Williams Memorial Institute High School - Legenda Yearbook (New London, CT)

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DEDICATED TO MRS. ELIZABETH D. MacADAMS Dux Femina Facti It is a source of deep pleasure for us, the class of 1942, to honor one whom we regard with affection and admiration by dedicating our 1942 Legenda to Mrs. Elizabeth D. MacAdams, whose wide range of talents has enabled her to render our school many services. True, she has skillfully guided many students through the intricacies of the Latin language, but more than that, she serves as an admirable example of mature womanhood. The members of her class have respected her scholarship, but they have also enjoyed her sense of humor and keen wit. Those who have worked with her and cherished her friendship will long remember Mrs. MacAdams, for she will remain in our minds and hearts as a symbol of the place that a teacher may take in the hearts of those whom she instructs. 6

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TRIBUTE TO MISS MABEL AUSTIN ’ . . . Your praise shall still find room Even in the eyes oI all posterity. During its formative, and thus most important, period, W.M.I. benefited from its association with Miss Mabel Austin, first in her attendance as a student, then as a member of the faculty. Throughout her long years of faithful service she was one of the most honored of its teachers, her intelligence and dignity commanding the highest respect. Ever eager to learn, she pursued the pathway of knowledge throughout her life-time, and possessed an amazing store of information. Her extensive travels abroad had fully equipped her with the rich lore of the old world and had given her conversation that wealth of knowledge at which so many marveled. Her whole being was alight with the buoyancy of living: living to give others the desire to explore the wonders of the world about them. There was no greater pleasure for her than to see her students respond to that urge; to see them discipline their minds as strictly as she did her own; to see them progress. Miss Austin had many great gifts but perhaps her greatest virtue was that of wanting to infuse in others that spirit which had impelled her to a life of so many fine achievements. Truly she was an unusual personality, excelling in nearly all she undertook, not only because of her superior mental capacity, but also because of her wholehearted interest and endeavor in behalf of duty. Miss Mabel Austin was an ardent scholar, a conscientious teacher, and a cultured gentlewoman. As such may she long be remembered in the annals of Williams Memorial Institute. So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. 7