Meriden High School - Annual Yearbook (Meriden, CT)

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WILLIAM P. KELLY, A. M., SUPERINTENDENT

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Town School Committee 1910-1911 MR. GEORGE R. HUBBARD .... MR. ROBERT G. CHURCH .... MR. GEORGE M. LUCAS ..... MR. DENIS T. OyBRIEN, JR ...... . . Term Expires 1911 MR. ROBERT G. CHURCH . . .1 ...... ........ . .. MR. CHRISTIAN FISCHER .... MR. GEORGE R. HUBBARD .... MR. GEORGE M. LUCAS ......... . .... . MR. WILLIAM F. MCLAUGHLIN . . . . . . .. MR. DENIS T. O,BRIEN, JR ....... ......... Term Expires 1913 MR. JOHN J. BONNELL ....... . ................ . MR. LEWIS E. CLARK .... MR. HOMERIA. CURTISS .... DR. CHARLES H. S. DAVIS . . . MR. MICHAEL P. KELLEY . . . .... COL. CHARLES L. UPHAIVI . . . . .... ..... ........ . . . . .Chairman . . .Secretary . . ..Trea.Surer .. . . ..C1erk .. . . . .93 Crown St. . . . . .202 Fourth St. . .. . . .37 Queen St. . . . .235 Liberty St. 66 South Second St. . .606 East Main St .131 Converse Ave. . . . .South Meriden. . . . .21 Linsley Ave. . . . .60 Pleasant St. .81 South Colony St. . .31 Washington Pl. Superintendent of Schools MR. WILLIAM P. KELLY .....,......................... 377 Broad St

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Superintendent Kelly William P. Kelly, superintendent of the Meriden public schools, was born in Troy, Ohio. He is a descendant in the sixth generation from Seth Kelly, who died in Blackstone, Massachu- setts, in 1758, Whither he had migrated with other Quaker, set- tlers from England, several years earlier. Mr. Kelly was educated at Dartmouth College, receiving the degree of A. B. in 1886, and of A. M. in 190. l7Vhen in college he was a member of the 9. A. X. fraternity, an editor of the college annual, and a member of the glee club. For tvventy-live years he has been engaged in school Work. He has taught in country and city, in grammar school and high school, and in private and public schools, thus gaining an unusual and varied experience as a teacher. After several years, experi- ence as superintendent of schools in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, Hudson, Massachusetts, and Attleboro, Massachusetts, in 1905 he became superintendent of the Meriden schools. He has been prominent in educational circles,being an active member of the National Educational Association, the National Geographical Society, and Religious Education Association. He has been president of the Connecticut Schoolmasters' Club, sec- retary and treasurer of the Connecticut Association of School Superintendents, and at the present time is president of the Connecticut State' Teachers' Association, and vice-president of the American Institute of Instruction. Since he has been with us, Meriden has become the regular meeting place of the Connecticut Association of School Super- intendents, the State Association of School Boards, and of the business meeting of the State Teachers' Association, so that among the members of these organizations it is nicknamed the educational capital of the statef' He belongs to the Colonial Club, the Meriden Business Men's Association, and the Center Congregational Church. He is mar- ried and has two sons. 4