Classical High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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JOSEPHINE A. WHITE It hardly seems possible that a year has passed since Miss White’s retirement from Classical High School’s History Department. Miss White’s ever pleas- ant personality will always be remembered by graduates of Classical fortunate enough to have had her as a teacher. She was graduated from Radcliffe with a Bachelor of Arts degree, and she received her Master’s degree in history at Columbia University. She later tood additional courses at Oxford University in England. She travelled extensively, both in this country and abroad, during which time she increased her vast know- ledge of history and language. This knowledge and ex- perience was invaluable in Miss White’s teaching. In these times, when history is being made daily, and when proper guidance from our teachers is so essential, the loss from our faculty of a teacher like Miss White will always be deeply felt. HARRIET W. MARR For twenty-seven years, Classical students have found a friend as well as a teacher in Miss Harriet Marr. A graduate of Radcliffe College, Miss Marr left Keene High School, New Hampshire, in 1919, came to Classical, and immediatcly won the respect and admiration of both faculty and students. Seated at her desk in 116, she gladly gave her classes what few feople are fortunate enough to possess —a vast store of knowledge in the fields of history and global geography. Having travelled extensively abroad, Miss Marr collected not only maps but also models of famous buildings, which she freely showed to her classes. As a member cf the executive board of the Connecticut valley branch of the Foreign Policy Association, she was unquestionably the one to advise the International Re- lations Club which flourished under her leadership. Despite illness, she cheerfully carried cn with her “boys and girls’’ in whem she tock a personal interest. Indeed, it was a great loss to Classical, when, last June, Miss Marr submitted her resignation. The authcr of a book on the ‘Early Republic’”’ and cf numerous children’s stories, she plans to devote herself to writing. Classical thanks you, Miss Marr, for being such an asset to our school and such a teacher who will be forever remembered by grateful Classicalites. 12

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CLARA B. HAWKS Rarely does a high school have the opportunity of having a teacher such as Clara B. Hawks on its staff. Understanding, patient, and kind, Miss Hawks as well as having the training requi- sites of a good teacher, was wise in her handling of human relationships. A teacher of this school said of Miss Hawks after her retirement, ‘‘Miss Hawks was more than a fine English teacher; she had something which many other teachers cannot gain through years of study”’. Miss Hawks was sincerely interested in her students’ progress. There is nothing that makes a student work any harder than the realization: that someone appreciates his accomplishments. Every pupil who has studied under Miss Hawks must have experienced this realization, for she believed in her students and encouraged them in every way. She gave her pupils the feeling that they were important to her outside of her own responsibility for them. Her understanding of all problems made it easy for any student to approach her. But Miss Hawks was more than a friend to her pupils — she was a wise teacher and a firm guide. Her classes were conducted on a demccratic basis. Her every assignment was planned with foresignt as to what her pupils might gain from it. She was a staunch believer in her fellow- man, and fought racial prejudice in every class. In losing Miss Hawks, Classical is losing a fine teacher as well as a wise friend. She will be remembered in the hearts of many in the years to come.

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