Worcester Academy - Towers Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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JOHN EARLE BLOSSOM Master in Fnglish Received an A.B. degree from Wvesleyan University in 191-1. Taught Classics at Barnard School for Boys, New York City, 1913- 19l5. Viias Assistant Principal of Dickinson Seminary, Williams- port, Pa., 1915-1918, came to Vliorcester as lnstructor in Classics and English in 1918, and was made Nlastcr in English in 1922. IIAROLD HAMILTON WADE Master in Public Speaking Received an A.B. degree from Beloit College iu 19111-. Was at Mercersburg Academy as Instructor in Public Speaking from 19144 1917g taught English and Public Speaking at Pawtucket, R. I., lligh School, 1917-18. Came to Worcester as Instructor in English and Public Speaking in 1918, and was made Master in Public Speaking in 1922. gi .., HAROLD VVEBER PRESSON Director of Physical Education JOSEPH VICTOR B LAN C11 E'l' M astel' ill' fllorlern Lan gauges Received the degree of A.B. from Harvard in 1005. llead of French Department and Assistant in Latin, Chestnut Hill Academy, Chestnut Hill, Pa., 1905-1916. lnstrnctor in French at the Taft School, VVatertown, Conn., 1916-1920. Came to YVorccster as Head of the French Department in 1920 and was made Master in Modern Languages in 1922. Graduated from Wiorcester Academy, 1917. Attended Dartmouth College until 11e entered the Wiorld War. Was Assistant Coach at Wbrcester Academy, 1921-23, under Mr. Delahanty. Director of Physical Education and Head Coach at Springfield Central lligh School, 1923-26. In the fall of 1926 was appointed Director of Physical Education at Worcester Academy.

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FRED DAVIS ALDRICII I 6 i ll I . . ' 'wQ!lI.l1--'9 SAMUEL FOSS HOLMES Ilmdmnsler was granluatcfl from W1-slcyan with thc mlcgrcc of I'h.B. in 1904 rcccivcal A.M. in IQIII. Was Assistant in English at Wesleyan IQUI- 00: Nlastcr in English, I'n-ckskill Military Acaclcmy, Pcekskill N. Y., N00 07: cumc lo Worccstcr as Instructor in English in 1907 Mach- Nlastcr in English in I9I I, Isccame Acting llcaxlmaster in l918 and Ilcmlmaslcr in l9I0. IJ. W. ABERCROMBIE, I,L.D., Litl.D. Cllarvardj Hvrulnmstcr lfmcritlls .Scniur flffustcrg Hcml :J Ihrpurtmvnt of Nfathematzcs was gratluatcel from W'orccstcr Academy, I89l. Rccciveml an A.H. :Ii-grcc from Brown in I895 and an honorary A.M, from Brown in I908. Taught Ifrcnch, German, and Mathematics at Worcester Acad:-:ny from I895 I906, and Malhcmatics from IQII6 to thc present timc. GICOIIGIC IDl1IDI,EY IIIIURCII Rvgixtrur Ii:-ca-ive-rl an A.II. alcgrcc from Brown, HI99, annl an honorary A.lVl. from llrown in IOI6. Was Instructor at Worccslvr Acadcmy, l900f- 02g llcanlmustcr of thc Alrlnolt School, Farmington, Nlainc, I902- IIIHI. :mel owncr of thc School from WIO l0I8. Camc lo Worccstor A4-amh-my as Ilcgislrar in WI8. I fxccuti ru I cor IIAIIRI MAN QILEVELANIJ IIOIJD lla-ccivcml thc elcgrcc of BS. from WIPSIPDHII In IQIII. I fllltlpdl of Miclnllclrury, Conn., Iligh School, l90l--1903: Principal of Norwich- lown, Conn., Grammar School, IQO3-19043 Scnior Mastcr, Irving School, Tarrytown, N. Y., 190-1-I9l2. In charge of the Preparatory llcpartmcnt at Worccstcr in I9I2g bccame Executive Ofhcer in 1918. ., - .,.. I2

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.., 1 A ' I H l . ll 'ELA--'l All IOI7 IU. l'rin1'ipal of llillsilh- S1-hool, Urn-llw'ivll, Mass.. I9l9 Ill. Uralluah-ll with thv 4lc-gre-0 of HB. from Boston Univvrsity, l922Z. Lam Hrown Univ:-rsily. l'h.li., l9l0g Clark Univvrsity. A,M.. I92I anll l'h.ll.. I927. rllllllglll llislory al Phillips Amlove-r Ac-alla-nly, l9ll ll-1 Nvwlon Classical Iligh School, l9Ifl l9l8: Worm-slr-r Classical Iligh Sm-hool. WI!! 23: lnstruvlor al Clark in ll0V4'f'IlIlll'l1l, N22 23. ,, Cams- lo Wnrm-sle-r as llm-all of that llvparlml-nl of llix-:tory in N23 gli CIIAIKLICS I.All RICNCIC S'l'l'IVlCNS Hvrul of Sl'il'lH'l' l,4',Illl'IIlll'lIl Graxluall-ql from Balm with a lll-gn-v of HS. in W20. Assistant in Sl'l1'lll'1' al, Halos from N20 l92l. Klillllt' lo Worvvslc-r as lnstrnv- lor in M 1lllll'lIlHll0:-R anal Sl'l1'lN't' in l9ZII: was malls Maslvr in Svimlvc In IUZZT. Coarh ol l'4-nllis simw- W23. llin-vlorofS1'hool Band. WAICICICN lilWSSl'Il,l. SAliGl'lN'l' ll1Sll'llf'l0l' ill lllllllll1'lllllfil'S 1-mlm-el lirillgl-wall-r Normal Colle-gl-, lllll l7. ln S1-rvivv. 1' lo u1ll l'1'5ll'I'lll IQIIZ. CHN ll ICLIJUN SMALL A llNfI'I' ill S1'l4'lH'1' llralluala-cl from Howlloin in N20 with llvgrw- of .'X.B. lnslruvtor in Sl'll'lll'l'iIll1l Englie-xll al llvllron Avallc-:ny from N20 1022. lliilllt' to Worm-all-r as lnslruvlor in lxrlilllN'lIlLlllt'S in l022g lnslruvlor in Scivlwc in N25. Mach' Mastvr in S1'lt'Il1'0 in WIT. ,-Nl,Bl'1ll'l' l AliNSWOR'l'll lluslvr ill Hislofv aml was lllillll' M aslvr in llislory in W2 lx. lf Hi , gg V W- I, v .'f, V . Q Ill PP Aww' l