Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-23
Roxbury Latin
New Leader Is
Daniel Y. THOMPSON


The Boston Transcript Of Friday.
May 20, has the following concerning
Daniel v. Thompson, former Au-
gusta man, who has been chosen to
succeed pr. o. S. Lowell as Head
master Of the Roxbury, (Mass.) Latin
school The story is headed by
splendid likeness of Mr.. Thompson.
| A New Leader at Roxbury Latin
| To the long and illustrious list Of
| ad-masters of the Roxbury Latin
School, list which includes, in Rev
dictionary times, the name of General
Joseph Warren, and in these latter
Gays that of Dr. William c. Collar
! is now to be added one name more,
that of Daniel Varney Thompson
The present headmaster, DR.. Lowell,
who since the death Of DR.. Collar
I has so identified himself with the
! school, having reached an age when
/ faithful workers have right to rest,
retires at the close of the current
! school year; and next September will
/ find Mr.. Thompson in charge.
/ But there will be no radical
! changes in the policy of the school
when the new headmaster assumes
his position. He will not make the
school over to himself, but will fit
into the school as it now is and has
been for years. LAS yet" says Mr..
Thompson, 81 have seen merely the
outside fringes Of the school life and
cannot say just what l shall do next
fall. 1t would be almost ludicrous to
speak of making any changes in the
management of ROXbury Latin. l do
not take charge until September, and
meantime l must become acquainted
with the school, its students, and its
traditional policies. In my effort to
do that I am being given the most cor
dial assistance by DR.. Lowell, his
| staff and the trustees"
, Mr.. Thompson has been associated
with educational affairs all his life.
! He was born fifty-thre Years ago in
Augusta, Me. After attending Au-
gusta high school, he entered Am
herst college, from which he grad
uated in 1899. While there he was
! editor and manager Of the Literary
| Monthly, and editor of the Clio. He
is member of the D. K. E. fraterni-
ty. Although he did not make his let
ter, he was always interested in
sports. Horse back riding and cruis-
ing the Maine coast have been his
great sources of pleasure. Upon leav-
ing Amherst Mr.. Thompson became
connected with the Newark Academy
as teacher of English, Latin and
algebra. In 1892 Amherst awarded
| him the degree of Master of Arts.
Leaving Newark in 1896 he Joined the
| faculty of julius Sachs School in
New York as head of the department
of English, incidentally giving for
three years lectures on English poe
try at the New York School of Ex-
preston. Remaining at Sachs seven
years he went to Haclsley in 1903 to
act as head of the Lower School. A
year later he became affiliated with
! I.awrenceVille, where he remained
until called to RoXbury Latin. Dur
ing the war both he and Mrs. Thomp-
son were active in the Red Cross in
hospitals at New York, Colonia, and
Lawrenceville, Mr.. Thompson being
field director at these places. One of
his sons, an Amherst man, was in the
son, who graduated from Harvard
last year. was in the Navy. A third
is still in Harvard.
Long at LawrenceviIIe
For sixteen years Mr.. Thompson
was head of the English department
and during that time had charge of
Cleve house, one Of the dormitory
cottages there. He also was on va
rious administrative committees
while there. His experience there
will help in carrying on the work at
RoXbury Latin, he declared. The
cottages at Lawrenceville, according
to Mr.. Thompson, are scholastic and
athletic units in themselves, rather
like separate schools. In them a mas
ter has chance to study and observe
youths of all ages.
Teaching has not been Mr.. Thomp-
sons only activity, for he has done
considerable editorial work. Among
the books to his credit are 1.-THE Es-
says of Ella" ''The Book of British
Verse for Boys" "Burke's Concilia-
tion," and Macbeth" The second of
this list is an anthology of poetry
from the time Of Chaucer to Alfred
Noyes, and is built largely on the
suggestions of boys at Lawrenceville.
Mr.. Thompson is fond of music,
and hopes to find keen interest in it,
both vocal and instrumental, at Rox-
bury. Speaking of the value of ath-
letics to a preparatory school, he said
that he thought they were neces-