1901

Charlie and Mrs. Boyle announce the engagement of their daughter Barbara to Mr. Harry Sargent Connor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Connor of Worcester, Mass. Miss Boyle attended Wellesley College, and during the war served two years with the American Red Cross in the European theatre. Mr. Connor graduated from Dartmouth in 1938 and served as major with the First Marine Division in the Asiatic Pacific theatre, and later at the Command and Staff School at Quantico, Va. The wedding is planned for this fall.

The following editorial from one of the Worcester newspapers clearly sets forth the esteem held by the citizens of that city of Walter Young and his many years' work in the public schools.

WALTER S. YOUNG

For twenty years Walter S. Young was Superintendent of Schools in Worcester. He retired in 1943. His death early yesterday morning will be sincerely mourned by thousands of Worcester people, including teachers, pupils, and former pupils of the public schools.

Mr. Young was a man of calm and dignified bearing and sound, though conservative, pedagogical ideas. In discussion he was diplomatic and courteous. In administration he was equable and just. He was a man of singularly orderly mind. In operation and in example he did a great deal for the schools of Worcester. In the career which was his deep interest, as well as his life work, he was successful, attaining not only the admiration and good-will of the teachers under him, but the respect and approval of leaders in the wider educational fields. This was graciously acknowledged some years ago by Clark University, which bestowed on him the honorary degree of Doctor of Education.

From the standpoint of his own happiness it was unfortunate that Mr. Young did not retire earlier, when his health first began to fail. He would have been spared the unseemly indignities to which he was finally submitted in the welter of political maneuverings which he was no longer alert enough to circumvent and which seem to make the Worcester school system a perennial field of exploitation. Through most of his career Mr. Young, by sound practice and sound balance, had been able to stabilize these maneuverings so as to minimize their harm. In his failing health he paid a bitter price for it, but he left office with the respect of the community, and the love of many whom, in honesty, ability, and justice, he had served.

Chan Cox was elected President of the Boston Chamber of Commerce at a meeting of the Chamber held May 18, 1946 Mr. and Mrs. George Harold Heys announced the marriage of their daughter Elinor Gray and Mr. Richard Ward Jr., July 17, 1946

Andy Wood is serving with the Strategic Service Unit of the U. S. War Department, having spent some time in Paris, and is now in Germany.

Secretary and Treasurer, 1371 Locust Rd., N. W., Washington, D. C.