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s PAMELA WALKER Editor PHILLIP THOMPSON Business Monager Jl Ui5er5 OLIVE B. MocPHERSON Foculty Adviser HUGH McCUSKER Business Adviser Seventeen
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3ht ittnmirtant DR. JAMES J. MURRAY The new yeor came to us with o sad foreword: the announcement thot on New Year's Doy itself. Dr. James J. Murroy, a clossroom teacher here at Somerville High School for thirty-two years, hod suffered a fotal heart- attack while homeward bound from evening work as a proofreader for the Herald-Traveler. Dr. Murray's deoth was as he had frequently, smilingly insisted it would be: with the old work boots on. Since no one ever challenged clock ond calendar with o heftier agendo, it was highly unlikely that Dr. Murray would be token from carpet-slippered idle time or any kind of retirement. He wos too much the worker for that. Born in Stoneham, but a resident of Somerville for sixty-two yeors ond a graduate of this school system. Dr. Murrary brought to the English classroom an im- pressive portfolio of unimpeachoble credentials: Bachelor of Science ond Master of Education degrees from Tufts University in 1925 ond 1942, a Doctorate of Philosophy from Boston University in 1950, and an abundance of graduote credits that just Topsy-ed along ot these schools end ot Harvard, with no specific certificates or degrees os goal posts, but simply because he consumed courses in order to be os accomplished os possible at the work he loved. Excitedly, excitingly on the job in Room 24, in o welter of news clips chronicling the forword morch ond backword flips of American education, with chapters of his own book on the same subject scattered anyhow on desk and tables. Dr. Murroy was delightful compony for the students ond teochers who worked most closely with him end who appreciated the well-stocked intellect and the generous heart of the man. His pupils, especially those in Creative Writing—Period Four, a class that wos o special joy to him, got the benefits of his years of newspaper experience and of his bringing himself to book. His faculty neighbors had their work days brightened by conversations thot were gusty with his indignation and laughter os he plucked feathers from the pretentious wingspread of some new, foolishly flighty, brockct-blockening evaluation project by his spendid tolent for friendship. For them. Dr. Murray's best book is not the one now in the hands of o New York litcrory agent; it is their recollection of o good man with whom they were olwoys pleased to work. PAUL. 0. KELLEY In the foil of 1967, the Somerville School Department suffered the loss of Mr. Poul 0. Kelley, for twenty years the Dirctor of Music for the city of Somerville. Adminis- trators, teochers, and students shocked by his untimely death, will long remember his untiring efforts ond his concern for the students. A special memorial program in his honor wos presented in December of this yeor. The proceeds from this per- formance, Four Glistening Notes, were placed in a special account, os were contributions from privote citizens and vorious organizations in the city. A Paul O. Kelly Memorial Scholarship will be awarded by the Music Department to a Somerville High School student selecting music as his college major field of interest. Sixteen
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