Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-21

Line-CharIes A. Pierce Ordained
 Deaeon- Bank Resists Attorney | Crafts Claim for $5o,ooo.
 For the first time since the institu- ton of the Westerly High school, 45 years ago, there will be an effort made next "Wednesday to form an alumni so- ! ciety of all classes of the school, that l day having been designated as Alumni fday, for the purpose in connection with the annual commencement Of the school. Although only graduates with in the last decade are expected at Wednesdays meeting, it is expected that organization will be effected andeI that in the future, perhaps a year hence, every class will be represented. Among a few of the graduates who have achieved national reputation are:
 Evelyn s. Hall, 1874, Wellesley 1879, for many years was the principal of lNorttn1eld seminary at Northfeld, Mass. Her class in Westerly High was the first to be graduated from the school and she was a member of the first class to be graduated from Well lesley.
 l EveretteT. .Tomlinson was graduated ! from Westerly High in 1875, the vale dictorian of his class. He entered Will Hams the following fall. For two years he was principal of the Auburn, N. Y, High school. In 1883 he became head master of the preparatory department
  J., and in 1888 he became pastor of the a Central Baptist church of Elizabeth. N. J. His chief writings have been 4 stories for boys based on the history of the Revolutionary period. - Otis E. Randall was graduated from 1 Westerly High in 1880 and from Brown in 1884. He taught in the Providence High school for a time and then be- came instructor in mathematics and civil engineering in Brown. Later he e q -1Tnf6GSnr ; Brown.
 Charles H. J. Douglas, president of the Brookhne, Mass. Boys school, is another Westerly High school alumnus. | Ellen Fftz Pendleton, M. A, Lit. D., ILL. D., president of Wellesley, was graduated sfrom Westerly High in 1874. The. first session of the Westerly High school was held Oct. 5, 1870, in ' the building on Elm street which is ] now used, as a grammar school, the top floor of which was the home of the high school for 30 years. The site of the present school. which was built in 1900 and 1901, was given to school dis | trict No of Westerly by Mrs. Harriet H. Wilcox, whose gifts to her home town included a beautiful park, a splendid public library and endow- ments for their upkeep. The school l house stands onsland adjacent to Will | COX park, in the heart of Westerly. It is 125 feettlong, "A feet wide and three stories high, of brick in a colonial de- sign of architecture. The classroom and laboratory facilities are exception | ] al The present enrolment of the l school is 225, with 10 regular teachers. 1 Opportunity is also given for indus 1 trial work for both boys and girls in l addition to the regular courses.
 The following is a list of the princi- pals Of Westerly High school: o. H. | Kite, September, 1870. to January, 1873; 1 James Patterson and George D. Her l sey, January to June, 1873; N. w. Lit l tlefield, September, 1873, to June, 1874; 1 J. M. E. Drake, September, 1874, to | June, 1876: Sidney B. Frost, Septem- | gber, 1876, to June, 1878; T. D. Adams | September, 1878, to June, 1882; EIiel l s. Ball, September, 1882, to June, 1886; | Everett C. Willard, September 1886, to l June, 1891; E. H. Rice, September to l December. 1891; Walter R. Whittle | January, 1892, to June 1903; A. B. War ren. September 1903, to June, 1908; | John Henry Swain, September, 1908, to December. 1911; Gideon E. Bradbury, acting principal, December, 1911, to | April. 1912; W. H. Bacon, April 1912, | to December, 1913; A. J. Maryott, De- l cember 1918.
 MT. Maryott has resigned, to take | effect at the end of the school year. 1 and will go to East Providence. | R. Sheldon will be his successor.
 Joseph L. Peacock, librarian of the | Westerly Memorial Library association, ! returned Saturday night from a seven i weeks trip in the west during which | he attended the annual meeting of the | American Library association in Los l Angeles, the California, eXpositions | and the sessions of the National Bap- | tist convention. At the annual meet 1 ing of the Rhode Island Library asso- l citation in Newport Friday MT Pea | cock was elected first vice president | The other officers are: Harold T. l Dougherty.. .Pawtuclzet, president; Miss l Anna H. Ward, Woonsocket second | vice president; Lawrence M Shaw | Providence. treasurer; Miss Edna D. | Rice, Pawtucket, secretary; Miss Eliz- abeth w. Magoon, recorder. These off, | cers and the following constitute the | executive committees: pr. Harry Ly- | man Chapman of Providence, Miss l Margaret M. Reid. Providence, and | George L. Hinckley, Newport. Com | mittee on relations with state board of | education: Herbert o. Brigham, Provi- l dence; Mrs Mary s. Root, Providence; | Ethan Wilcox, Westerly.
 Everett A. Kingsley Of Westerly, a l member of the state boundary commits | sion, his associates Edward H. Rath- | bun of .Woonsocket and Harold J. Cross of Providence. appointed by Governor 1 Pothier to confer with similar commits | sions from Connecticut and Massachu-