Wellesley High School - Wellesleyan Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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WELLESLEY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL FACULTY A Lighthouse keeper with a loving heart Toiled at his service in the lonely tower, Keeping his giant lenses clear and bright, And feeding with pure oil the precious light Whose power to save was as his own heart ' s power. He loved his kind, and being set alone To help them by means of this great light, He poured his whole heart’s service into it, And sent his love down the long beams that lit The waste of broken water in the night. He loved his kind, and joyed to see the ships Come out of nowhere into his bright field, And glide by safely with their living men, Past him and out into the dark again, To other hands their freight of joy to yield. Page 8

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WELLESLEY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL its way toward the setting sun. It almost keeps pace with the rushing steeds of Dawn as the light of day wends westward too its daily flight. Settling on some chosen green in some far western state, the great mechanical thing seems, at the close of day, to represent life in its youthful flight through its periods of growth and its span of living deeds. What a far-flung horizon is ever before us, as young or old, we turn our gaze toward the rising sun to read the omens of the day! We seem to catch a glimpse of secrets scarcely vouchsafed to man. Wonderful events appear just beyond our ken and we strain the vision of our very souls to penetrate the distant scene with interest and understanding. How beauti¬ ful, how full of interest, how attractively compelling! Yet, withal how baffling, how confusing, how unsatisfactory not to know all! But still we do not lose our hope to under¬ stand both ourselves and the future into which we may attempt to project our longings,—a place where our dreams may come true, and best of all, perhaps a chance to realize our bet¬ ter selves. Hence the modern cry re-echoed from Words¬ worth: “The world is too much with us. Get¬ ting and spending we lay waste our powers. Little we see in Nature that is ours.’’ Here is a worthy challenge for Youth. Be practical, but do not forget to dream dreams. The great wide world hums about us. Perhaps it may be given us to “fly” the Atlantic, to make a trip on the “Southern Cross” to the Antipodes, to go with Jules Verne, 2nd, underneath the sea to the North Pole, to visit with Byrd the South Pole. On the other hand, all these things may not be given to us, certainly not to all of us. Everyone, however, will have oppor¬ tunities to be faithful to one’s own ideals, to be true to one’s own aspirations, loyal to one’s home, to one’s friends, to one’s country,—yea, loyal even to all humanity. The future then for us will have no fears, we will work honestly, faithfully, efficiently, and be “worthy of our hire.” “To him that hath it shall be given and to him that hath not, shall be taken away even that which he hath.” Paradoxical as this statement may seem to be in its inference, how true it is in life. If we increase our talents as to person¬ ality, reputation, actual performance of duty, we may acquire still other talents,—talents well worth while and practically indispensable for the boy or girl who would be successful in doing his or her share of the world’s work. “Not gold, but only men can make A people great and strong— Men who, for truth and honor’s sake, Stand fast and suffer long. “Brave men, who work while others sleep, Who dare while others fly— They build a nation’s pillars deep And lift them to the sky.” As we go onward from our Senior High School experiences, we will wish to make fewer our weak points and to strengthen our strong points. We will cultivate loyalty to our own best selves and to all that is best in life. That ancient advice given by the Bard may help us: “First to thine own self be true and it must follow as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.” What pleasure in life we shall have if our question—“After School, Then What?”—can be answered sat¬ isfactorily for the community and for our selves. “Be true to the highest; Be strong in thy quest, Have faith in the purest, Hold fast to the best. “Then thy heart may fail thee ne’er, Then thy raptures may all be fair, Then thy goal thou indeed may see, Then thy life may richer be. “To our school we pledge anew, Ourselves each day to improve, In college, office, or in store, Fewer faults, perfections more. “There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast— The desert and illimitable air Lone wandering, but not lost.” S. Monroe Graves, Superintendent of Schools.

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WELLESLEY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL FACULTY Ralph W. Proctor Principal Margaret D. Ackerman Ancient History Latin Walter S. Adams Elsie I. Bishop Katherine Bronson Alice N. Burton Harold H. Coburn Anna S. G. Costello Dorothy R. Dolliver Kathryn E. Heater John P. Jewell Alice J. Macomber Jasper R. Moulton Signe Pearson Jean A. Pulver Mildred Precious James M. Robertson Leon E. Ryther Mathematics Science Librarian Commercial Geog. Stenography Typewriting Commercial Geog. Drawings, Arts and Crafts Practical Arts (Boys) French Principal’s Secretary English Latin English Mathematics Bookkeeping Typewriting French English Mathematics History Science A. Josephine Trafton Typewriting Commercial Law Ernest F. Upham History Tufts College, B.S. Bucknell University, A.B. Wesleyan University, A.B. Colby College, A.B. Simmons, School of Libra¬ ry Science Brockton Business College Massachusetts Art School, B.S. Rindge Manual Training School Boston University, A.B. Wellesley College, B.A. Katherine Gibbs Secreta¬ rial School Boston University, A.B. Bates College, A.B. Harvard College, A.M. Brown University, Ph.B. Harvard University, A.B., Ed.M. Salem Normal School Bentley School of Accounting Ecole Normale Cantonale Diploma pour TEnseigne- ment Primaire Universite de Neufchateau Licence-es-lettres Boston University, A.B. Truro Normal School, N.S. Boston University, B.S. University of Maine, B.S. Boston University, B.S.S. Bates College, A.B. Boston University, Ed.M. Page 9