Middletown High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Middletown, CT)

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Association. He has also been a member of the Ex- amining Board of the Association of Connecticut Col- leges and Secondary Schools, and was chairman of the Legislative Committee of the Connecticut Council of Education which secured the passage of the present Temperance Education -Act. Besides these offices he has also been a member of numerous educational com- mittees, having in charge the making of courses of study for elementary and secondary schools. He has been a contributor to various educational papers and periodicals, among them being: The New England Journal of Education, The Educational Reviewf' and Educationf' When Mr. Ferguson took charge of the Middletown schools he found them in a condition far from satisfac- tory, but, by dint of hard and conscientious labor, he has succeeded in making the public schools of Middle- town equal to any in the State. Since his principalship began the membership of the school, as well as the number of tuition pupils, has been twice doubledg the teaching force has greatly increased in numbers and improved in quality, a new High School building has been erected and provided with the best modern equip- ments, and the course of study greatly extended, until, to-day the Middletown High School takes a high rank among the secondary schools of the country.

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Malin' Eixhg ilirrguznn. ALTER BIXBY FLRGUSON was born 'tt D114 ch, J L K . C .1 - mont, Penobscot County, Maine, on March 29, 15' ----f4'--- ' 1856. He prepared for college at the Maine Central Institute, Pittstield, Maine, and after graduating in 1876, entered Bates College, remaining for two years. He then joined the Junior Class of Yale University, from which he graduated with honors in 1880. ln September, 1880, he became principal of the Put- nam CConn.j High School, and remained there for nearly six years, exceeding all his predecessors in length of service. He was called to the Marlboro' CMass.J High School in 1886, and in 1888 became principal of the Middletown High School and superintendent of the city schools, which position he holds at the present time. Among the many professional honors Mr. Ferguson has held have been the following: President of the Eastern Connecticut Teachers' Association, President of the Connecticut Council of Education, and President of the Connecticut State Teachers' Association. He has been a member of the Executive Committees of the New England Association of School Superinten- dents, of the American Institute of Instruction, and of the Connecticut Classical and High School Teachers'

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