Brookline High School - Murivian Yearbook (Brookline, MA)

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©epartment MARGl ERITE PFLEGHAAR Travel to distant parts of the world and enjoyment of good music are special interests of Miss Pfleghaar. She is an active mem- ber of the French Department and has been appointed with Miss Holbrook to assume charge of the Louise Gambrill Memorial Mu- seum. E. LEX ORE PL AC IDO The Circulo Espanol would in- deed suffer were it deprived of the help and tireless energy of Miss Placido. Small and dark, with a friendly smile for everyone, she injects into her course a true flavor of Spain, and plans exhibits and outings for the Spanish Club, of which she is a faculty adviser. JANE G. RICKER Those who have been taught by Miss Ricker are noted for their perfect French accents, in which she drills her pupils well. In class, she tells entertaining stories of her adventures in France, and after school she divides her time between doing work with the Girls’ League and the School Council. ALBERT SHEPARD It is doubtful if there is any language in the curriculum which Mr. Shepard does not know how to teach. This term he is instruct- ing in French and Spanish, but he has taught Latin and occasion- ally English. He is an adviser of the Sagamore’s circulation depart- ment, and is Packard House fac- ulty member of the School Coun- cil. FLORA VARRIN WILKINSON A newcomer to Brookline High School, Madame Wilkinson has plunged in to teach French to high school students, supplement- ing her regular work at the Pierce, Lincoln, and Runkle schools. She knows many interesting stories about France and she will some- times relate them if one can find her in a free moment at the French Club meetings. REBEKAH WOOD Each year sees an increasing in- terest in Spanish, so says Miss Wood. A firm believer in hobbies, she has collected, in scrapbook form, all the Sagamore articles about El Circulo Espanol for the past several years. As one might imagine, she serves along with Miss Placido as faculty adviser of the Spanish Club.

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jWobetn language GENEVA F. CHAMBERLAIN As with the majority of Brook- line ' s teachers in the Modern Lan- guage Department, Miss Cham- berlain particularly enjoys tra- veling. When not engaged in teaching French to the high school ' s eager students, her other extra-curricula interests are music, drama, and art. A well-known fact is that she is a great friend of Miss Ricker’s. She may often be discovered listening avidly to French lectures at Harvard. KATHRYN L. O ' BRIEN Pupils taking sophomore French are this year using Miss O’Brien’s new book Second Year French, and the school is eagerly waiting for another textbook, now in preparation. She heads the newly formed Modern Language Depart- ment, and every summer acts as an instructor in the French Sum- mer School at Middlebury Col- lege. PAUL W. MATHER If you should happen to go near Room 131 some day after school, you would find Mr. Mather either rehearsing pupils for a French Club play or checking French books, of which he takes sole charge. In the summer, unlike those who relax, he is business manager of a Y.M.C.A. Camp in New Hampshire. DIEPOLD FRIEDLAND As faculty adviser to the Ger- man Club, the Red Cross, the Boys’ Club, and the Lincoln House Council, Mr. Friedland is certainly one of the School’s busi- est individuals. Tall and well- built, he may be seen any Friday afternoon knocking down the pins with the Boys’ Club bowling group. ALINE PERRIN Just back from her sabbatical year, M iss Perrin reveals that she bad many harrowing experiences in France and was barely able to escape the war and secure passage on a ship bound for home. She enjoys teaching French and is now the busy chairman of the French Club, assisted by Madame Wilkin- son and Mr. Mather.

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fWanual framing department GUY O. EDMl YDS W ith the need for national de- fense daily increasing, Mr. Ed- munds ' work becomes of utmost importance. He is the supervisor of the National Defense Training Program in Machine Work, colla- borating with the Brookline School Department and the State Depart- ment of Education. He also in- structs in the Evening School, as well as being Vice President of the Wentworth Institute Alumni Association. ARTHUR C. HOLTON The electricity department has been missing one of its most able teachers this year. Mr. Holton, one of the main stays of the Radio Glub, was struck down by a ear early in the fall. Although he was on the danger list for some time, at the time of writing he is well on the road to recovery. MINOT AUSTIN BRIDGHAM Although Mr. Bridgham is in charge of manual training, his specialty is woodworking, and many of the beautiful objects turned out b) that department have been done under his guid- ance. In the evening he supervises the Men’s Division of the Brook- line Evening Vocational School and often snatches a few minutes away from his work to read a book written about his field. EVERETT J. McINTOSH State Director of the National Education Association, past-Presi- dent of the Massachusetts Teach- ers’ Federation, Chairman of the Weymouth Park Commission, member of the Eastern Arts Asso- ciation, and consultant of the Na- tional Broadcasting Company Ed- ucation Policies Commission, is Mr. McIntosh —and one wonders how there is time to teach Me- chanical Drawing in both the grammar and high schools. CARL A. SMITH The man with the large pot of geraniums on his window sill is none other than Mr. Smith, whose love of gardening is exceeded only by his interest in printing. He teaches printing at the High School and the Brookline Evening Voca- tional School, and lollows the work of the National Graphic Arts Education Guild with care. HAROLD B. SYLVESTER Although most of us recognize Mr. Sylvester as one of the staff that teaches Mechanical Drawing, few ' of us know of his other ac- complishments. Besides being an ' important member of the Boy Scout Council, this year he has had articles and publications printed in the English Journal, the School Board Journal , the In- structor, Educational Method, and The Platoon School. FREDRICK L. WOODLOCK Not one person who has been taught Mechanical Drawing by Mr. Woodlock has failed to find that course one of the most inter- esting in the high school, and many have continued in advanced studies in this field. A genial fel- low, with a twinkle in his eye, Mr. Woodlock also instructs at the Lawrence School.