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Title: History of Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Pape, William Jamieson, 1873-
Subjects: Waterbury (Conn.) -- History Waterbury (Conn.) -- Biography Naugatuck River Valley (Conn.) -- History Naugatuck River Valley (Conn.) -- Biography
Publisher: Chicago, New York The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
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ed from the high school with the class of 1872 when sixteenyears of age. For three years thereafter he engaged in clerking in various stores andthen entered upon the profession of teaching in 1875. He has since been continuouslyconnected with the public schools of Waterbury, covering a period of forty-two years, andall of the time has acted as principal, having charge during this extended period of butthree schools. He was for fifteen years principal of the Merriman school, was thenappointed to the Maloney school, where he remained for seven years, while for the pasttwenty years he has been the principal of the Margaret Croft school, which is the larg-est and best equipped grammar school in Waterbury. There are three modern buildings,the equipment of which includes a gymnasium, swimming pool, manual training depart-n;ent and domestic science department and in fact everything that is the expression ofmodern ideas of thorough education. Its basket ball, baseball and track teams have won
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BERNARD H. FITZPATRICK WATERBURY AND THE NAUGATUCK VALLEY 561 various silver cups since Mr. Fitzpatrick became principal. He is a member of the Con-necticut State Teachers Association and of the National Educational Association and thuskeeps in touch with the progressive trend of the profession in its earnest effort to makethe system of public education of real value and worth as a preparation for lifes practi-cal and responsible duties. On the 24th of July, 1894, Mr. Fitzpatrick was married to Miss Matilda LorettaWalsh, of Waterbury. They are of the Catholic faith and hold membership in St. Mar-garets church on Willow street. That Mr. Fitzpatrick is regarded as a most capableeducator is shown by his long connection with the Waterbury schools, where forty-twoyears service proves his efficiency that is fiuther attested by the opinions of his pupils,many of whom have done splendid work in the world. He is continually studying outnew methods to improve the efficiency of the schools and t

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