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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 26., Editorial Comment. (search)
Editorial Comment. In our Vol. III, No. 1, may be found The Development of the Public School in Medford, prepared by Superintendent Charles H. Morss. Thus early in its time did the Historical Society deal with this essential part of Medford history, Mr. Morss making careful search of records. His work fills forty-one pages, the clearest historical statement we have of our schools as a whole. A few years earlier, and before the Historical Society's forming, the graduates of the High SMr. Morss making careful search of records. His work fills forty-one pages, the clearest historical statement we have of our schools as a whole. A few years earlier, and before the Historical Society's forming, the graduates of the High School formed an association and held reunions which were of great interest. In 1892 a brochure was issued, entitled History of the Medford High School by Charles Cummings. From Press of Samuel Usher of Boston. Certainly no one was better qualified for this than he who had been its principal for thirty years. Ten of its closing pages give the names of graduates from 1847 to 1892, but are preceded thus, No list of graduates prior to 1847 has been preserved. Space forbids their rep
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 26., The Medford High School under Lorin L. Dame (search)
ngs (a gift from General Lawrence to the city) and its fine pictures and statuary, a gift from its alumni, continues to serve as the headquarters of the school system of Medford. During the years when the new school was in the building, Mr. Charles H. Morss began his wide and farsighted work for the city as superintendent, while in the school Miss Sara A. Clapp, the dean of the high school, took the place of Miss Genevieve Sargent and continued the fine tradition of Medford teachers in long he ninth grade was also installed in the new high school, to relieve the pressure in the fast-growing city. With the removal of the pupils to the new school, the work of my father became more and more that of an executive. His relation with Mr. Morss was exceptionally happy, and the co-operation between the two men was productive of many results for good in the city. There was a continuous stream of changes in courses, of extension of Latin into the ninth grade, of history outlines in the