Classical High School - Caduceus Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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FACULTY.. BESSIE W. ALLEN, Wenesxey, A. B. ' WALTER H. ANGELL, Brown, Ph. B. MARY V. BENNETT, .College of St. Elizabeth, A. B. KATHLEEN V. BOYD, Brown, A. B.: A. M. MRS. LINDA R. BROWN, Boston University, A. B.: Harvard, Ed. M. WALLACE R. BROWN, Harvard, A. B. ANNA M. BUCCI, Brown, A. B.: Radcliffe, A. M. BERNARD V. BUONANNO, BIOWII, A. B.: A. M. BENJAMIN CLAMON, BIOWII. A. B.: A. NI. FLORA M. COTTON, Brown, A. B. ANNE MARJORIE DAY, Vassar, A. B.: Brown, A. M. ENIS E. DEMAGISTRIS, Brown, A. B.: A. M. EDNA DWYER, Trinity College, A. B.: Brown, A. M. JEROME I... FISHER, Brown, Ph. B. PAUL F. GLEESON, Brown, A. B.: A. M, MRS. ELIZABETH C. GRANT, BIOWII, Ph. B., A. M. ALBERT ANGUS GRIFFIN, Brown, A. B. EMELIA A. HEMPEL, Brown, A. B.: A. PRISCILLA P. HORR, Brown, A. B.: A. M. FREDERICK H. HULING, Brown, B. E.: Ph. B. ANNISE B. KANE CLibrarianj , Simmons, B. S. . LOUIS I. KRAMER, Rhode Island State, Sc. B.: R, I. C. E., Ed. M. BESSIE A. LOUD, Brown, Ph. B. RACHEL G. McAULIFFE, Brown, A. B.: A. M. .IOHN E. MCGLINCHY, R. I. C. E.: Ed. B. MARY F. McKAY, Brown, A. B.: A. M. EDWARD F. MCLAUGHLIN, Providence College, B. S. CHARLES J. MCMILLAN, St. Marv's University, A. B.: A. M. ELIZABETH B. IVICQUAID, Brown, A. B.: A. NI. GILBERT MIGNACCA, Brown, A. B.: A. M. Con leavej ANGELO MURCHELANO, Providence College, A. B. 2 Brown, A. M. BRENDAN J. MURPHY, R. I. C. E.: Ed. B. IDA M. NICHOLS, Brown, A. B. JOHN F. O'CONNELL, Providence College, A. B.: Duke University, A. M. JAMES F. O'NEIL, Holy Cross, A. B.: Harvard, Ed. M. MABEL I. OSBORNE, Brown, A. B.: Columbia, A. M. MRS. EMILIE S. PICI-IE, Brown, A. B.: A. M. MARY B. RAE, Brown, A. B.: A. M. A. FORREST RANGER, Brown, A. B.: A. M. MARY L. ROBERTS, Bates A. B.: Harvard, Ed. M. BERNICE E. SEARS, Brown, A. B. GRACE D. SHEIN, BIOWII, A. BJ A. NI. ' , LAURA R. SHERMAN, Brown, A. B.: A. K fu 'uvvxaavs JOHN C. SIMKEVICH, Brown, Sc. B. in Chemistry: A. M. DOROTHY SLOCUM, Brown, A. B.: A. M. ANGUS L. THOMSON, Ohio Wesleyan University, A. B. : Boston University, Ed. M. I J. HERBERT WARD, Brown, Ph. B. CHARLOTTE A. WETHERELL, Smith, A. B.: Middle- bury, A. M. STUDENT TEACHER CLERKS MARGARET G. FICO, BIOWII, A. B. AGNES JONAS, Brown, A. B. VILMA A. STAVOLONE, Bryant. B. S. S. RUTH SEELEY

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I H CHARLES E. PAINE Principal 5 QAM,

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MGH ana: mg. Classical High School is proud of its ninety- eight years of existence. During this time, it has consistently encouraged learning, fostered an interest in the classics, and achieved a place among the greatest secondary schools of the country. Like most great educational institutions its beginnings were insignificant, The first ses- sions of the school were held in a small build- ing on Benefit Street, opposite the First Bap- tist Meeting House. Two rooms of the building were allotted to the Classical depart- ment, and in these Henry Day and Albert Harkness, author of universally used Latin texts, opened their first classes in 1843. The boys and girls were assigned to separate rooms and remained so divided until 1855 when the boys' group was partitioned into two sections: Classical, and Scientific and English. The superintendent had his office on the ground floor of the building, since he then served in a twofold capacity as head of the Providence schools and Principal of Classical. At its inception, Classical High School es- tablished superior standards of scholarship and maintained as teachers men who later History of Classical High School became recognized leaders in the field of edu- cation. Edward H. Magill, later president of Swarthmore College, succeeded Mr. Harkness. who in 1853 became a professor in Brown University. Another distinguished instructor of the period was Benjamin Ide Wheeler, who eventually became president of the University of California. Both of these men undoubtedly furthered the expansion of the school until its sessions were abruptly cut short by the approach of war in 1861. Three teachers, the Messrs. Tass, Thurber, and Mowry, organized the older boys into a company, and together they joined that part of the Union Army defend- ing the Capitol at Washington. It is re- corded in the annals of the school that at the close of the war, the students decorated the building in red, white, and blue, only to remove the colors ten days later and replace them with black upon the assassination of President Lincoln. Conditions within the school itself necessi- tated a change of residence after the war. Classrooms became so crowded that several sessions were held in a room over the fire CADUCEUS, 1941