Clinton High School - Memorabilia Yearbook (Clinton, MA)

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MARIE GIBBONS Just when we were nice- ly acquainted, along comes Daniel, and a gaping vacuum appeared in the ranks of our dear faculty. This time, Miss Gibbons was the “victim.” For a while we gnashed our teeth at the loss of such a pleasant teacher, but time and another pleasant teacher have together euite made up for it. ELLEN M. SMALL Some of us were in Miss Small’s French class in our Sophomore year. Since then, we have very seldom seen her, but we know her to be the quiet and efficient teacher of Household Arts. The physics laboratory has assumed the ap- pearance of a model kitchen, — that is, almost. We have come to ex- pect wonderful accomplishments in the way of cookery from her pu- pils. HANNAH M. WALSH In our Freshman and Senior years, Miss Walsh undertook the difficult task of teaching us Eng- lish, and she accomplished it. Though sometimes our knowledge of the subject was meagre when we entered Room 1, we always under- stood perfectly when we left. Her kindness and patience in dealing with us has made for her a place in our hearts never to be forgotten. 13

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HENRY J. McSHERRY Mr. McSherry has been with us only two years ; but during that time, he has had several narrow escapes with his life, be- cause of “experiments” conducted in the Labora- tory by some of our hair- brained scientists. On such occasions, he would cheerfully dispose of the offender, accompanying the ejection by sarcastic but entirely appropriate advice. His classes were usually interesting, for he was a teacher well in- formed on his subjects. Joseph f. McCaffrey During school hours, Mr. McCaffery is quite successful in keeping him- self concealed behind his glasses, and after school hours, in developing the mountains of muscle on our athletes. We all know his ability as a coach, which enabled our t eams so frequently and so de- cisively to defeat their op- ponents. All the more credit is due him because of the comparatively “green” material from which he formed them. MISS RATHBUN Miss Rathbun is our “petite” instructor in Bookkeeping. Her pupils know from experience that she at no time suffered from a guilty conscience when it came to a question of over or undermarking. Outside of school, she is a great favorite with the girls; while inside, her careful guidance through the maze of figures involved in bus- iness transactions, has shown her to be a teacher of no small ability.

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M. ETHEL TIERNEY The Stenogr aphy class had the good for- tune to have Miss Tier- ney for their teacher. Her pleasant and oblig- ing nature has gained many friends for her among our classmates. She was the coach of our winning freshman cast. Those of her pupils who succeed in the business world can thank her for the care- ful instruction and ad- vice which they re- ceived while under her care. ELEANOR DRISCOLL Our music teacher at first attempted to instill the love of music in our souls, but finally gave it up in despair. Neverthe- less, we have all spent some pleasant hours with her during our stay at Clinton High. It is under her diligent efforts t hat the school orchestra has developed so amazingly. MILDRED A. SMITH The drawings which the pupils made under the supervision of Miss Smith serve to illustrate suf- ficiently what a capable and tal- ented teacher she is. During the study periods in Assembly Hall, we were sometimes driven almost frantic with the incessant rasping and scraping which on that day accompanied the work. We believe that we derived as much instruc- tion from those illustrated lec- tures as her own class, to the near dislocation of our necks. 14