CLASS OP 1876

The Brooklyn Eagle of September 21 has the following concerning Harry F. Towle:

"The thousands of men who have been at one time or another pupils in the Boys High School will be pleased to learn that their former instructor in Latin will be principal of the Curtis High School, in the borough of Richmond. Mr. Towle has well earned the promotion, and all high school men, and the men and women of the Brooklyn Teachers Association, of which he was president in 1902, will be gratified to learn of his good fortune.

Mr. Towle came to the Central High School, on Court Street, in 1883 and taught mathematics for five years. When the Boys High was created he was appointed head teacher of Latin, a position which he has since held, although acting always, whenever necessity arose, as acting principal. He would have been principal of the Boys High School now, but in the old Brooklyn days the Board of Education required that a man should hold a principal's license in order to be appointed principal of a high school. There were no high school principal's licenses. Hence, men from grammar schools were appointed. Whatever reputation the Boys High School has today for scholarship is due to Mr. Towle and other strong men with whom lie has been associated.

"Last February Mr. Towle was given charge of the annex of the Boys High School in the old school house on Bedford avenue and Jefferson street.

"Mr. Towle will probably be installed in his new office on October 1, and there will be some Brooklyn men on hand to wish him success in his new field. This morning he told the Eagle reporter that, while he was gratified with the nomination, he was at the same time sorry to leave Brooklyn, where he had made so many friends, and he considered that every boy who had been in his class was a friend of his."

Secretary, W. H. Gardiner, 259 So. Clinton St., Chicago