Newton High School - Newtonian Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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AIIMI I TRATIU MR. RAYMOND A. GREENE Principal DR. C, ELWQQD DRAKE Assistant Principal

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FACULTY

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IN MEMORIAM MISS CAROLINE DOONAN Miss Caroline M. Doonan will be long remembered by her hosts of friends. 'Her death has been a distinct loss to the pupils and faculty of Newton High School. An outstanding woman and teacher, she gave more than forty years of unstinted service to the school she dearly loved. Miss Doonan was born in Wellesley and enjoyed living there all her life. She graduated from Wellesley High School and received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Wellesley College :Class of 1901. Further study included summer courses at Mount Holyoke College, and Harvard, Boston, and Columbia Universities. She came to Newton in 1903 and taught in the Burr School until 1911. From 1911 until 1947 she was a teacher in Newton High School. Granted a leave of absence, 1918-1919, she was head of the Department of English, South High School, Cleveland. For five years she was assistant to Professor Charles Swain Thomas in his Teaching of English course, Harvard School of Education, and for three years she was an evening lecturer in Correct English under the auspices of the Boston Chamber of Commerce. Ever a loyal member of the New England Association of Teachers of English, she served as presi- dent in 1940-41. She was a member of the Board of Directors of the National Council of Teachers of English, she had been on the executive board of the Harvard Teachers Associates and had served her school, her profession, and her community in many other ways. Written by MR. RINKER, taken from the'.Nr-wlonite of January 14, 1948. 8 J