Classical High School - Classic Myths Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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Behiratiun On April 20, 1922, Mr. Williani F. Abbot passed beyond, after forty-one years of faithful service to the Classical High School. Born on April 27, 1853, he graduated from the Cambridge Latin School in 1870, and received his degree from Harvard in 1874. After teaching two years in Boston and three years in Indianapolis, he came to Classical in 1880, and up to the very day of his death was an inspiring spirit in our school. Mr. Abbot was an efficient, just, and lovable teacher, devoted to high principles and to the conscientious accomplishment of his work. None who knew him can ever forget his genial smile, and his un- ceasing devotion to his pupils and the school he loved so well. His heart was wholly in his work, his interest in his pupils profound. Not only was his purpose to instruct them in their school work, but to teach them the true American spirit of unselfish, self-sacrificing service. He was thorough and exacting in his teaching, for he stood for high scholarship, yet he never failed to win the deepest devotion and respect of his pupils with his ever cheerful disposition. He was a teacher of teachers, a man of men, and the gap he has left in the Classical High School can never be filled. Therefore, to Mr. Williani F. Abbot, affectionately known as uBilly7', this volume is dedicated, as a heartfelt tribute to his many years of service to the school, years marked hy devotion to teaching, loyalty to friendship, and fidelity to the highest ideals,-a man who loved his friends, his country, and his God.

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