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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 26., History of the Medford High School. (search)
rom September 6, 1875, to June 30, 1876; also, from September 1, 1888. Edward P. Sanborn (Dartmouth, 1876), from September 1, 1876, to April 9, 1877. Leonard J. Manning (Harvard, 1876), from April 16, 1877. Miss Caroline E. Swift, from September 1, 1877. Miss Genevieve Sargent, from September 1, 1881. Stephen Emery (Boston University, 1890), from September, 1890, to June 24, 1892. Miss Annie M. Sawyer (Wellesley, 1889), from September 14, 1891, to June 24, 1892. Miss Josephine E. Bruce, from September 13, 1892. Miss Carrie W. Whitcomb, from September 13, 1892. It will be observed that, except for twenty-three weeks in 1839, no assistant was appointed till May, 1841; also that there was none from August 26, 1849, to April 1, 1851. During this last period, through a desire to raise the standard of fitness for admission, no class was received. Six of the assistants were once members of the school; namely, Miss Sparrell, Miss Gregg, Miss Wellington, Mr. Redm
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 26., The Medford High School under Lorin L. Dame (search)
ry, when the cheering boys lighted red fire before their principal's home and cheered as he congratulated them on a fair-won fight. When in 1892 Medford became a city, and the school board became the school committee, the enlarged high school with its seven teachers was already overcrowded, and the chairman, Rosewell B. Lawrence, whose deep devotion for his city was already patent, had started an agitation for a more permanent school. The teaching force now grew rapidly larger. Miss Josephine E. Bruce, P. T. Campbell, Walter H. Cushing and Miss Marion Nottage were new members of the force. The work of Mr. Cushing, himself a Medford man, in history, civics and debate was exceptionally fine and well recognized in the universities. In 1892 the high school, in connection with work of the schools of the city, had been awarded a medal for the excellence of the work submitted to the Columbian Exposition at Chicago—a very gratifying reward to the principal and to the board. It is a ce