From The Chronicle March 1, 1913

THE PAGEANT OF THE YEAR.

On the evening of February 28, an event occurred which marks an important step in the progress of art. A performance - unique in that it was written, acted and managed by High School girls and boys - was presented before the large audience which filled Shailer Hall. The Pageant of the Year, the work of Miss Evelyn Asbrand, '13, was remarkable in many ways. Although the pageant was under the direction of Miss Stone of the Art department, Miss Spaulding of the English department, and Miss Barnes of the Physical Training department, these instructors so acted that practically all the affairs concerning the productions were in the hands of the students.

First to the view of the spectators came Father Time escorted to his throne by the months of the year [ed. these are actually the signs of the Zodiac]. Stately Father Time and the frolicking months! When their march was over, the Seasons came in First Spring, the fair, fresh youth of the year, entered. Along with her came the Breezes, the Mayflowers and the Rain-drops. Then soft and gentle Summer in her sweet flowing robes appeared. Next came Autumn with the School Children, the Witches, the Ghosts, and the Indians. Finally, lmperial Winter ascended the stage, followed by Holly dancers, Winter Sports and others.

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J. Louis Keegan was Father Time. Miss Madeleine Hunt was Spring; Miss Estelle Krieger, Summer; Miss Mildred Southwick, Autumn; Miss Elizabeth Macnaughtan, Winter. The Months were represented as follows. Georgia Churchill, January; Margaret Woods, February; Dorothy Elden, March, Katharine Delabarre, April; Rosamund Flanders, May. Mary Knowles, June; Carmen Harris, July; Helena von Ladau, August; Ruth Lyman, September; Frances Coburn, October; Helen Goodnow, November; Elizabeth Corbett, December.

The Breezes in their flowing blue draperies were Misses Dorothy Lindsay, Ruth Reizenstein, Eleanor Sheldon, Josephine Kraft, Mary Hickey, and Hilda Shepard. The pattering Rain-drops were Misses Katherine Andrews, Margaret Daniels, Dorothy Wiggin, Margaret Tuttle, Dorothy Champlin, Marion Lawson, Marion Dooley and Alice Kilmer. The Mayflower dance was given by Misses Marguerite Ayers, Margaret Wesner, Dorothy Amsden, Maud Barrett, Marion Neal, Julie Emery, Olive Amsden and Marie Kaan. The graduates to appear were Miss Helen Carvell, Mildred Stronge, Catherine Lally, Marjorie Kaan, Alice Stewart and Evelyn Fisher. Miss Louise Johnson was the School Teacher, while her misbehaving children comprised Esther Sands, Helen McNamara, Grac Stearns, Mary Hickey, Jessie Southwick, Mignonne Ryther and Ethel Driscoll.

The Witches and Ghosts were Misses Edith Driscoll, Caroline Potter, Mary Houghton, and Manon Cook, Helen Kaan, Eleanor Carlisle, Francis Souther and Helene Kornfeld. Ruth Damon was the Chieftain of the Indian group, composed of Helen Fillmore, Margaret Arnold. Marion Forbes, Lillian Hoeffner, Dorothy Izenbeck, Evelyn Kellsher and Mildred Price. The Holly Leaf dance was admirably presented by Misses Dorothy Rhodes, Manon Driscoll, Elizabeth Cantwell, Susie MacDonald, Dorothy Conklin, Ruth Russell, Mary Moran, and Alice Duffy.

The Winter Sports girls were Misses Alice Burdett, Katharine Da VIS, Louise Roberts, Margaret Farley, Caroline Mackey, Julia Bowker, Tsuya Matsuki, Hilda Marrett, Mary Joyce, Elsie Nelson, Florence Putnam, and Elizabeth Taber. …
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Boston Herald, February 23, 1913

REAR: M. Bryant, E. Johnson, F. Small, K. Matsuki. FRONT: C. Rowe, L. Briggs, M. Colby, Mary Sawyer, M. Prentiss

Mary Sawyer, 2nd from right; Alice Howard Spaulding, center.

Mary Sawyer, front row, 2nd from left

REAR: M. Colby, B. Chandler, E. Neal, B. Rosenau, N. Van Ulm; FRONT: L. Hunnewell, Miss Dodge, Mary Sawyer, R. Vachon

From the pamphlet entitled Brookline School Photos, Taken and Finished by the Guidance Department, 1933
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Built in 1895.

Seen from the rear. The auditorium is in the center rear.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Built in 1895

From the pamphlet entitled Brookline School Photos, Taken and Finished by the Guidance Department, 1933
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Foreground, left to right, all on Prospect St:

• The southeast corner of the police station and courthouse
• The old 1844 town hall, now the police station
• The southwest corner of the old Pierce Grammar School, built in 1855, sections of which remain as part of the current Pierce Historical Building

Center, left to right:

• Washington St. looking north
• The only known photo of the house at 375 Washington St., southeast corner of Washington St. and School St.
• South side of the library
• Construction of the 1901 replacement Pierce Grammar School being built facing School St. on the site of the old 1856 high school

[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

[l. to r.] Manual Training School building, still standing; Public Baths, no longer standing; Municipal Gymnasium, no longer standing.

A four-room school house that opened in April 1888. Named after J. Eliot Cabot, a Brookline architect and one-time school committee member. When the school on Harvard and Pleasant streets was closed for the 1888 widening of Beacon St., the students moved to the Cabot School. Torn down in 1957 for subsidized housing now on the site.

A four-room school house at 32 Marion St. that opened in April 1888 and is no longer standing. When the school on Harvard and Pleasant streets was closed for the 1888 widening of Beacon St., the students moved to the Cabot School. The house at 44 Marion St. is under construction on the right, still standing.

Page 1, plate 7276. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

A four-room school house at 32 Marion St. that opened in April 1888 and is no longer standing. When the school on Harvard and Pleasant streets was closed for the 1888 widening of Beacon St., the students moved to the Cabot School. For the 1891-1892 school session the principle was Lillian M. Watton and the kindergarten teachers were Annie P. Burgess and Florence Hersey.

Page 2, plate 7277. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

A four-room school house at 32 Marion St. that opened in April 1888 and is no longer standing. When the school on Harvard and Pleasant streets was closed for the 1888 widening of Beacon St., the students moved to the Cabot School. For the 1891-1892 school session the principle was Lillian M. Watton and the first-grade teachers were Annie M. Osgood, Helen F. Wetherbee, and Mary E. Kingsbury.

Page 3, plate 7278. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

This school was located in a small triangle of land in Coolidge Corner formed by Beacon St., the short extension of Pleasant St. running southwest of Beacon St. and Harvard St. running southeast of Beacon St. completing the triangle. It was built shortly after the 1851 extension into Brookline of Beacon St. With the widening of Beacon St. in 1887/88 the school was demolished and the new brick Cabot School was built on nearby Marion St.

The school took over the old Eben Jordan mansion at 1600 Beacon St. The mansion served as the Choate School (Country Boarding and Day School For Girls) from 1922-1950 and the building was torn down in 1955. For the 1931 graduation ceremony, 38 diplomas were presented by Augusta Choate to:

Marianne Q. Appel, Marie B. Bonnycastle, Camilla S. Bowman,
Betty Broughton, Allison C. Buckman, Patti J. Byars,
Barbara H. Donaldson, Mary E. Donnelly, Laura S. H. Drane,
Myra K. Flint, Mary Greeley, Helen Horne,
Elizabeth H. Johnson, Helen R. Johnson, Charlotte Jones,
Mary S. Jordan, Marianne R. Kellar, Mary M. Kingsley,
Mary R. Kline, Mary S. Lewis, Nancy E. Marean,
Elizabeth J. Maynard, Elizabeth Myers, Marion Myers,
Ruth Myers, Elizabeth M. ODonel, Fanny Parrock,
Hope Ramsay, Virginia T. Ray.. Mary J. M. Rice,
Phyllis J. Sager, Elizabeth Sawyer, Nancy V. Sheppard,
Jeanne R. Taylor, Emily Tompkins, Eleanor L. Vanderhoof,
Phyllis White, Lucille G. Wolfe.