Providence Evening High School - Comrade Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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THE COMRADE 7 did teacher. He has a way that helps students to learn, and probably it arises from the fact that he under- stands the pupil's attitude, for he is at present a Senior at Brown. This French Teacher combines physical strength, brain power, and the art of teaching in one, and the students of his classes derive the benefit from them. Nor is his popu- larity alone evidenced here, for he is one of the most popular men in the College on the Hill. Mr. Dono- van is President of the Senior Class in Brown University, a member of the Cammarian Club, a past mem- ber of the Sock and Buskin Society and a member of the fraternity Phi Beta Kappa, an honorary fraternity to which only the students of the college having the highest mark in scholarship are admitted, he was ad- mitted during his junior year. He played center on the football team last year, and has also been a mem- ber of the debating teams for the last two years, debating Williams last year and Dartmouth this year in the annual Triangular League de- bate. Mr. Donovan has also given the members of the school his knowl- edge and help this year when he has coached the negative team for the debate which is to be a feature of the exercises on gratuating night. It is to be hoped that he will con- tinue the good work which he has started here in the school, and that the P. E. H. S. may still retain the honor of having the shining lights from the College on the Hill. -K. E. C. MISS GRACE M. BOWEN. The lady of the filing-cases,', as Miss Bowen has been called, is known by every student in the school. She keeps the school ma- chinery in running order, oils the wheels and adjusts the gears. And how she does it all remains a mystery. Sometimes we can't see her at all, hidden behind a mountain of cards and book receipts, to say nothing of a cartload of books. But she always emerges cheerful, and with her work completed. That's the best part of it-the heaped-up desk in the school office is always clear before she leaves, al- though it is often long after nine- thirty. And if one wants a card or a book receipt or a bandage or some smelling-salts or any one of a thou- sand other things-ask Grace Bow- en. Here it is, at your service and at once. That's what a system of business management produces-that's what has made Miss Bowen's fame in the Providence Evening High School. Wfhat would we do without her? -K. E. C. JAMES J. MCKENNA. lt is a well known fact that the Providence Evening High School has been noted far and wide for its efficient corps of teachers, teachers who bring to their classes not only the knowledge they have acquired while matriculating at some college or university, but men and women who add experience and knowledge to their branch of instruction. In this class we must place one of the finest teachers in the school, Mr. james McKenna, the teacher of Mathematics. He is known over the State as a mathematician and the students of this school, who have enjoyed his instruction during the past, can prove this statement by using the terse expression that fits so well, 'tHe is some teacher. From the fact that he has covered twice the work that has ever been accomplished in this department, proves the fact that he has certainly led his pupils on the right road and with proper speed. From the fact that students are willing and anx- ious to do outside work in the spare time at their disposal shows that there is some power behind the throne. fContinued on Page 43,5

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6 THE COMRADE Miyuki lin in the ' arnltg E. RAYMOND WALSH. There is probably no other teach- er in the school who is so well known and admired by tl1e students in general as Mr. Wfalsh. He has the faculty of making his pupils like him and this, of course, at once in- terests them in the subject which he is teaching. lt is seldom that a class in Latin get as much benefit and real pleasure as do the students of our Latin courses, and this fact is backed up by the remarks of stu- dents, who have attended day schools. But then, Mr. Wfalsh is one of those teachers who goes down into the science of teaching a language, and that is one reason why he is so successful. His success as a teacher is evidenced from the fact that the largest class in Latin is hnishing the first year course, than has ever been recorded before in the school annals. Nor is Mr. XValsh's work confined to the class room, for many students have testified to the fact that he has often helped them outside of class work, and at the sacrifice of his own valuable time. He is ever ready to help his students at any and all times, and his kindly advice has often been the means of helping them out of great difficulties. XVhen Mr. XValsh was graduated from grammar school he had the un- usual distinction of being the young- est in the class and at the same time carrying away all the honors with him. He entered Classical High School in 1898, where he also distin- guished himself in his classes, and especially in the English and Debat- ing Classes. Graduating in 1902, he entered Brown University, where he was prominent in debating and in the public speaking departments. He was the center of a movement that carried out a plan whereby a non- fraternity man could be elected to office in the graduating class. Through his efforts and supervision non-fraternity men were elected to office the first time in the history of the university. Vifhen he received his sheepskin from Brown in 1906, he went to Harvard Law School and also was the youngest member of that class, but by no means the least brilliant. He was admitted to the bar of Rhode Island in IQOQ, and is now a successful lawyer in this city, being in partnership with Mr. Phet- teplace, and having offices on Col- lege street. One of the greatest tests of a teacher's efliciency is the satisfac- tion that a pupil carries away with him, when his year's work is done and Mr. Wfalsh has never failed to send away students feeling that they have certainly accomplished some-- thing worth while in their educa- tion. The Comrade hopes that fu- ture students of the Providence Eve- ning High Schcol may profit and enjoy their Latin studies under the guidance of Mr. XYalsh's instruction as the students of the past two years have. -K. E. C. DANIEL G. DONOVAN. Mr. Donovan, the teacher of the French and German Department, has just completed his first year as an instructor in this school, but he has won his way among us in such a way that we feel he has been teach- ing us for years. It is seldom that the conservative students of this school express their ideas concern- ing their teachers, but this time they have broken the reserve and admit- ted that Mr. Donovan was a splen-

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8 THE COMRADE j 1 W FJ, n I 7 f ' 1 it K qi: ki I 0 J . LJ 5 utuui ggggggzglzggg ,. - -1- - L f If! ..,., Ll... M V A s. VVilliam Holden of the 1909 class has recently joined the ranks of the benedicts. The Alumni wish him and his better half a long life of connubial bliss. john J. Gilmartin, ,IO, has been doing good work in Branch IQ, of the National Letter Carriers' Asso- ciation, and that branch has ac- knowledged his ability and compe- tence by electing him President. Myra Lindell, a member of last year's class, was married on March 4, to joseph Flynn. The entire stu- dent body of the P. E. H. S. and the Alumni join in wishing both her and her husband a prosperous and happy life. Myra was one of the most popular of the young women in the school last year and has a host of friends, who wish her great happiness. Arrangements have been complet- ed for the annual reunion of the Alumni of the P. E. H. S. A. This event is one that is eagerly awaited every year, as it affords the old grads a great opportunity to meet and renew old acquaintances. This year the banquet will be held in Lily Academy, on the first day of May. There will be dancing from eight o'cl0ck to one o'clock, with an inter- mission at nine, when the banquet will be served in the adjoining hall. This banquet is the principal fea- ture of the occasion, besides the viands there is usually a programme of post-prandial speeches that would grace any banquet in the State. Toasts are responded to by someone from each class. The graduating class or the Infants,'! as they are called, have their orator, prophet, and poet on this occasion. This gives the members of the 1912 class its first opportunity of meeting the Alumni. A reception committee is chosen by the Board of Directors from each class, and these see that every one is made acquainted before the eve- ning's close. As this is leap year there is likely to be a little novelty in the occasion. Great plans are be- ing formed to make the affair come up to the ones held previously. Ev- ery Alumnus of the school should make it a point to be present at this reunion, whether or not he has ever attended any before. james McCartin, '06, will be the toastmaster, and that means that the guests around the festal board are to enjoy his witticisms and ef- fective repartee in a manner that is unusual. Mr. McCartin is consid- ered one of the most fluent and witty speakers of the younger dis- ciples of Blackstone. Of course, Mr. Charles A. Walsh will be at the banquet and will give the welcome words to the old grads, who look forward to his good advice and kindly welcome that he has the faculty of giving on all occasions. Toasts will be responded to by vari- ous members of the Alumni, and there will be one to The Dangers of Leap Year. Besides the officers and Board of Directors of the Alumni the com- mittee will consist of May Buckley, ,O7, Mrs. Mabel W. McKenna, '06, Mabel Newman, ,OQ, Mary Coyle, iOQ, Norman Byron, JII, john A. Meyers, ,II, Edmund Sheehan, ,OQ, Myra Brown, ,IO, Eugenie M. Kern, ,I2, Rose Coyle, ,I2, Caroline Miller, ,I2, Thomas VVood, yII. Plans are also under way for a Trolley Party, which is to be given under the auspices of the Alumni