Burke High School - Silver Lamp Yearbook (Dorchester, MA)

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Faculty HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS MISS SARA B. DRENEY, P1-LD. . . Head of the Modern Languages Department MR. JOHN A. DUNN. A.M. . . ......... Head of the Sfienee Department MR. LEO T. FOSTER, A.M. ..... .... H ead of the Commercial Department Mlss GRACE V. LYNCH, ED.M. . . . .... Head of the English Department MR. GEORGE L. MCKIM. A.M. . . . .... Head of the Hiftory Department ACTING HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS Mlss FLORENCE F. COOPER. B.S. IN ED. ................ Art Department Miss MAIKY T. GIBBONS, MED. ..... . . . Playfical Education Department Miss MARY C. O,CONNOR. M.A. . . . .......... Hixtory Department Miss HELEN F. SULLIVAN, M.ED. . . . . . . Matlaematics Department page thirteen

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lHl Elllllllll llli HlHlllY . , -1 evzffryfi .,- ff i f .Q V, - ' family. f The iron table, designed by Miss Cooper and wrought in ,fp a shops of the South Boston High School, was presented by gg-Eg, ,.,l QQ, . class of 1940. The fact that we did not have to pay for ' work of fashioning the intricate design made it possible for class to make this valuable gift. 9 4 the gift of the Bowdoin and Gibson fund. The gift of the class of 1944 is a beautiful replica of the Wiimged Victory of Samothrace. The presentation of the statue seemed particularly appropriate this year, which may mark for us both victory in war and victory in peace. What more sig- nificant interpretation of our coming triumphs could we have chosen! The original figure, which stood in the prow of a galley, blow- ing a trumpet, was perhaps carved to celebrate a victory off the Island of Cyprus over the Egyptian General Ptolemy in or about the year 306 B.C. S. Reinach in his art commentary Apollo writes: The ir- resistible energy, the victorious swing of the body, the quivering life that seems to animate the marble, the happy contrast af- forded by the flutter of the wind-swept mantle, and the adherence of the closely fitting tunic to the torso combine to make the statue the most exquisite expression of movement left to us by antique art. The Wingetl Victory of Samothrace expresses to us the strength, courage, and brave forward-looking spirit of woman- hood at its best. HELAINE FLASCHNHR, '44, IRIS HIERBITS, '4-4. page tu 'elwe At the left is a portrait of Dr. Jeremiah E. Burke, for whom I our school is named. The portrait is the gift of Dr. Burke's Dr, Burke was Assistant Superintendent of the Boston Public Schools from 1904 to 1921, from l92l to 1931, Dr. Burke was Superintendent and in full charge of the schools of Boston. the the the the The Chinese celadon vase on a hand-carved teakwood base is

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Faculty JEREMIAH E. BURKE HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS DR. ELLEN G. WISEMAN, Head Master Doris F. Ambrose, M.Ed. English Anne Beck, M.E. Commercial Branches Lillian Bell, M.B.A. Commercial Branches Mary 1. Benson, B.S. Clothing Ivy Berger, M.C.S. Health Education Gertrude Lundstedt Bowles, M.Ed. Physical Education Science Commercial Branches Commercial Branches English Irene M. Bragan, Ed.M. Iva M. Bryant, B.S. in Ed. Mary A. Burns, B.S. in Ed. Mary C. Cadigan, Ph.D. Angela M. Cannata, M.Ed. Ruth M. Clifford, Ed.M. Mary Connelly, Ed.M. Art Commercial Branches Physical Education Mary A. Cooney, M.Ed. History Florence F. Cooper, B.S. in Ed. Art James F. Daly, M.A. Commercial Branches Sara B. Dreney, Ph.D. Spanish John A. Dunn, A.M. Science Alice Gerard Mary T. Gibbons, M.Ed. Bessie Ginsburg, M.S.C. Health Education Physical Education Commercial Branches Winnifred A. Golden, M.Ed. Commercial Geography Margaret E. Grant, M.Ed. Arnold M. Greenhalge, A.M. Yvonne Haberr, M.Ed. Carolyn R. Hedstrom, M.Ed. Mary B. Helfrich, M.Ed. Dorothy Hoar, M.Ed. Adelaide T. Kieran Edmund L. Kelleher, M.S. Katherine C. Kelly, A.M. Beatrice E. Kingsley, M.Ed. Selma Koehler, M.A. Helen G. Knarr, M.Ed. Barbara Lane, M.Ed. Louise R. Leen, M.Ed. Alice F. Linnehan, Ed.M. Gertrude C. Lundstedt Grace V. Lynch, Ed.M. John J. Lynch, M.B.A. Leah Malkiel, M.A. page fourteen English Mathematics Science History Latin Science Clothing Science French English French Commercial Branches Merchandising Commercial Branches French Physical Education English Commercial Branches French Helen E. Mannix, M.Ed. Katherine L. Mannix, B.S.E. Katherine F. McCarthy, M.Ed. Mary K. McCarthy, M.Ed. Helen McKay, M.Ed. George L. McKim, A.M. Mary K. McLaughlin, M.Ed. Veronica McNamee, M.Ed. Catherine G. Mulcahy, M.Ed. Eleanor Mullane, B.S. in P.A. Isabelle Neville, M.Ed. Elise M. Nolan, M.Ed. Katherine F. O'Connell, M.Ed. Mary C. O'Connor, M.A. Cornelius A. O'Keefe, M.A. Eileen O'Neill, Ed.M. Willimn Reid, M.Ed. Rose Rubin, M.E. Lillian F. Sheridan, M.B.A. Elizabeth Skirball, Ed.M. Hesta L. Skirball, M.S. Agnes C. Smith, M.Ed. Alice M. Smith, M.C.S. Edna Coburn Sullavan, M.Ed. Helen F. Sullivan, M.Ed. Loretta Sullivan, M.E. Mary Sweeney, M.Ed. Albert L. Taylor, M.A. Eleanora J. Vogel, Ed.M. Rose E. WeiEenbach, Ph.D. Eileen Weller, M.B.A. Louise E. Wolf, B.S. in Ed. Harriet A. White, A.M. Irene A. Yurenas, M.Ed. Constance Gould Elizabeth Neiderberger Mildred McDevitt Dorothy M. Casserly Elizabeth V. O'Neill Helen Casey, R.N. James J. Bulman English Art English Commercial -Branches Commercial Branches History Commercial Branches Physical Education History Commercial Branches History History English History Latin Commercial Branches History History Commercial Branches Commercial Branches Food Commercial Branches Commercial Branches Physical Education . Mathematics Health Education - English English Commercial Branches English Health Education Clothing English Commercial Branches Art Aide Art Aide Secretary Clerical Assistant School Physician School Nurse Custodian