Hyde Park High School - Blue Book Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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IIVN A 1523 05 MQQ MR IOSEPH C DAMATO lt rs wrth great pleasure that the Class of 1950 dedrcates rts yearbook to Mr loseph C DArnato teacher of Modern Forergr Languages rr o r school srnce 1930 Arr alumnus of our Alma Mater class ot 1925 Mr DAmato recerved the degrees of Bachelo of Arts and Master of Arts from Boston Unrversrty where he specralrzed rn forergn tongues As a resrdent studert he studred at the Unrversrty of Florence the Unrversrty of Perugra and the Meschrnr 1 strtute for Co'n'nercral Studres rn Italy and at the Unrversrty of Nancy France At present he rs strll studyrng takrng audrtrng course at the Bentley School of Accountrng Mr DAmato has done specral teachrrrg rght school summer school ana at the Boston h gn school for veterans Durrng World War Two he served wrth the Army and wrth the Offr e of Strategrc Servrce He has used hrs love of languages and musrc rr hrs assocratron wrth varrous fraternal and crvrc programs In hrs many years at Hrgh Park Hrgh Mr D Arrrato has drrected many extra currrcular actrvrtres Who wrll ever forget the farrous ltalra quaarrlle and othe ltalran folk dances whrch have been a source of pure delrght rn many of our Senror Revues'9 For many school generatrons the youna people of our drstrrct have found Mr DAmato a krnd and trust worthy frrend rn school and out of school He has grven most generously of hrs trme and efforts to the advantage of many of our boys and grrls As a crass room teacher he has dramatrc methods and dramatr success Hrs personalrty and sense of numor are BUS' part of hrs admrrable character We wrsh hrm many more years of success and happrness MRS MARION KIDDER CUSHMAN The Class of 1956 rs honored rn dedrcatrng thrs year book to Mrs Marron Krdder Cushman formerly our Mrss Krdder who was marrred last year to another of our beloved teachers former Head of the Scrence Department George Cushman Our Mrss Krdder recerved her BS degree from Srmmons College after graduatrng from the Cambrrdge Hrgh and Latrn School At Harvard Unrversrty she earned the degree of Master of Educatron Afte teachrng at Woodstock Vermont Hrgh School and Taunton Hrgh School she came to our school rn the late twentres and she rs strll a member of the faculty at present although on leave of absence Mrs Cushman was the orrgmal sponsor and drrector of the Honor Socrety rn thrs school a socrety whrch has done much to strengthen the standards of puprls rn the college course She served as Floor Master and member of the Program Commrttee for a number of years ln 1947 she was awarded a General Electrrc Fellowshrp and rn 1953 a srmrlar fellowshrp from the Westrnghouse Corporatron for advanced study rn modern scrence These awards recognrzed her drstrnc tron as a teacher and her great rnterest rn the advance ments rr the world of scrence For more than three decades puprls of our school have known and respected Mrs Cushman for her abrlrty to teach her subrect Chemrstry and for her constructrve rnterest rn therr educatron and personalrty developmentt Frrrn but farr mrght be adrectrves used to characterrze our Mrss Krdders attrtude towards her charges Both grrls and boys knew that she was and strll rs a wonderful teacher, a hrghly competent leader, and a magnrfrcent rnfluence on those who had the good fortune to srt rn her classes We hope that she wrll soon be back at her accustomed DIGCG tc rnsprre future generatrons of Hyde Park students X EW f ff - f ' ' If M 1 QF t if cf , r 5 - ,. I W W A L 4 ff ' 005 ' 1 6 la , . ,,, , if I Z' :. ' ck - - A - . A I . . my . A A . . U , ' ' . rn n' ' , ' ' ' - . r ' ' ' ' - A I L I . . .C , , - A n ' - I J .. . . , ,. . . . . . ,

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I ASIS! M DR FRANCISJ HORGAN THE HEADMASTER SAYS The hrst respons1b1l1ty oi the publlc schools IS to help tra1n our boys and QIIIS to lead a good llfe as chlldren oi God and cxtlzens of the Unlted States In second place comes voca home church and the school workmq together are the chlef sources of good c1t1zensh1p tram ng We teachers are keenly aware of our eat responslb hty I tional training for professions and trades. The Y ' i ' .