Newton High School - Newtonian Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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IN MEMQRIAM '74 I v- 2+ ,tw 'qw' MAUDF F CAPRGN Nl of the saddest events of the 1936 1937 school year yvas the sudden passrng on May 13 1037 of Mrss Maude E Capron beloved chemrstry teache for over a quarter of a century Unlortunately vve were unable to pay trtbute to her rn the 1937 Nevvtonran so rt as vvrth heartfelt sympathy for her untrmely death that we dedrcate thrs small portron of our year book to the memory of the teacher who gave so unspa rngly of her trrne and energy to the tratnrng of Newton l-lrgh School pupils Born rn Woonsocket Rhode lsland rn 1871 Ivlrss Capron recerved her prrmary educatron there, and later at the State Normal School After graduatrng from Wellesley College, she taught at the I lrgh School rn Ansonra Connectrcut and then at Melrose Hrgh In 1919 she rnaugurated the career at Nevvton llrgh vvhrch was to last for the rest of her lrle Her sudden death from a heart attack vvhrle at her urrrrrrer home at York Beach Marne, came a a severe shock to the entrre faculty and tudent body Mrss Capron vva adrrrrred nd respected by her puprl not only as a lrne teacher of chemrstry but a a person vvho gave them a background rn the decorums of courtesy and farr play Her gentle under tandrng of student problems endeared her to all of us vvho knevv her The memory of thts teacher vvho o cheerfully devoted almost half her lrfe to wake u better men and women vvrll last loreyer Srx A ' f me 3 s t .- , , . l P22 . ff- ff . my y . 1 'Z .g' , Q' X 'fx 'Q' . 4 ,uf-1 1' t5 ' ' ,fy ft Lt , . . '- A I ,. J , . , W: f l ! Ly.hJ ' 4 YYY , 'Ri r 3 ig ' . ,f ' ff I: xl - .tg .K , h Mr. f . f gs. . wget---.Q 7 'auf-fx 4 g 1' ' L. 'X it xt' 5 tx, QL , t t ' 7 V R I . , . , c , . I Y. . . . . l I I t . r , - s s , . 1 t 7 s ' a s ' , . . . 1 . ' '. , ' 4 t 9

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ACULTV PAUL E ELICKER, Principal

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