Moses Brown School - Mosaic Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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X5 -:-5 X eisrmc. Houi 84 1 ling, H upper to the nf tem- olitioh- an and :ion for L of the Society, Rhode Rhode und f0f to, and School. is X 19 pol f 18 New England Yearly Meeting of Friends The 1955 Mosaic 'o'ea,ee 1 . Committee on Moses Brown School and Lincoln School Moses Bailey Bruce M. Bigelow George I. Bliss T. Dwight Boole Russell D. Brooks Charles F. Brown Edith L. Buffum Ruth C. Burgess Karl H. Erickson 9? Donald B. Snyder, Clerk Franklin K. Fite Henry C. Foster Richard M. Gummere Mary Hoxie Jones Daisy N. Newman Phebe F. Perry Thomas Perry, Jr. Gren O. Pierrel Alexander C. Purdy l if Margaret G. Sisson Andrew R. Towl Virginia Townsend Willard H. Ware William Webster Frances E. Wheeler Charles H. White Lyra T. Wolkins Walter H. Wood ? Q ' lv Jill -Ig, E? N 4 ?, -9 - ' . l if-jf! ,,::.c' 1- .,.,- - -NA W' .-iageaffafg . . . 'f 1 - H as Z , i af'fgfffir'igig2. 'f .1 Umll lm r f Q , ' - ' C ' 1 If lvwx-ii?Qb'3fj ,gln-V ' X tx' r .Q i lfililmi-llWlv.lFl fikdmflfkx f 1 . 2 ' Kn?7f i - 'l f4W1!l'f 2-3'li1 -'1' Q--Tl X t F, . e. e...fa..ex f.e grief-.- A, ,f are f...Wfe61f 1 . .. i.,-W f Ti' 'Til' fff :iv- 1' X7 F255-f ' 26 Ig 7 g 7' 1 1 , 17,2 '73 .1 ? uligjfl 9 3' ggi- 2.532510 gf E, L . 'go -Q K A f rf f 11,17 .l M I, . f I ,fi , F' a , Z, A 252' bldyfffj-LF'-Frdink-efcx jfi, Cf, ,fQ:j, . 1 fg llll Q K, Z X I .-'SQL ff- xv XT' sa! dl!! gig F5 K- Ji, 4 1 ' k, l cy -fjllix AX X' 'li mu ff ' -ff ' : ::' -f'f ' ' 1 V F' . ' , 1 7 ' t, , ff . s. , ' , . W Q Hx I' - ,, . , tel zlgyfyf, 5 'A A , 1 .1141 y. M522 if 'ff' 5 1 r , . -C a ' K .f1'Y M X .ffgf ' e ' .3f ff ee ci fs . R r 7 X -lff 'f 4 Jef' . 9 QA- '. ,p 4--- L A gf ,Vx -,,,,-,,,.,,.........-ff ktlplzlq ghlxggx-xg! I - -J X Isl LX y f A XA! L' ' . ' L ,-I !f.',f,1x Q x 1 I Moses Brown School Board of Trustees William H. Edwards, President Moses Bailey Henry C. Foster Bruce M. Bigelow? Mrs. Hovey T. Freeman Charles F. Brown Oliver J. B. Henderson Edith L. Buffum E. John Lownes, jr. Woodworth L. Carpenter Thomas Perry, Jr. Westcote H. Chesebrough Gren O. Pierrel Benjamin L. Cook, jr. Alexander C. Purdy Franklin K. Fite Robert M. Saywell iiDied Dec. 27, 1954 5 Mrs. Edwin F. Sherman, Jr. Mrs. Charles P. Sisson Donald B. Snyder Frederick C. Tanner Virginia Townsend Achille G. Vervena Charles H. White Walter H. Wood

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if!! It Ja N., X Z ? 2 K' 5-TB' X, V j . JK 5 M- 5 -5 The retirement of L. Ralston Thomas after thirty-four years of service to Moses Brown School brings to a close the longest administration in the Schools history. All those connected with the School deeply regret his leaving for Mr. Thomas has been one of the most outstanding and most popular headmasters in Moses Brown School s history. Besides being a very capable educational administrator, he has been a living example of a distinguished and friend- ly gentleman for all boys who have been privileged to attend Moses Brown School in the last thirty-four years. The spiritual, physical, mental, and social development of the youth under his guidance will always be a tribute to him. L. Ralston Thomas matriculated at Haverford College in the fall of 1909, achieving there a very enviable record. l 1 7 Q Mr. Thomas Circa 1922 In his freshman year in addition to the academic work, he was a track star, won his numeral in track, soccer, and cricket, and was a member of the class football team. He received the Congdon Prize Ball for the Best Freshman Bowler and toured England with the cricket team. As a sophomore he won his letter in track, was on the College Relay Team, captained the class track team, and played football and soccer. In his junior and senior years he was a letterman in football, soccer, and track, captained the track and soccer teams, and was a member of the class gym team. In addition to his sports and other extracurricu- lar activities, Mr. Thomas held the offices of class treasurer, secretary, and president during his years at Haverford. After his graduation from Haverford in 1913, Mr. Thomas returned to his own preparatory school, Westtown School, Westtown, Pennsylvania. There he served as science teacher and physical director for four years. In the spring of 1917 he had planned to come to Moses Brown School, but America's entrance into World War I delayed his coming. As a volunteer relief worker for the American Friends Service Committee, he completed two years' serv- ice in France. Then from 1919-1922 he was a member of the Moses Brown faculty as teacher of chemistry and physics, physical director, and track coach. After teaching three years at Moses Brown, he was appointed principal of Friends' Central School in Philadelphia, where he remained for two years before succeeding Dr. Gifford as headmaster of Moses Brown School in 1924. He received his master of education degree at Harvard in 1925. During the administration of Mr. Thomas many changes have been made. Probably the most important change occurred in 1925 when the New England Yearly Meeting of Friends acquired Lincoln School, and Moses Brown be- came exclusively a boys' school in 1926. This transforma- tion was not an easy one, but it was accomplished in a manner highly satisfactory to everyone. Concerning the change Frances E. Wheeler, Headmistress Fmerita of Lincoln School, said, The emigration of the girls from Moses Brown School to Lincoln School presented various problems. For their solution we relied constantly on the unfailing courtesy, wise council and continual interest of Ralston Thomas. Mfr. L. Ralrzon Tbomm 7