Cambridge Latin High School - Review Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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19 HIGH AND LATIN scnoon. E QTY INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL EVFNTY FIVE years ago the Cambridge Hlgh and Latln School was founded Seventy five years ago that was ln 1847 almost fourteen years before the CIVII War Our country has changed a great deal smce that time It has almost doubled ln slze Its populatlon IS very much larger ln proportlon Modes of llfe too have changed At that tlme the people of this natlon were not so deeply engrossed m the pursult of the almlghty dollar Indeed lt IS whlspered that they took some sllght lnterest ln the government and prosperlty of the natlon We have progressed smce that tlme In what d1rect1on I w1ll not attempt to say I am not a philosopher Nevertheless we have wlth us today the express tram the automoblle the Elevated the alrplane the radlo the sky scraper the electrlc washlng machlne the well there IS no use contlnulng Anvone IS able to fill out the 11st And these are surely marks of progress ln some dlrectlon The seventy fifth annlversary of a school such as the Cambrldge Hlgh and Latln School IS no small matter It IS the anmversary of an mfimte amount of trouble and dlscouragement and also of an lnfinlte amount of my and achlevement It IS the annlversary of a most 1emark able success a success whlch has lasted throughout seventy Exe yeals and shows everv evldence of lastmg for as many more It IS the annl versary of the foundmg of a great publlc school one of the most 1m portant lnstltutlons 1l'1YOlV6d ln the progress of our country For thls reason we are ln our small way endeavormg to do our best to commem orate this fact by maklng our annual Year Book an anmversary number w1th the history of the school mcorporated w1th1n lts pages We sm cerely hope that thls attempt wlll be met wlth approbatlon although ou1 sources of mformatxon have been meagre and we may have made un fortunate omlsslons In th1s respect we most certalnly owe many words of grateful acknowledgment to Mr Fitzgerald, our superlntendent of schools, to Mr Cleveland, our respected head master, and to Mr Durrel, an enthuslastlc alumnus and the secretary of the Alumni Assoc1at1on, fox their most loyal support and valuable asslstance m maklng thls hlstory posslble Thus we lntroduce you to the hlstory of our school It IS not a com plete hlstory, It IS merely the hlstory of the first seventy five years For the school IS destlned to go on and on It IS an 1H9Stlm3.bl6 power ln the clty, the state, and the natlon It formulates and develops the ldeas IH the plaStlC mmds of the younger generatlon These youths and maidens eventually become the rulers of soclety, and the oplnlons they formed 1n school are broadcasted to the whole world Thus the great mfluence for good, the publlc school, cannot stop, but must go on mdefimtely We slncerely wlsh a continually greater success to thlS our Mother School, the Cambrldge Hlgh and Latm l7l I I lFMm,l :WlW'lMWlM WMNlM:M!lxh , l1CN5,l 1llWlf llElJ !'? 'Tl l'l Vl lMllElllllnlllll'W'l l'i 'l ll WmW1WWlmlWmIl5l7IF EI5lll'1llllllFT'Il' Hu In . v WF V Q l I ' V: I ' : ' 1 . 5 I - gi H. Q ,,.,,,, , 2 lr ,..,,-...-- .,-.,..,.-. ,,,. .. ,.,,.,, I ....-......sx-E LM- ,. --.....l ,.Wr-ll mm- 'wmmws1nmmmwm1n:wm wl:l Inl:m-1,w,mww-, ul , I I' , ' 4 ,- ,:,.,,l:L:mlmmnl:m':mmuu mmvuuunnumn, - 1 ' ' f ' w r 1 I x K n ' L, n , u . . . . . . Y . . . . , . . . . . . - 1 . . . . . . ' ' ca u - - as 7 1 1 1 9 ' i ,, . . . . ' 7 ! ! Y L ' . . . . . 7 . g . . . l K . Y- . . . . . . . . , , f . I - V 1 , . , .. V . 9 1 ' T x n ' y , 1 .. k 1 L L. xi

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1 19 L 3 r-MGH AND LATIN swoon., ' 25 1 Mr Smlth undertook thexr lnstructxon Wlth the ald of only one asslstant MISS N H Manmng Thls schoolhouse at the corner of Broadway and Wlnsor Street however was cons1dered lnadequate for the accommoda tlon of the number of pup1ls expected the followmg year and the clty councll took under conslderatlon the COIlStI'l.lCt10ll of a new school bulldlllg' on Amory Street The councll made DFOVISIOH for one hundred and elght scholals ln the blllldlllg although the School Commlttee had set the standards of adm1ss1on very h1gh and thought that the llberal allowance was qulte unnecessary Howex 61 all but one of the desks wele filled at the first ercamlnatlon IH July 1848 and soon the School Commlttee was obllged to ask for the first flool of the bulldlng whlch had hltherto been devoted to grammar school puplls The sp1r1t of antagomsm VVhlCh then ex1sted between the dlfferent sections of the town was one of the dlfflcultles to be overcome by the School Commlttee The cltlzens of Cambrldgeport and East Cam brldge qualrelled w1th each other contlnually and the lnhabltants of Old Cambrldge w1shed to have noth1ng to do wlth e1the1 of the other two sec tlons The mlsunderstandmg was verv much 1n evldence whenever the three wards came together ln town rneetmg and fo1 some tlme there was a p0SS1b111lV that the hlgh school pro1eCt would be defeated for the councll membexs from Old Cambrldge declared that they would make no use of the hlgh school, and when the school fifst opened ln the fall of 1847, the mayofs daughter was the onlv Cllpll f1om Old Cambridge But the an tagonlsm 1n legald to the hlgh school gradually chsappeared and was not learoused In fact the Hlgh School eventuallv proved to be one of the 1m portant factors 1n the final reun1on and cooperat1on of the three walds The new school house on Amory Street was dedlcated 1n June, 1848, and the mavor and most of the lmportant c1t1zens of Cambrldge were present Pres1dent Edward Everett of Halvard College was the prmcl pal speaker of the occaslon 191 l-: 1. v. lr., , E ! ..... .........--. ..,..,,.., , . ..,. .. ,, . , ...,, . , , ., , -,., , ,.. . . . , , E g 1 f E El . e I 1 1? E ...,........., l....., ., . . .. , ..., . ,,.,.,-,, , ,, .. ....,.,., .. . . ,.,. , , ,. .. ...,.. .--ig .-L-1 .. -----.-------. L x E SL mllllmlu mu lm ' uL,1:mLJ'n,':1u'..J:,,1m..': v:u.,l1:.'u..l1: 'ew: l1:1.,4:u:u1:1'ntx'.u,vr, Lu ,tw 'll 'Lu:m':v'u' 1 . . . ,. ,..tr::mum-::v :1:l1u.,LE EWl '5l W4Il'l1llNllIlll4lV!llllillll ' ' . . . ' . . . Y - . X 7 L . . . L L . Y . . I - v y A . . . i - K v ' . - ' ' 1 ' - . ' ' L L L U i . . . L . . L ' W . . . . L . , L w . ' W - ' ' 1 ' L L L L ' 1 1 L y v . L L L L . . ' . . . W . . , , L L L , L L . v N . . LL L . L . 1 v . . . . ' , L . v . Y . . . ' Y w - L, e . . . w . . L . L L Y . . Q . L , L ' N . . . v . . . ' ' L ' . 1 L -. ' C K