High School of Commerce - Caduceus Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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ee oe eA BO URCan. Des Mr. Jerome Burtt Forty years ago, in the town of Biddeford, Maine, a boy was born, destined to become the Principal of the High School of Commerce. Although he did not know what the future held for him, Principal Burtt’s education has been such as to enable us to have a remarkably well-equipped man as the head of this school. His higher education was acquired at Mount Hermon School, Yale University, and at Teachers’ College, Columbia University. While at Mount Hermon School, Mr. Burtt was Alumni Editor of the Hermonite, the school paper. In addition to this, Mr. Burtt has taken courses at Boston and Harvard Universities. Mr. Burtt has not only degrees and diplomas, but also actual experience as a teacher and principal. At Mount Hermon and at Adelphi Academy, Brook- lyn, he was a teacher of mathematics. From this position he became Submaster of Quincy, Mass., High School. After holding this position for three years, he was appointed Principal of Framingham, Mass., High School; and from here he went to a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, as Principal of the Grosse Point High School. In September, 1930, he came to Commerce to take Mr. Ellis’s place. In 1916, Mr Burtt married Miss Mildred M. Flagg. They now have two children: Olive, thirteen; and Norman, eight. Inthe summer the whole family goes to Uneeda Rest, in Orange, Massachusetts, where fishing-poles, bathing-suits, and oars reign supreme. Water sports, however, are not his only enjoyments, for he is fond of bowling, tennis, and skating — to say nothing of reading. Mr. Burtt has also traveled extensively, both in Europe and in America. Page Five

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. . - GAR DA0 CARA Sa oe Mr. JEROME Burtt, PH. B., A. M. PRINCIPAL a Page Four

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Two Friends When we think of Commerce, two faces rise before our eyes: one, a square, quiet face with a comrade’s eyes; the other, a gravely benign face with the deep- set eyes of a dreamer and doer. Two men — and Commerce! Mr. Ellis dreamed it true, and Mr. Burtt is carrying on from the point where the older man was forced to lay down a well- loved task. Each man a friend; each man a guide. Two men — beloved of Commerce. Somehow, it is hard to make words express our feelings for Mr. Burtt. If we could only take our thoughts and lay them before him, he could realize, perhaps, that which is so difficult for us to say. Honest, sincere liking and a deep, abiding sense of friendliness, our thoughts would bring; admiration of a man square-cut and clean; respect for his honesty; delight in his sense of humor, quiet but strong; admiration of a man fine in mind and body; realization that here is one whom it would be well to follow. “Friend” we call the two, Mr. Burtt and Mr. Ellis. “Friend’’ — a small word, often-used, and yet what a vast meaning lies behind its simpleness. The word is true of the men to whom it is given. Page six