Wakefield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Wakefield, MA)

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Dedicated to the memory of our dear friend and teacher Miss Elizabeth Frances Ingram

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THE W. H. S. DEBATER PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE SENIOR CLAS S WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL WAKEFIELD. MASS. MAY, NINETEEN TWENTY-SEVEN DEBATER STAFF Editor-in-Chief Eobert Duttou Assistant Editors Maurice Hatch, Edna Parks Emily Wengen, Gladys Wenlinski Business and Advertising Manager Ruth Gersinovitch Assistant Manager John Dingle Exchange Editor Hamlin Boynton Subscription Editors George McMaster, Warren Beanian Alumni Editor Frances Purdy Social Events Madaliene Crocker School Activities Elizabeth Stockbridge Athletic Editor Elinor Morrill Joke Editors Bradford Boothby, Elizabeth Corcoran Battalion Editor Frank Horrigan Staff Artist Leo Beane Class Activities Committee Helen Taylor, William Allyn, George Tuttle, Flora Hall, Doris Bauer, Sylvia Nute, Kernick Snowdon Faculty Advisers .... Miss Eeed, Mrs. Guillow, Mrs. McGay, Miss Alice Eyan, Miss Hirst, Mr. Fisher, Mr. Dower

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n Tpvmntion The Debater feels that it is a great privi- lege to pay a tribute to the memory of Miss Elizabeth F. Ingram, our friend and teacher, whose death soon after the beginning of school this year occasioned deep sorrow among the many who knew her. It was Miss Ingram who sponsored the school publication from the very first, and it was her guidance which made the Debater , year after year, representative of the best work of the English Department and creditable to the school. Therefore, since it is indeed her paper, it is eminently fitting that it should now be dedicated to her memory. Miss Ingram early gave her life to teaching. As a girl of seventeen, she was appointed a teacher in the Center Grammar School Number One. As her ability became better known, she advanced step by step, first to the position of instructor in the eighth and ninth grades of the Lincoln School, and thence to an appointment as English teacher in the high school. Ever since 1902 she had been in this department and for many years was head of it. Always devoted to the study of the English language and of the world ' s literature, she took a constant interest in the work of the Beebe Memorial library of which she was for nine years a trustee. When the plan to build a new high school was first discussed, it was through the earnest appeals of Miss Ingram and Mr. Howe that provision was made for a school library. It is pleasant to think that Miss Ingram lived to see her wish realized and to rejoice with us in the beautiful Charles H. Howe Memorial Library. Miss Ingram felt the sacredness of language to a degree which few people attain. She loved our mother tongue and respected it. Not only did she herself not abuse it, as far too many do, but she always worked in her classes for perfection of speech as well as spontaneity of expression among the students. Only those of us who were in her classes can realize what a complete mastery of English she had and how particular she was that each little thing be done right. With a view to further study and cultural enrichment. Miss Ingram took several summer trips to Europe. She became greatly inter- ested in the restoration of France after the World War, and particularly in the problem of providing support for war orphans. It was due to her interest that the school began its correspondence with two French boys and has from time to time sent them gifts. When she was with us, she was a great inspiration to us, tireless, patient, always ready to help a pupil out of any difficulty. To those who took an interest in their study, she gave freely of her time and energy. Now that she is gone, let us still be inspired by her life of service and let us try to work for those ends to which her life was devoted. E. D.