Bulkeley High School - Class Yearbook (Hartford, CT)

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Dr. Tooker ' s first assembly. DR. TOOKER On March 2 we welcomed Dr. Ellis Tooker to Bulkeley. A highly educated man, he has attended a variety of educational institutions. He attended Albion Liberal Arts College in Albion, Michigan for three years, majoring in chemistry. From Albion, Dr. Tooker transferred to the University of Michigan where he received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees. During this time he also did part time work in Child Psychology at Wayne University in Detroit. He was awarded a Carnegie Fellowship for advanced study at Harvard. In two summers and one academic year, Dr. Tooker did work in psychol¬ ogy and passed the Harvard qualifying paper, one of the many difficult requirements for a doctoral degree. He came to Hartford in 1952. In 1954 and 1955 he did work in preparation for his doctoral degree, which he received in June of 1955. a i i Dr. Tooker’s teaching experience ' includes the teaching of chemistry and physics at Farmington, Michigan, and science at Grosse Pointe, Michigan be¬ tween 1941 and 1942, having received his Masters in 1938. He was also given the job of coaching the Grosse Pointe football team on the strength of his own ability as a player. In 1942 he took a leave for military service. During the first year he taught at the Army Air Force Technical Command. During the next two years he served as a navigation officer in the United States Navy. In 1945 Dr. Tooker took mili¬ tary leave and was teaching as well as doing counsel¬ ing work at Grosse Pointe. In 1951 he became inter¬ ested in guidance and did some work in that field at Wayne University in Detroit. During 1951 and 1952 he was the director of guidance and pupil adjustment at Harvard. Some of Dr. Tooker’s interests include photography and all types of sports. He likes to fish and hunt when he has the opportunity and may be seen on rare occasions fishing on a placid lake or hunting in the Vermont woods. It is a pleasure to have Dr. Tooker with us and we hope that he will enjoy his stay. DR. ELLIS TOOKER M

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BOARD OF EDUCATION Left to right: Mr. Raymond J. Kelly; Mr. Armand A. Korzenik; Miss Martha Johnson; Mr. Lewis Fox; Mrs. Madelyn C. Neumann, Secretary; Dr. Vincent P. Cenci, Vice-Presi¬ dent; Mr. Thomas E. McBride, President; Dr. John F. Balkun, Jr. I SUPERINTENDENTS Mr. Leo M. McCrann, Mr. Robert H. Black, Dr. Robert H. Mahoney, Mr. Edwin F. Nelson.

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MR. ALEXANDER A. MACKIMMIE, JR. We are fortunate to have Mr. Mackimmie as our prin¬ cipal. Although he is a very busy person, he always finds time to attend our sports events and social activities, and to visit classrooms. PRINCIPAL ' S MESSAGE When your editor-in-chief approached me in Sep¬ tember with the request that I continue the tradition of writing a principal’s message for Maple Leaves, I was looking forward to a busy and interesting period of working with your class. I was anticipating the excitement, the pleasures and, yes, even the head¬ aches that go with helping you with the final aca¬ demic achievements, the social activities, the p lannin g for the future, and the graduation events that are as¬ sociated with the senior year. As you are aware, a situation developed resulting in a new professional assignment which removed me from the role of your principal As I write this mes¬ sage, I realize fully for the first time that I shall not have the privilege of guiding you through your clos¬ ing days at Bulkeley and participating officially in your Commencement Program. This is a matter of the keenest regret for me. I know that your affairs will be most capably carried out by your officers and committees under the direction of Dr. Tooker, Mr. Bashour, Mrs. Pietrallo, Miss Lane, and Miss Fitz¬ gerald but I shall be the loser, for I shall miss those close contacts that I would have had with you and that mean so much to me. Throughout your four years at Bulkeley I have dis¬ cussed many topics with you at assemblies, class meet¬ ings, student council meetings, committee meetings, and in individual conferences. In this message to you I should like to stress once more something that I have tried to hold before you constantly — the ideal of service to your fellowman. Most of you have taken advantage of the opportunities that the school and community have given you for working with and for others. You have learned through first-hand experi¬ ence that people and causes are important .and that helping neighbors and classmates to achieve happi¬ ness and success really matters. I urge you to continue to cultivate this attitude. I assure you that willingness to give unselfishly of yourself is a basic ingredient to a rich, rewarding and full life. Finally, I should like to express to each of you my appreciation for your contribution to Bulkeley High School. As a class, you have made steady progress dur¬ ing your high school career. I commend you both in¬ dividually and as a group for the fine manner in which you have accepted your responsibilities. Con¬ gratulations on your accomplishments and your com¬ ing graduation. You leave Bulkeley aware that, just as the school has left its mark on you, so too, have you left your imprint on the school. I wish you, as I have wished each of the seven previous Bulkeley classes I have had the honor of calling mine, God speed, confident that you will bring credit to your parents, your teachers, and Bulkeley High School. ALEXANDER A. MACKIMMIE, JR. 8