Meriden High School - Annual Yearbook (Meriden, CT)

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DR DAVID GIBBS, SUPERINTENDENT

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MR MR DR. MR MR MR D.R. MR MR MR DR. MR. MR. MR. Mr. MR. Town School Committee 1912-1913 CHARLES F. ROCKXVELL ..... .... A eting Chairman CHARLES F. ROCKXVELL. .. ,....... Secretary C. H. S. DAVIS ..,..... ..... T reasurer DENIS T. O'BRIEN, IR .... ...., C lerk TERM EXPIRES 1913 JOHN BONELL .,................ 131 Converse Avenue J. F. ALLEN ..... ...501 East Main Street C. H. S. DAVIS ....,... ...6O Pleasant Street . . . .86 Cooper Street . . . .91 Lincoln Street . . . . .South Meriden MICHAEL P. KELLEY .... BURTON L. LAWTON .... LEWIS E. CLARK ..... TERM EXPIRES 1915 . . . . . . . . . .132 VVeSt Main Street .991 Broad Street . . . . . . . . . .East Meriden . . ....., 85 Windsor Avenue . . . .... 606 East Main Street .66 South Second Street J. D. EGGLESTON ...... CHARLES F. ROCKWELL . . . .... . . . . EDGAR J. PERKINS ....,. OSCAR L. DOSSIN ....... DENIS T. QYBRIEN, JR. . . WILLIAM F. BQCLAUGHLIN .........

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Superintendent Gibbs Dr. David Gibbs, superintendent of the Meriden public schools, was born in Kingswood, New jersey, in 1870, and there received his grammar school education. After being graduated from the New Jersey State Normal School, in 1894, Dr. Gibbs entered Harvard University, Where he spent four years in the Scientific School and one year in the post-graduate department. In 1906 he received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Clark University. Dr. Gibbs has, indeed, had a large experience in school work. He has acted as the head of district and grammar schoolsg held position of superintendent of schools in both Massachusetts and New York, and has had the distinction of being division superin- tendent in the Philippines. While in the islands our superin- tendent became the author of several text-books for the use of the Filipinos. Then, returning to this country, Dr. Gibbs be- came engaged in school work in New York, acting as head of the State Normal Training School, in Oswego. From the latter place he was called to Meriden, in August, 1911, and became our superintendent of schools. Within the short space of time in which Dr. Gibbs has been with us he has had a great interest in the Welfare of the com- munity at large. VVith pleasure we have especially noted his particular interest in the high school.