Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School - Columbiana Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Mr Hugh Merson In tuture years whenever we thrnk ot a college applrcatron we wrll b remrndcd ot Mr Mcrson One ot hrs prrncrple dutrcs rn thc school rs help mg senrors procure the coveted acceptance Mr Merson was born rn Marlon New York and prepared lor college In Genesee Wesleyan School He drd hrs .rndcrgrxduatc work at the Um versrty ol Ruchestcr and then con trnued wrth graduate work at Colum bra Unrversrty Hrs trrst teachrng experrence was as rnstructor ot Ro mance Languages rn the Unrversrty of Vermont He later taught at Hobart and Wrllram Smrth Colleges and came. to Columbra Grammar as an rnstructor oi French and Spanrsh Mr Merson has been a member ot the admrnrstratron ot the School for tour teen years Mr Fredenc A Alden Our headmaster Fredrrc A Alden was born and hr t educated rn Ver gennes Vermont He attended Dart mouth College where he became an outstandrng player rn baseball has ketball and tootball He then became a catcher on a semr pro baseball team and was srgned by the Boston Braves rn 1913 He decrded however that baseball was not lor hrm and resolved to devote h Ile t h teachrng protessron I 1920 he ltt Pornt Pleasant Academy and became headmaster ot our school Srnce berng headmaster he has rntroduced the all day plan and has changed CGS from a proprretary' to a non protrt organrzatron Mrss Florence Leonard Besides berng a charter member ul the Columbra Grammar school board t trustees Mrss Leonard serves C G S as Drrector tt Admls srons Admrnrstratrve OIIIC9 a n d School Ever srnce l931 when the Leonard school was tounded she has served a rts prrncrpal Mrss Leonard rs a graduate ot the New Iersey State College tor Women and attended Columbra Unrversrty tor her Post Graduate work THE HDIIIIIIISTRHTIDII an their assistants MR HENRY GOLDBERG MISS MARY T ALDEN Busrness Manager Bursar MISS CONSTANCE LUFRANO MISS GLADXS PERLMAN GEYZA IBILLJ WILITY R Ret-eptronrst Academrc Secretary Busrness Secretary 5 . . I I ' I , S , 1 l . . . e ' 1 , A r I . ,. ' ' 'X ' , I I I ' is I . o t e 4 . A ' . n e U ' V' . - , f . I ' 1 ' - I 1 ',.. I ' i Y - Academic Drrector of the Lower I 1 , 1 'A - I A s . H H ' I 1 5 . . . I ' N I , . . , . . H I ' , I I MR. ' :- ..

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