Mount Hermon School - Gateway Yearbook (Mount Hermon, MA)

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WABEKE, BERT H. a Instructor in French. History. and Lating Department of Musicg Univer- sity of Leiden lHollandJ 9 MCandidatus in 19365 '4Doctorandus in 19405 String Trio fViolinistJ g Member of Faculty since 1940. WILSON, PAUL F. - B.A., M.A.g Instructor of Frenchg Wesleyan Universityg Sorbonneg Columbia Universityg Sigma Chig Faculty Advisor of Camera Clubg Member of Faculty since 1939. WILSON, WILLIAM A Office Recordsg Bentley School of Accounting and Financeg Faculty Member of Cum Laudeg Beta Tau Alphag Member of Faculty since 1935. r'fWKYMAN, HAROLD - B.A.g Instructor of Bible and Physical Educationg Middlebury Col- legeg Delta Kappa Epsilong Coach of Football, Hockey, and Lacrosseg Member of Faculty since 1940. NOT PICTURED DONOVAN, THOMAS A A.B.g Instructor of Englishg Head of Cottage II3 Dartmouth Col- legeg Phi Beta Kappag Faculty Member of Cum Laudeg Reader of English for College Entrance Examination Boardg Member of Faculty since 1930. DONOVAN, WILHEMINA L. - A.B., M.A.g Instructor of Germang New York State Collegeg Columbia Universityg Member of Faculty since 1938. MORROW, ANNE S. - A.B.. Smith Collegeg University of Pennsylvaniag Philosophical Soci- etyg Oriental Societyg Phi Beta Kappag Faculty Member of Cum Laudeg Member of Faculty since 1931. HIS group of twenty-one distinguished Alumni serves as a means of expressing the sentiments of thc graduates of Mount Hermon School in matters of school interest. Officially known as the Board of Alumni Counsellors, the group meets thrice yearly for constructive criticisms and observations by the members, of whom four are clcctcd annually to serve for a period of five years. At the end of the school year an annual banquet is held for the purpose of introducing Seniors to the Alumni Association. ALUMNI UUNUIL

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NIXON, EDWIN G. - B.A.g Instructor of Englishg Director of Permissionsg Director of YVorkg Middlebury Collegeg Delta Upsilong 1942 Class Teacherg Member of Faculty since 1939. PELTZ, PHILIP -4 B.A., M.A.g Instructor of Bible and Englishg Yale Universityg Delta Kappa Epsilong Coach of Soccer, Skiingg Navigation Club's Advisorg Member of Faculty since 1940. PETSCHKE, ALFRED H. f B.S.g Superintendent of West Hallg University of Illinoisg Pi Kappa Phig Head of Shadow Lake Cottageg Member of Faculty since 1936. PLATT, ARTHUR D. - B.S., M.A.g Instructor of Mathematicsg Director of Bureau of Col- lege Counselg Trinity Collegeg Columbia Universityg Delta Phig Faculty Advisor to the GATEWAYQ National Council of Mathematics Teachersg Connecticut Valley Section of Asso- ciation of Mathematics Teachers of New Englandg Member of Faculty since 1928. POHLMANN, GEORGE 4 A.B., B.S.T.3 Instructor of Bible and Englishg Head of Center Crossleyg University of Hawaiig University of Californiag University of Redlandsg Yale Uni- versityg Stanford Universityg Alpha Gamma Nug Ka Palla Pallag Member of Faculty since 1935. PYPER, GORDON F. - Ph.B.g Instructor of Biologyg Director of the Bureau of Records and Admissionsg Phi Beta Kappag Brown Universityg Sigma Xig Faculty Member of Cum Laudeg Member of Faculty 1926-1928, 1932. RIKERT, CARROLL - A.B.g Superintendent of the property of the Northfield Schoolsg Head of North Farm Houseg Harvard Universityg Topiarian Cluhg Member of Faculty since 1917. ROBERTS, CHARLES O. - B.A., M.A.g Instructor of Spanishg Wesleyan Universityg Harvard Universityg Middlebury Sigma Nug Phi Beta Kappag Member of Faculty since 1941. SARGENT, CYRIL G. - B.A., M.A.g Assistant Head of Mathematics Departmentg Head of Overtoun Hallg Brown Universityg Advisor to Class of 19443 Member of Faculty since 1935. ' - ' G h C ll e Yale SMITH, LOUIS E. - A.M.. A.B., M.A., Head of English Departmentg ettys urg, o eg 5 Collegeg Yale Graduate Schoolg Phi Beta Kappag Phi Gamma Deltag New England Association of Teachers of Englishg National Association of Teachers of Englishg Former Reader for Col- lege Entrance Examinations Boardg Member of Faculty since 1909-1916, 1917. STENT, ,IUDSON -- B.A., B.D.g Instructor of Bibleg Yale Universityg Yale Diyinity Schoolg Phi Beta Kappag Member of Faculty of 1938, since 1940. THOMPSON, CHARLES D. - A.B., M.A.g Instructor of Mathematics and Economicsg Prince- ton Universityg Columbia Universityg Phi Beta Kappag Faculty Head of Cum Laudeg National Council of Mathematics Teachersg Indian Economic Association. President 1933-34g Indian Sta- tistical Instituteg Econometric Societyg American Economic Associationg Member of Faculty from 1934-37, since 1938. N Y

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U L A S S TEACHER HE Senior Class was fortu- nate indeed to have as its official class teacher and adviser Mr. Edwin G. Nixon. Wfhenevcr any one of us desired advice of any sort, Mr. Nixon, either serving in the oliicial capacity as head of the Permissions Office, or acting as a personal friend, was ready to help us. 4'0nc of the most vaulahle men Hermon has ever seen, is the terse, first sentence to hc found under the name Edwin C. Nixon in the 1935 CATEVVAY. President of the Senior Class, and also of the Student Council, Mr. Nixon won the admiration and respect of not only the students hut also the faculty hy his courageous leadership at a time when he was forced actually to grim the school for several days. Having received the honor of heing tagged the higgest hene- factor, the most capahle, the most respected, and the most dignified on the class hallot, Mr. Nixon left Hermon in a hlaze of glory. At Middlebury College Mr. Nixon continued his admirahle work. Recipient of the coveted Blue Key as a sophomore, he was elected class Vice-president in his Junior year, only to he honored later as President of the Senior Class, Vice- President of the Student Council, and husincss manager of the Wliddlebllry Campus. Since returning to the Hill in the Fall of '39, Mr. Nixon has proved himself almost indispensable, he understands Hermonites. He not only is a shrewd judge and appraiser of hoys, hut also knows how to deal with them fairly and squarely under all circumstances. Vllhe many words which issue daily from hehind the closed doors of the Permissions Office vouch for the existence of such circumstancesj Wllatever Senior has had the need or the desire to consult Mr. Nixon soon found in the course of the conversation that the harriers which often stand in the way of true factulty-student relationships were non-existent, and yet this fact did not lessen, in the slightest degree, the respect which the hoy felt toward him. Mr. Nixon was not only our class teacher, hut also, and more predom- inantly, our class friend. 13