Meriden High School - Annual Yearbook (Meriden, CT)

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Miss ANNA G. CAWLEY, B. S., was graduated from Columbia, in 1912, Where she was a member of A. Ll. K. Miss Cawley is an able instructor in English and economics, and is a member of the English Club. East Main Street. Miss lV1AUDE LINES HANIILTON CSmith, 1910, A. BJ, is agraduate of M. H. S., Class of 1905. Perhaps We have a partic- ularly soft spot in our hearts for our alumni, but if so, there's a reason. You see, it usually comes sort o' natural to them to be interested in the various extra class doings in M. H. S. and Miss Hamilton is no exception to the rule. First, there's the 1916 Debating Society. And then there's the Girls' Glee Club, and the Choir. For the success of all of these organizations Miss Hamilton may claim the credit. In the faculty play she took the part of Eglantine. 65 Pleasant Street. Miss LOUISA L. TAYLOR isa graduate of Meriden High School, 1911, from which She Went to Rochester Business Institute. Penmanship and commercial law are her specialties. 201 Cook Avenue. 17

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We boast of two M. A.'s on our faculty, one of whom, Mr. Romsirr W. ROSEN- BERG, graduated from Yale, in 1903, having made 115. B. K., and is now teaching Latin and geometry at M. H. S. Mr. Rosenberg enjoys acting as judge at debates, but is likely to engage in a post mortem contest with other judges after the affair is over. lVhy not have faculty debates in public next year? Broad Street If Miss ALICE LAMB were not Htoo nice to knock we might be tempted to dub her the faculty fashion plate. CPlease, this is intended for a complimentj Miss Lamb was graduated from the University of Rochester, in 1910, and later attended Rochester Business Institute, and for the past two years she has taught bookkeeping in NI. H. S. She is an able musician, and is fond of debating at table. 550 Broad Street. A second member of the social com- mittee is Miss .ANNA T. E1.wE1.L, who presides over the stenography and type- Writing rooms. Miss Elwell graduated from Massachusetts State Normal School, in 1900. 101 Parker Avenue. 16-

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After Hnishing her course at the local High School, in 1911, Miss IDA R. STERN- BERG attended Rochester Business In- stitute, and has since been employed in our commercial department. Miss Stern- berg teaches bookkeeping and banking. 59 Springdale Avenue. Miss GRACE R. CHAMBERLAIN, who was first introduced to M. H. S., in 1911, when she substituted in the English department, came to Meriden to catalogue the excellent but long disused High School Since her arrival, however, she also taught English and coached the Senior play, Esmeralda, making it a decided success. Miss Chamberlain isa graduate of Radcliffe, where she specialized in English, and is by profession a public reader. ' 539 Broad Street. For two years Miss MAUDE A. SIMPSON has been supervisor of drawing in the local schools. She studied at the Port- land Training School, and later at the American Institute. 33 N. Fourth Street. 18