East High School - Redjacket Yearbook (Pawtucket, RI)

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Miss CAROLINE M WHEELER Miss CAIOLINE M WHEELER pnoneer of commercial xnstructron rn hugh school retlred early thrs year at the age of snrty-elght with forty four years of pubhc teaclung to her credlt Mlss Wheelers frrst expernences as a teacher came when she taught for ten years nn a grade school rn Connecticut When she heard that commercxal sub forthwnth prepared herself by attendmg Columbna and Boston Umversntles After seven summers nn an Industrial plant workmg m vanous otfxces she realxzed the value of a hlgh school course ln mstructnon of the use of offnce machnnes Through Mlss Wheelers mlluence this course was Installed nn the then new Pawtucket Hugh School Head of thus department she taught the operatnon of var nous machines along with the nmportance of com mon sense Scores of her past students are now reapmg the fruits of seeds of wlsdom planted rn their mlnds by this htgh school lnstructor whom they had learned to respect and love and now m retnrement dernves no end of pleasure when former students make themselves known ln stores and on the streets tellmg her of thenr suc cesses May each day hold a marked Improvement m health and untold happlness for a well deserving person Miss Carollne Wheeler teacher and frnend jects were being introduced into high schools, she Miss Whale' says shefiid the best she could

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Mlss FLORA S CURTIS MISS FLORA S CURTIS teacher and guidance councllor whose advlce and understanding has helped the countless students wxth whom she has worked started her career nn 1905 as a teacher of English Latin and French m Central Falls Hugh School Stx years later she entered Pawtucket Hugh School where m 1924 she began work as an advtser When East Hrgh School was erected m 1926 she began her work there as Dean and with Mr Hosmer inaugurated many new methods In admxnlstratton and gutdance Recipient of a Curtis took summer courses and obtanned her M A degree from Brown m 1956 Former puptls remember Miss Curtxs not only as a kmd advxser but also as the dnrector who bunlt up the Dramatxc Socnety and whose superb plays won recogmnon m the State Drama Festnal Wlth many brtlhant successes-three of whnch won the N E Drama Festival and many years of energetic service to her credit Mlss Curtis re tired as head of the Dramatic Society tn 1947 Her avnd mterest ln drama was not confmed to the school thespxans for Mxss Curtis belonged to the Providence Players Sock and Buskln and 15 one of the most actxve members tn the Pawtucket Commumty Players Besldes her work tn dramatlcs Mlss Curtis has always been very actxve m cnvnc affaxrs Through the years she has been noted for the actxve part she has played m the YWCA the League nme of her renrement she belonged to the Paw tucket Teachers Allnance and the Cnvxc Counctl on Educatnon Miss Curtts has been more than a teacher more than a counselor more than a dnrector She has been a source of mspxratton to every student who was fortunate enough to know her For her friendship and guldance we the class of Sl press out grantude B.A. degree from Mount Holyoke College, Miss of Women Voters' and the Quota Club' A' the U . . 4 -V ' . ' . . . Q . v ex-

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