Hartford Public High School - Classbook Yearbook (Hartford, CT)

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,pp if mv-ff ' 131 3513 R- fi 4 ? . at Q' f F , , . Y K, -, ., .. .. 4 , ., A In ' f n emnriam PX' GRACE E. GRIFFITHS We pay tribute to one who loyally served her school, from which she was graduated in 1907, as student and secretary for many years. She was also a vice- president of our Alumni Association. Always a dependable worker, she never left a task uncompleted no matter how hard it was nor how long it took. She filled well a difficult and exacting position. P14 JACK COHEN, 1924B We are unutterably saddened by the death of ,lack Cohen, who was largely responsible for making our band the splendid organization it is. Mr. Cohen won the liking and respect of all of us. PX4 CLARA A. PEASE Clara A. Pease, born April 19, 1856, in Springfield, Massachusetts, began her career at Hartford Public High School in 1882 as a substitute teacher. During 1883 and 1884 she taught in Middletown. In 1885 she returned to Hartford Public High School as a regular member of its faculty which numbered sixteen at that time. During her forty-one years in connection with the science department she gave freely of her abundant knowledge and wise counsel and inspired her students with a desire for further learning. She insisted on a mastery of detail to support principles, orderly habits of thought, and accurate and concise expression of ideas. In memory of this courageous, kindly woman there has been established in this school the Clara A. Pease Science Prize awarded semi-annually to a senior for excellence in Astronomy or Geology. 10

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fit emuriam 'X4 HAROLD P. CROSBY t'l'tt fill ltlY mir with lmys aiiicl ncill go tu the Qfilllltki, A typical qiiotzltimi is this, talks-11 fmiii Nlr. Croslmy's atuity i'miwrsutiui1. Kc-only iiitci'r'stml in the F-lllll4'lllS att-tt4m-, hc taiiigiht nioru in his chissrounl than stliclivs. for he taught litl-. llis kindly LllSlTUSlllUtl ziml his aihllltx' tu ltlillxl' fl'lQ'ltKli so msilv has liven ol tht- gin-alta-st Yilllll' to mir swlmul aiml stuclviits. llis llIlll9t'5lLlllfliI1gI of his pupils amd his pmwsmiaility has Illitllt' him at la1x'oi'itu with ull. llc :law ol his timv und strm-nutli xxitlwut, stint to i 1 xurimis aivtixitim-s. Yvlio vain ftmigit-t his purt in the laivlllty shit mi Chili Night? As al Qt'llll4'lltLttl. tw was hi-ld in high CSlt'!'1ll and iwfspe-vt lay the faculty for his lim' work with the-m ziml with the stuch-nts. Although his 1-lmptc-r on vurtli is 4-lust-il, his hvairty Iaiugli amd ph-uszmt aitiiiusplix-iv rm-niuiii with us. 9

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..',-- it flln ,i emuriam P14 ALFRED M. HITCHCOCK May 7, 1368-April 14, 194.1 Alfred M. Hitchcock spent a full and interesting life as a distinguished teacher, writer, and scholar. The profession of teaching had been followed by both his father and his mother, and also by a brother. Two of his four children are now teachers. In 1890 he was graduated from Williams College, after having made a fine record there. He obtained a masteris degree at Dartmouth in 1896, and in 1921 he received an honorary degree from Williams for his distinguished service to education and for eminence as an authorf' ln the spring 1897 he came to teach at HPHS from the Central High School in Cleveland, Ohio. During his thirty years of teaching at HPHS, Mr. Hitchcock was well known, respected, and admired by young and old. He taught English composition and classic literature. He believed that hard work and repeated drill were necessary to master a subject. He believed that discipline, especially self-discipline, is needed today. He stressed the importance of learning the fundamentals or basic ideas of a subject. Otherwise, he thought, one would encounter certain difficulties when face to face with greater demands upon one's mental faculties. He felt that literature should be taught as an art if full enjoyment were to he had from it. Since his retirement from active teaching in 1927, he has written short stories and essays, chiefly for his own pleasure. His grammar and literature textbooks have been widely used in schools throughout the country. At this time we join those numerous people who were instructed and inspired by him in praising this man for the richness of life which he has taught many to know. P14 MARY L. HASTINGS We honor the memory of Mary L. Hastings, who devoted the years 1891-1928 to the teaching of English in this school. Miss Hastings also devoted time and effort to charitable causes in this city. 11