Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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MISS CATHERINE M. SCANLAN Miss Cotherine M. Sconlan tought in the Home Eco- nomics Deportment for thirty-seven yeors. She wos born in Somerville ond graduoted from the High School in 1918. She ottended Framingham Normal School until 1925. An interesting interval in her vocotionol troining wos in the lunch moking department of the Boston Schrofft's stores. She began teoching at Northeastern Junior High School in September 1926, and later come to the high school to teach Foods in the Home Economics Course. She also tought Family Living and Child Care in the Home Management Course. Each summer she took courses in newer techniques ond materials in her special vocational interest. Home Economics. Miss Sconlon wos unusuolly gifted in training her stu- dents in the preparation and serving of foods for evory- doy living and for festive occasions. She shored with her students her insights and understanding of pleasant family living end planning beyond ond obove the limits of her courses. She retired early this yeor and looks forward to a leisure she will devote to many interesting plans for the future. racx imNcn«ia3 IN MEMORIAM CATHERINE L. CROY Miss Cotherine L. Cray, a teacher in our schools for twenty years, died suddenly on the morning of Jonuory thirteenth. She wos a graduate of Somerville High School, Sargent School and received her B.S. in Education degree from Villc Maria College in 1934. Before coming to Somerville, she wos employed by St. Elizabeth's Hospitol, Boston, Massachusetts, Villa Maria College, Erie, Pennsylvania, and the Wossaic Stotc ichool in New York. Her service in the Somerville Schools began September, 1943, at the Northeostcrn Jr. High School. She trans- ferred to the Somerville High School Physicol Education Department in September, 1958. From her interest in children and love for the out-of- doors evolved Gay Winds o successful camp for girls in Vermont. We shall remember with affection her quiet dignity and poise, the earnest endeavor, and merited success that were hers. We shall recoil with appreciation her patience, kind- ness and the balance of good sense and wise counsel thot were there whenever needed. May she rest in peace. IN MEMORIAM MABEL F. KELLEY A dedicated, loyal member of the Somerville High School Office Staff from December, 1939 until her death December 12, 1962. We shall miss her. May she rest in peace. Twelve

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DR. JOHN E. O'LOUGHLIN Commencement Time — 1963 — has arrived — os inevitable as the sunrise or the sunset. It is a time of gladness and of porting. This yeor symbolizes both hoppiness end sorrow to the faculty ond pupils of Somerville High School. Our competent and learned Vice-Headmaster, Dr. John E. O'Loughlin, hos graduated to higher fields of educa- tional teaching. In spite of our feelings of regret ot his leaving us, the faculty wishes him all the success and enjoyment in his new field of endeovor. We realize that he will bring with him that spirit of learning and respect that he brought to Somerville High School — both as a student, os a tcocher, ond as an administrator of the highest coliber during the past thirty-two ycors of sincere ond creditoble service. May your future be even more beneficial to you ond yours — than those yeors spent here on Central Hill — is the wish of the many friends you leave behind ot S.H.S. Eleven

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MISS ILENE C. RITCHIE We con hardly mention this lady's name without em- phasizing her ability, dignity, devotion ond the losting affection in which she is held by the faculty and students of Somerville High School. She chose her profession, or perhaps her profession chose her, ot an oge when she wos not much older than her senior students. As she guided their formative years with the porentol devotion of other doys, she olso foced o period when education itself, os we now know it, wos toking shope. When Miss Ritchie first taught awkword fingers the mystery of typing, the early mochines had to be ottacked with the energy required by a grand piano. More important than instruction of this kind, however, have been her lessons, by precept and personol example, of good sound Americon character. One of the first to explore the Guidance field ot a time when it wos not for removed from the birchrod technique of counselling, she has been identified with every facet of education ot Somerville High. She hos given her wise counsel to the Scholarship Fund Committee, the Notionol Honor Society, the Teachers' Credit Union, the Class Doy ond Groduotion Committees, ond to a host of other groups too numerous to mention, all of which functioned more smoothly and ottoined greoter success because of her participation. The Head of the Stenography ond Typewriting De- partment from 1940 to 1960, she was promoted to Head of the Business Course in 1960 offer planning ond guid- ing a monumentol state-inspired, survey of the educa- tional structure of Somerville High School. It is the pride of Somerville that this accomplished lady is herself a product of our own schools. As Miss Ritchie relaxes ot her beautiful home ot Boothboy Harbor, she will miss the bells on Central Hill. And we at the school will miss her punctual response to them. It is not likely that any one will ever match her golden years plus one! Thirteen