Central High School - Brecky Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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A Tribute SARAH E. SIMONS Head of the Department of English 1906-1936 The retirement of Miss Sarah E. Simons from the Washington School system has a special significance for the teachers and pupils of Central, for although her work as Head of the English Department has taken her into the other senior and junior high schools in the city, she belongs to us. She is a graduate of this school, and after taking her degree at Stanford University, she came back to Washington to begin her teaching career at Central. She taught here until she was made Head of the English Department in 1906. Miss Simons is a woman of broad scholarship and cultivated tastes, and has won distinction in the educational world by her very fine editing of various school texts, and her publications, which range from the blank verse of a Shakespeare pageant to the pedagogical prose of a book on methods in teaching. As Head of the English Department she was always abreast of the times, and with an open mind for new ideas, kept her department flexible without endan- gering its organization. As a supervisor, the teachers found her sympathetic and generous, kindly in her judgment, and with an understanding of their problems which made her quick to speak the encouraging word and give the helpful sugges- tion. Students, as well as teachers, were aware of her genuine interest in their work. Her ofiice is Filled with their creations-stories, themes, illustrated articles, models, all of which she kept on display. To quote Miss Coolidge, '6Miss Simons has left her impress on the Washington schools. At this time, when so many are expressing their appreciation of her work, Central joins in affectionate congratulations on a career followed with such marked success. ANNE McCoLM E211

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COMMERCIAL M. T. RARI:R IMI-s.l MAY MIIRRILI. lMrs.I ID. S. RAI' 1Mrs.I IMNIILI. tloomiss GIIOROIJ T. U'NI:II.I. M. GIQRTRIIIJII SMITH IMrs.I E. 0. HARNI-ID RIITH R. PARKER tMrs.I Lois E. Yizcic S. T. KIIvIIII.I: C. EsTI:I.I.I-3 PHII.I.IPs lMrs.I RIIBY W. YOuIvuIH.ooIJ 1IVIrs.I I'HRoNsII: MARsH C. M. RAY HISTORY GIJORIQE J. JONI:s. liaml of Ileparlnienl MAsoN IgI'lNtlIS'I' lMrs.b LII.I.IAN McCoI.M EIJITII C. KOJOIIIIAROI-'r lMrs.I EDA RIIRLAILK HI:sTI3R E. MI:NI:I.I.I' l'lARRIET'I' LASIER CHARLOTTIL R. FARRINGTON DOROTHY M. PARTON EIIITII Lowlc l,III:RI:'I I',I IIIQIIIINOTON GRACI: R. JOHNSON RosAI.II': ROBIN!-I'I'TE EI.vA WI:I.I.s IMI-s.I MILITARY INSTRUCTION Homer: BlIT'I'ERW0R'l'H LII-QUT. PAIII. L. IJOIIRR GIRLS' WELFARE Brgsslrz M. LI:wIs IMI-sf! OFFICE FORCE SARA E. S'I'I:I'III:Ns .IANI3 l,IItlIIS I IIANcI:s M. SCOTT FACULTY NOTES Miss Sarah E. Simons has rctirefl. Miss Sarah I'. Lynch flied OII january IT. l930. Miss Clem lI'WIIl Orr retired and is living in Springficld, Mass. Mrs. Susie C. lj2illll?I' was trzuisferrecl from Central to Roosevelt. Mr. Samuel H. Nicholson is now teaching iII Philadelphia. Pa., his lIoIIIe town. Miss Martha Wiiner died in August, l935. Mrs. Janet Torhet and Mr. Irving Coggins have hccn transferrccl to the new Wood- row Wilson High School. Miss Ifrances M. Banta has retired and spent the winter in California. Miss Christina lvright retirccl in FCl7l'llZll'y, I930. Mr. IJ. P. McAdoO is now teaching at Western High School. Miss Natalie L. Parton has joined our faculty from Alice DI-al Junior High School. Miss fi0I'll'llt'lt' E. Walter has heen transferred to Central from Eastern. Miss Grace H. Long came to Central from Powell .Iunior High. Miss Clare Driscoll came to Central from Beaver Countrv Day School, Chestnut Hill. Mass. I I Mr. Ralph H. Lane It-ft the Buffalo East High School to teach at Central. Sergeant Horace Butterworth took Mr. McAfIoo's place as hand instructor. Mr. Hilffly L. Pearce was ll'ZlIlSfCl'l'Cll to Central from Eastern High. Mr. Rolmerl G. Vanderlip came to Central from Langley ,Iunior High in lfclvruary. I 930. I201

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