Meriden High School - Annual Yearbook (Meriden, CT)

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THL M. H. S. ANNUAL. WILLIS I. PROUTY, A. M., our assistant principal, is one of the most popular instructors in the Meriden High School. His specialties are Geometry and Algebra. This year he has had a class in Virgil, instead of one in Caesar, but has proven himself perfectly capable of teaching either. Miss BOONE, a graduate of West- field Normal, is one of the most com- petent teachers in Meriden High School. The students that have gone to college from our High School have expressed themselves as indebted to Miss Boone for their thorough prepa- ration in Latin. She has had no Vir- gil class this year, but it is very probable that she still remembers who Eneas Was, and what Dactylic Hexameteru means. Mrss FISHERDICK, A. B., has eu- tire charge of our Greek Department. This year she has been very success- ful in teaching Freshman English classes.

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THF. M. H. S. ANNUAL. 13 Our Principal. QRINCIPAL Frost was born in Dutchess County, New York, but of New England ancestry. He was graduated from Yale College in 1857 with speaking appointment, having entered the class two years in advance. He has taught ever since gradua- tion. He was elected Principal of Lewis Academy in 1858, and afterwards had charge of the preparatory department of the Claverack College. He was Principal of Amenia Seminary, New York, and afterwards of South Berkshire Institute. Among the many whom he has ntted for college are a valedictorian and a salutatorian for Yale, and a valedictorian for both Wesleyan and Union. I For several years he was a contributor to Harper's Magazine, furnishing original observations in Natural History. While at South Berkshire Institute he re-wrote and revised for A. S. Barnes SL Co. their High School Geography, adding to it Frost's Geography and Outside Test Books. This last he also gave in a course of lectures at Chatauqua and South Framingham. His pamphlet on Onomatology was given before the University Con- vocation of New York, and with other papers was printed by the State. He is now vice-president of the Meriden Scientific Associa- tion,and has charge of the section of Geography and Physiography. Mr. Frost came to Meriden as principal of the High School in 1888. His genial nature and kindness of heart soon gained for him the hearty good will of all. From childhood his love for literature has been great. Aided by his phenomenal memory, which makes it possible for him to reproduce the exact Words of almost any author, he has been able to give to English literature. a life and spirit rarely excelled. Principal Frost has fine health and great enthusiasm for his. profession, and has often said that he was never conscious of ani hour of weariness in teaching.

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THE Nl. H. S. ANNUAL. l5 Miss CAROLINE NAGEL, who was educated in Switzerland, has charge of all the German classes. She also teaches Ancient History, and is a very Miss FOSKETT is one of the most popular instructors, especially among the Freshmen, to whom she teaches Latin. During the past year, she has also taught Physiology. able and thorough instructor. I k -V r 'X iw.- . MISS PEASE, Who received her Ph. B. from the Westerii Reserve Univeri sity, is also very popular, although she has been with us only two years. She teaches all the French classes, and she took Miss Hitcl1cock's place in the Laboratory, there being only one class in Natural Science this year, owing to the change in course.