English High School - Blue and Blue / Record Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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HERITAGE unreclaimed marsh. Mr. Charles M. Cumstan, in whose name an undergraduate scholarship is named, succeeded Mr. Sherwin as Master-in-charge in September of 1869 and remained until 1874, at which time he retired. Following Mr. Cumstan, Mr. Fdwin P. Seavers, an assistant professor of mathematics at Harvard was appointed headmaster. In 1880, Francis A. Waterhouse was appointed to the headmastership and it was during his term that English moved to its fourth building located on Montgomery Street in Boston. This new building was called the most modern and elaborate building in the whole public school system. Enrollment doubled. Upon the death of Mr. Waterhouse, Mr. Babson, a Harvard graduate, was installed as headmaster. It was during his administration that the system of heads of departments was introduced. Mr. Babson, because of ill health, resigned in 1908 to be succeeded by Mr. John F. Casey, who remained headmaster until 1915, when he was succeeded by Mr. Snow, a B. U. graduate. Before the centenary year was over, Mr. Snow was elected to Assistant Superintendent of school, thus withdrawing in favor of Mr. Walter F. Downey, who remained headmaster until 1953. In the summer of 1953, the Boston School Com- mittee appointed Mr. M. Henry Mclnerney as head- master of The English High School. The old building on Montgomery Street had been abandoned in favor of the old High School of Commerce building on Avenue Louis Pasteur, directly across the street from our traditional rival, Boston Latin. In 1956, Mr. Joseph L. Malone become head- master. Since his appointment, many honors have been brought to the school. The Boston English High School has had a long and glorious history. Members of its faculty have given of themselves to the school as well as the entire school system. Its graduates, having travelled far and in sundry directions, have brought distinction to the Alma Mater.