerunner of our present Student Councxl and make of 1t a v1tal part of the school lrfe--and many a former councrl member must look back wrth pnde to the contnbutron of th1s organ 1zat1on to the proper functronrng of the school Upon the transfer of the school from the present Taft Burldmg to the Castle on the H111 she 1t was who drew the plans for our xmpresswe Class Day exercrses whrch grve such a splended opportunlty to show our spectacular settmg These exerc1ses w1ll cont1nue to be a frttrng tnbute to her In 1941 Mrss Poor a proneer 1n the field of Health Educatron transferred from the gymnasrum to the classroom when she rntroduced to the Bnghton Hrgh School the hrst course ln Health Educat1on 1n the Boston Publrc Schools Thrs transfer to the classroom necessar1lly but unfortunately decreased the number of grrls to come w1th1n her sphere of lnfluence-but rn no way was Mlss Poors zeal drmmrshed as she contrnued to teach her grrls to accept wrllrngly therr respons1b1ht1es rn an adult world God grant that Bnghton Hrgh School may be blessed w1th many more teachers who w1ll follow rn her footsteps exemng the same qulet rnfluence for good--and may God grant to Mrss Poor many years of happy healthy lrfe rn her Cape Cod home illlrss fhlrrv 4111 urleg The resrgnatron of Mrss Alxce Hurley hlled the hearts of her puprls wrth mrngled emotions of joy and sorrow Glad were they to thrnk of her as enyoyrng a happy marned 1116 but sorry to realxze that no longer would they have the pnvrlege of attendlng her classes A member of the Commercral Department smce 1938 Mrss Hurley brought to her classes a thorough knowledge of the commercral branches as well as a keen rnsrght xnto the drfflcultles and problems of youth Her enthusrastxc eagerness to help her pup11s and her gracrous fnendly manner made her loved and respected by all who knew her It rs the fond hope of both teachers and puprls that Mrs Ioseph Reardon as Mxss Hurley rs now known w1ll enyoy rn her new lrfe the happmess that she so nchly deserves o . yn -v Av ,sr 'QQ - v 'S' ., Y 1 1 1 . , 1 . . . . . . .. , 1 1 ' 1 1 . 1 . - 1 v 1 , . . ,sv .1 1 1 - , . 1 ' 1 . . , . 1 1 1 . . 11 . 11 . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 . . . . . 1 1 'o 4 . y ,-v fu Q 1 1 1 1 - 1 1

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Fx: v'-vflxlifqi Aw' ,... 'N 575' gg f' ml 94341 WUF 'l '17-Sy vm:-v 5 li HSI?-I'mmIr - all .as f ft 'nw mln .ltonur ilitttlhtug In the vear 1841 long before Bnghton became a part of Boston the Bnghton I-hgh School was estabhshed The above plctured p1oneer burldmg was erected when Wxlham Harnson had become Pres1dent when Damel Webster was Secretary of State and when Andrew Iackson was st1ll l1v1ng In addltlon to cr bxrth wlth such hxstoncal greats m the government the Bnghton Hlgh School was started when nenther I-'londa nor Texas had been adm1tted to the Unlon moreover the CIVII War was to take place twenty years hence To be sure these were the olden days' In the school however old as 1t rmght seem the puprl was taught the same hxgh moral and mtellectual standards that are taught tn the present day Bnghton I-hgh Both 1n th1s old school and ln the xmposrng structure of our modem bu1ld1ng youth has qamed the old fashxoned hxgh moral background and the new fashtoned mtellectual trarnxng We the youth of today salute the old Bnghton Hrgh School wh1ch has been a memonal to the early Bnghtomans and a blessxng for us later Bnghton xans' ANN LOUISE CARRIGAN Q 1 'Y ir I 45' . . -. - KA .J i It 1 LQ I1 if - T '. '-', . V, MQ X 4- - .ff ,-1-.' , s 1 , ,172 i ' 'f ' ' f ' I j im .5 Y' 1 A 5' fs f ,W . I at sk . 4 it-I ,H wg L+ H , Lg , V.: f V' 'L I lf! Y I- K --I 1 g ' Al-fs,-gig, g., 51,5 gg -D , t - x In Q v I . , ' ' Q f ' - 1 iff' I S l L L 2 S seee :H If I , 1 - I c .I .sl of - A - - , I ' 1 I I 4 : ff' ,rub ' I- 1 , : I-sri L 5 e..-,- .ri , ,,.- wt.: My 4 I 'If ' ', .?+1 Q I 1 31 :V . ' v .- . .A v ee e ,f If 4 P sf ' ' l , 1,..Il - -- ly f rw E ' ' F ' 'TZ A li 6 I . Q I i - ts Ita' , ' Li'-f 012 I I -'W T ' A , ' ' . 'E t- t , tw? wilful t 3 1 I 1 ' f -H1 al ' I ' ant ' - W s ' I , ' ' ' gif: . , ,t pf 3 i..,: sd-.V lg I' - Ag .ff ,fhwff I C I1 I 'q W f , 3 ' ' KZ 'N ' 1' ' Ui' li r q ' Y !1 4X ',g li 'VC I Y ,, Y S.. 9 1 E, fr I 5 ',,if C.'x, 2 -I ' ' 3 l1'i, ',- 5: 25- in I ,l - x .ul V, W -Uv EN YI ' Q I NGLl-4h1 l-.- K . KS A., . . i n A.