1898 DRURY HIGH SCHOOL
The following list of names and comments were taken from The Dru, the 1898 yearbook for Drury High School in North Adams, Massachusetts. The list includes faculty and and advertisers mentioned in the yearbook.
The school was built in 1843 through a $3,000 grant in the will of Nathan Drury. In 1851 the school became a free, public high school. In 1867 the original building was torn down and replaced with a new building. The 1898 class colors were yellow and white.
Transcribed by Vicki Gray
| Name | Comments |
| Abbott, Ada C. | Class of 1901 |
| Alford, Mildred | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Allen, Grace S. | Class of 1901 |
| Anderson, D.A. | Drury principal 1879-1883 |
| Armstrong, Cecelia | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Bacon, Jennie F. | Class of 1901 |
| Baker, Elva G. | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Barrington, Mr. | R.H. (right halfback?) of Drury Football 1894, batter and centerfield on Drury 1895 Baseball |
| Barrington, William | Treasurer of Drury Athletic Association 1894-1895 |
| Bartlett, Dwight A | Class of 1899 |
| Bartlett, George M | Class of 1900 |
| Bartlett, Homer E. | Artist for "The Dru" 1898 Yearbook, photo |
| Bartlett, Homer Eugene | Class of 1898 - Literary Course, bn Whately MA in old Bartlett homestead on Elm Street., moved to Buckland MA and at age 9 came to North Adams. Suffered many years from some sort of sickness. |
| Benedict, Mabel A. | Class of 1900 |
| Bennett, Christine | Class of 1901 |
| Bennett, William H. | Advertiser, insurance |
| Benton, Gustena A. | graduated Drury High in 1872, married HE Wetherbee |
| Billetdoux, Edmund | Secretary Drury Athletic Association 1894-1895 |
| Billetdoux, Mr. | F.B. (fullback?) of Drury Football 1894, batter on Drury 1895 Baseball |
| Billings, Gertrude Edna | Class of 1898 - Literary Course, planned to enter Mt. Holyoke College |
| Blackinton, Katrine Pauline | Class of 1898 - Literary Course, Board of Editors for "The Dru" 1898 Yearbook, photo, planned to attend Vassar or Smith |
| Boland, Joseph F. | Class of 1900 |
| Boland, Loretta A. | Class of 1900 |
| Boland, William | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Boyd, Mary | Class of 1901 |
| Boyd, Thomas Foster | Class of 1898 - Scientific Course, violinist |
| Brackett, F.G. | Drury principal 1883-1884 |
| Bradford, Lillian Viola | Class of 1898 - Scientific Course, plans to enter Normal School |
| Braman, Mr. | L.T. of of Drury Football 189 |
| Briggs | 2nd Basso in Drury High Glee Club |
| Briggs, Wallace A | Class of 1901 |
| Broderick, William R | Class of 1901 |
| Brotherston | First tenor in Drury High Glee Club |
| Brown, Agnes Fleming | Class of 1898 - Literary Course |
| Brown, Agnes Ora | Class of 1898 - Scientific Course, 1898 Class Secretary |
| Brown, Felecia Hemans | Class of 1898 - Literary Course |
| Brown, Felicia H. | Assoc to Board of Editors for "The Dru" 1898 Yearbook, photo |
| Browne, Frances E. | Born in North Adams and graduated from Drury High in 1890 as salutatorian. Grad Smith College, Northampton in 1894. The following 3 years were spent in teaching the 6th, 7th and 8th grades of the Miner School and in 1897 was chosen teacher of French, German and History in Drury High School. Photo |
| Browne, Helen A. | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Browne, Mr. | center of Drury Football 1894 |
| Bryant, Adaline | Class of 1901 |
| Bunting, Albert Edward | Class of 1898 - Special Course, plans to take up medicine |
| Bunting, Cecelia E. | Class of 1901 |
| Burdett & Reinhard | Advertiser, furniture |
| Burke, Margaret C. | Class of 1901 |
| Burke, May | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Burns, Walter | Class of 1900 |
| Burrows, Ken Elisha "Stub" | Class of 1898 - Scientific Course, shortest kid in school, did not graduate, rumor circulated that he has gone to war with his bonny lass who has recently joined the Red Cross Society |
| Burrows, Mr. | batter on Drury 1895 Baseball |
| Butterworth, Eunice | Class of 1900 |
| Cady, Isabel | Class of 1900 |
| Canedy | 2nd Tenor in Drury High Glee Club |
| Canedy, Park G. | Class of 1900 |
| Carter, Fannie M. | Class of 1901 |
| Cary, Henry L. | Class of 1899 |
| Chambers, James M. | Class of 1900 |
| Chase & Sherman | Advertiser, see Sherman & Chase |
| Chase, Edward N. | Sec. and Treasurer of Class of 1901 |
| Chase, George | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Chase, Helen B. | Class of 1899 |
| Chase, Margaret | Class of 1901 |
| Chatneuff, Grace J | Class of 1899 |
| Chippendale, Fred | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Chrystal, James | Manager of Drury Football 1894 |
| Church, Harriet L. | Class of 1901 |
| Clark, Grace Mae | Class of 1898 - Scientific Course |
| Clark, Herbert H | Class of 1899 |
| Cluett & Sons | Advertiser, pianos and organs |
| Collins, Anna D. | Class of 1901 |
| Collins, Catherine | Class of 1901 |
| Conley, Martha F. | Class of 1901 |
| Conlon, Frances | Class of 1899 |
| Conlon, Mary E. | Class of 1899 |
| Cook, Benjamin | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Costello, Elizabeth Mary | Class of 1898 - Scientific Course, plans to attend Normal School |
| Coughlin, Dennis Eugene | Board of Editors for "The Dru" 1898 Yearbook, photo, bn North Adams |
| Coughlin, Dennis Eugene | Class of 1898 - Classical Course |
| Coughlin, Eugene | Director of Drury Athletic Association 1897 |
| Coughlin, Mr. | R.E. (right end?) o of Drury Football 1894 |
| Crandall, Jennie | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Cross, Ellen G. | Class of 1899 |
| Crossey, Winifred F. | Class of 1901 |
| Cully, Alfred | Director of Drury Athletic Association 1897 |
| Cully, Mr. | L.H. (left halfback?) of Drury Football 1894, left field on Drury 1895 Baseball |
| Cully, Samuel & Co. | Advertiser, merchant |
| Cummings, Charles P. | President of Class of 1901 |
| Cutting & Company | Advertiser, clothier |
| Cutting, Elizabeth Scovel | Class of 1898 - Literary Course, Assoc to Board of Editors for "The Dru" 1898 Yearbook, photo, plans to attend Vassar |
| Dailey, Edward S. | Class of 1901 |
| Dalton, Clara E. | Class of 1900 |
| Davies, Dorothy Elizabeth | Class of 1898 - Literary Course, poetess, plans to go to Boston Tech or apply for position as porter on NY Central from Fitchburg to Yellow Spgs OH. |
| Decker, Lilah | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Deming, Carrie B. | Class of 1900 |
| Dennett, Winfield Haynes | President of Class of 1898 - Literary Course, Assoc to Board of Editors for "The Dru" 1898 Yearbook, photo, bn Lewistown ME |
| Dewey, Mr. | Drury School Supt in 1891 |
| DeWolfe, Loren | President Drury Athletic Team 1894-1895 |
| DeWolfe, Mr. | captain and quarterback of Drury Football 1894, captain of Drury 1895 Baseball |
| Dickenson, E.M. | Advertiser, jeweler, stationer, art dealer |
| Drury, Nathan | Bequeathed $3000 in his 1840 will to start Drury Academy |
| Duggan, Alice | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Dunham | First tenor in Drury High Glee Club |
| Dunham, Clarence Wells (A.B.) | Drury High teacher. Born Newark NJ on 26 Dec 1874. Attended public schools in Newark NJ and Troy NY and grad from Troy High School in 1892 and from Williams College in 1896. Photo. |
| Dyson, Alice Rebecca | Class of 1898 - Literary Course, rumored she will join the Red Cross Society. |
| Eaton, James F. | Drury principal 1889-1891 |
| Emigh, Edith M. | Class of 1901 |
| Emmott, Mary D. | Class of 1900 |
| Erskine, Esther | Class of 1900 |
| Fake, Charles M. | Class of 1901 |
| Fake, Myrtle F. | Class of 1899 |
| Farley's Drug Store | Advertiser |
| Faulkner, Grace Gertrude | Class of 1898 - Scientific Course |
| Flaherty, William | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Flood, George | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Fountain, F.G. | Advertiser, photography store |
| Gadsby, Herbert Hume (Ph. D.) | Became principal in 1895, bn Gilbertsville NY 13 Aug 1862. Prepared for college at Gilbertsville Academy and entered Cornell University for the degree of AB in 1882 and grad in 1886. 3 years as asst in Owego High School, Owego NY. In 1889-91 was asst teacher in Latin and Greek in Yonkers High School, Yonkers, NY and for next 3 years held the position of principal of that school. In 1889-91 pursued a course of study in Univ of NY and received degeree of Ph.D. in spring of 1892. Photo |
| Gallager, Mr. | pitcher of Drury 1895 Baseball |
| Garlick, Gertrude | Class of 1899 |
| Gerdner, Florence A. | Class of 1901 |
| Gleason, Bertha H. | Class of 1901 |
| Gleason, Florence I. | Class of 1901 |
| Goodrich, Clara | Class of 1900 |
| Goodrich, Frank | Drury principal 1884-1887 |
| Goodrich, Frank | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Goodrich, Lyman C. | Class of 1901 |
| Gove, Curtis C. | Drury principal 1887-1889 |
| Graham, Hattie | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Graham, John J. | Class of 1901 |
| Graves, Josie E. | Class of 1901 |
| Guinan, Edwin V | |
| Guinan, Edwin Vincent | 1898 Class Vice President, Editor in Chief of "The Dru" 1898 Yearbook, photo, bn NY City, plans to attend Williams College |
| Gurney, F.E. | Advertiser, merchant |
| Haddow, Isabel | Class of 1900 |
| Haddow, Mary | Class of 1900 |
| Hadley, Arthur C. | Class of 1899, batter of Drury 1895 Baseball |
| Hadley, Mr. | left guard of of Drury Football 1894 |
| Haggerty, Agnes M | Class of 1901 |
| Haggerty, James | Class of 1900 |
| Hamer, Frank | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Hamer, harry | Class of 1900 |
| Hannum, Grace | Class of 1901 |
| Hannum, Laura | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Hardenbergh, Henry | Class of 1900 |
| Harriman, Maude | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Haskins, Katherine | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Hastings | 2nd Basso in Drury High Glee Club |
| Hastings, Vernon E. | VP of Class of 1899 |
| Haynes, Lillian | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Heggie, Margaret | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Henwood, Laura | Class of 1900 |
| Hermon, Grace E. | Class of 1899 |
| Hervey, George B | Vice President of Class of 1901 |
| Hewitt, Linwood | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Higgins, William | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Higley | Advertiser, watchmaker & optician |
| Hodge, Charlotte E. | Class of 1899 |
| Hollis, Charles Bertram | Class of 1898 - Literary Course, born Hudson MA, moved to Marlboro MA |
| Hosford's | Advertiser, restaurant & caterer |
| Hosley, May E. | Class of 1901 |
| Hourahan | Accompanist to Drury High Glee Club |
| Hourahan, Edward Francis | Class of 1898 - Classical Course, Assoc to Board of Editors for "The Dru" 1898 Yearbook, photo, native of North Adams, plans to attend Williams College |
| Hubbard, C.H. | Advertiser, mgr of Bershire Cycle Co. |
| Johnson, Anna | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Kelly, Anna V | Class of 1901 |
| Kemp, Edward | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Kemp, Edward | Class of 1900 |
| Kennedy, Mary | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Ketchum, Marion | Class of 1898 - Literary Course, plans to go to Normal School then Smith College |
| Ladd, Otis J.K. | Class of 1901 |
| Larkin, Mary Gertrude | Class of 1898 - Literary Course |
| Lawrence | First tenor in Drury High Glee Club |
| Lawrence, Everton Jay | Class of 1898 - Special Course, from Ohio, member Congregational Choir |
| Lee, Ethel Florence | Class of 1898 - Scientific Course, A student, plans to enter Normal School |
| Leroy, Henrietta | Class of 1901 |
| Lewis, E.P. | Advertiser, Boston chocolatier |
| Litchfield, Minnie Marion | Class of 1898 - Scientific Course, plans to attend Normal School |
| Locke, Augustus W. | Class of 1900 |
| Locke, Eugenia | Class of 1899 |
| Loftus, Martha | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Mabbett, John S. | Class of 1901 |
| Malcolm, Agnes M. | Class of 1901 |
| Malcolm, Hattie B. | Class of 1901 |
| Maloney, Katherine Agnes | Class of 1898 - Literary Course |
| Manning, Jessie A. | Class of 1900 |
| McDougall, Grace Agnes | Class of 1898 - Classical Course, plans to attend Smith College |
| McDuffee, Alice Annie (Ph. B.) | Math teacher at Drury High since 1895. Born Barton VT. In 1884 went to Orange City, Fla and later college at Rollins Prep School, Winter park, Fla. Miss McDuffee taught 3 years in Thetford Academy in Thetford VT and in 1895 grand from Univ of Vermont. Photo. |
| McGowan, Elizabeth | Class of 1900 |
| McGurk, Charles Henry | Class of 1898 - Classical Course |
| McGurk, George F. | Class of 1899 |
| McGurk, William | Director of Drury Athletic Association 1895 |
| McSheen, Edward | Class of 1901 |
| McVay,. Sadie A. | Class of 1901 |
| Mears, Brainerd | Class of 1899 |
| Mears, Harris D. | Class of 1899 |
| Memmott | First Basso in Drury High Glee Club |
| Memmott, Frederick William (A.B.) | Drury High English teacher. Born at Sheffield England 9 May 1872. Prepared for college at Elmira O., Worcester, Mass., and Newark N.J., High School. Photo |
| Millard | First Basso in Drury High Glee Club |
| Millard, Harrison | Director of Drury Athletic Association 1898 |
| Millard, Harrison Stephen | Class of 1898 - Scientific Course, Board of Editors for "The Dru" 1898 Yearbook, photo, 1898 Class Treasurer, native of North Adams |
| Millard, Lucy C. | Class of 1899 |
| Miller, J.E. | Advertiser, hatter |
| Miner, AD | Became Drury High School principal in 1865 |
| Miner, Agnes Eugenia | Class of 1898 - Literary Course, dtr of AD Miner, her bro Howard attended Williams College |
| Miner, Clara B. | Class of 1900 |
| Montgomery, Frank W. | Class of 1900 |
| Morris, Alice G. | Class of 1901 |
| Morris, Elizabeth "Bess" | Class of 1898 - Literary Course, Assoc to Board of Editors for "The Dru" 1898 Yearbook, photo, plans to attend Smith College |
| Morris, George E. | Class of 1901 |
| Mort, Fred | Class of 1901 |
| Mulcare, J.T. | Advertiser, footwear |
| Murphy, Benjamin J. | Class of 1900 |
| Newman, Elizabeth S. | Class of 1901 |
| Nixon, Francis E. | Class of 1900 |
| O'Brien, Agnes G. | Class of 1900 |
| O'Brien, Minnie | Class of 1898 - Literary Course, Assoc to Board of Editors for "The Dru" 1898 Yearbook, photo, plans to attend Kenwood Seminary in Albany NY |
| O'Hara, William | President of Class of 1899 |
| Orr, Gertrude J. | Secretary of Class of 1899 |
| Orr, William | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Parker, Harriet G. | Class of 1901 |
| Parkhurst, Ethel Julia | Class of 1898 - Scientific Course |
| Perkins, Mahlon F. | Class of 1900 |
| Pettibone, harriet | Class of 1900 |
| Pierce, Henry | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Pike, Walter | Class of 1900 |
| Porter, John | Director of Drury Athletic Association 1896 |
| Potter, William Pitt | 2nd Principal of Drury High School |
| Preston, Blanche | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Putnam, Hobart H. | Class of 1900 |
| Quinn, Edward | Sec. and Treas. of Class of 1900 |
| Quinn, James H. | V Pres of Class of 1900 |
| Raidy, Thomas T.W. | Class of 1899 |
| Reagan, Della | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Reinhard | Advertiser, see Burdett & Reinhard |
| Reynolds, Carroll B. | Class of 1900 |
| Reynolds, Edna L. | Class of 1901 |
| Rice, Isabelle | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Rice, Josephine Bell | Born in North Adams MA and attended public schools of her native town, grad in 93 from Drury as valedictorian and also from Smith College in the Class of 97. Appointed asst. teacher of mathematics at Drury HS in 1897. Photo |
| Rice, Mae McElwain | Class of 1898 - Literary Course, plans to attend Wellesley College |
| Rich, Ethel B. | Class of 1901 |
| Richmond, Wallace Everette (A.B.) | Science teacher at Drury HS. Born in North Adams on 20 Oct 1875, attended public schools of North Adams and Pittsfield and grad from Drury High School in the Class of 93 and from Williams College in 1897. Photo |
| Rickards, Mark S. | Class of 1900 |
| Robinson, James | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Rockwood, Ethel A. | Class of 1900 |
| Ryan, Mary Magdalen "Mollie" | Class of 1898 - Literary Course, plans to attend Smith College |
| Ryan, Agnes V. | Class of 1900 |
| Ryan, Anna C. | Class of 1901 |
| Schouler, Maude Agnes "Tot" | Class of 1898 - Literary Course |
| Scott, Lucy M. | Class of 1900 |
| Scrivens, Jennie | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Scrivens, Russel L. | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Sherman & Chase | Advertiser |
| Shorrock, Gertrude L. | Class of 1901 |
| Slattery, Thomas F. | Class of 1900 |
| Smith, Harry E. | Class of 1901 |
| Smith, Natalie A. | Class of 1899 |
| Smith, Sarah "Sadie" | Class of 1898 - Literary Course |
| Spaulding, Charles | Became prinicpal in 1891, pitcher of Drury 1895 Baseball |
| Spencer | 2nd Basso in Drury High Glee Club |
| Spencer, Percy Franklin "Pip" | Class of 1898 - Literary Course, plans to attend Williams College with his brother |
| Spencer, William Leander "Bill" | Class of 1898 - Classical Course, Assoc to Board of Editors for "The Dru" 1898 Yearbook, photo, minister's son, plans to attend Williams College |
| Sperry, Caroline Mae | Class of 1898 - Literary Course, Assoc to Board of Editors for "The Dru" 1898 Yearbook, photo, plans to attend Vassar |
| Steele | First Basso in Drury High Glee Club |
| Steele, Eugene E. | Class of 1901 |
| Streeter, Cora M. | Class of 1901 |
| Sullivan, Teresa C. | Class of 1901 |
| Sullivan, William M. | Class of 1899 |
| Sykes, Carrie B. | Class of 1901 |
| Sykes, Maia R. | Class of 1901 |
| Sykes, Roy | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Taft, Mabel | Class of 1900 |
| Talmadge, Mr. | right field on Drury 1895 Baseball |
| Talmage, Willard | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Thomas, Grace B. | Class of 1900 |
| Thompson, Lyman | Principal for first 9 years of Drury Academy |
| Thrall, Minerva | Class of 1901 |
| Tinker, Edward R. Jr. | Mgr of Drury 1895 Baseball, manager Drury Track Team 1895 |
| Tower, Mabel A. | Class of 1900 |
| Tower, Oswald V. | Class of 1901 |
| Tuttle, Albert G | Treasurer of Class of 1899 |
| Tyler, May M. | Class of 1899 |
| Udell | 2nd Tenor in Drury High Glee Club |
| Udell, Annie T. | Class of 1900 |
| Udell, Joseph Henry "Joe" | Class of 1898 - Scientific Course, Assoc to Board of Editors for "The Dru" 1898 Yearbook, photo, violinist |
| Underwood, Edith Maria | Class of 1898 - Scientific Course, plans to attend House of Mercy in Pittsfield and become a minister |
| Underwood, Edwin H. | Class of 1900 |
| Underwood, Mr. | left guard of of Drury Football 1894 |
| Valentine Bros. | Advertiser |
| Veazie, Mae Francis | Class of 1898 - Scientific Course |
| Wall, Jerry P. | Class of 1901 |
| Walley, Helena R. | Class of 1901 |
| Warner, Elwin S. | Class of 1901 |
| Warren | 2nd Tenor in Drury High Glee Club |
| Warren, Frederic | Vice President of Drury Athletic Association 1894-1895 |
| Warren, Frederic Bryant | Class of 1898 - Scientific Course, Assoc to Board of Editors for "The Dru" 1898 Yearbook, photo, |
| Warren, Mr. | short stop on Drury 1895 Baseball |
| Washburn, Ella Louise | Class of 1898 - Literary Course |
| Washburne, Mr. | right guard of of Drury Football 1894 |
| Watson, Bessie Maude | Class of 1898 - Classical Course |
| Welch, Charles F. | President of Class of 1900 |
| Welch, Margaret F. | Class of 1899 |
| Welch, Owen | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Wells, Mary Grace | Class of 1898 - Scientific Course |
| Wetherbee, Belle | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Wetherbee, HE | husband of Gustena A. Benton |
| Wetherbee, Karl H. | Class of 1901 |
| Whipple, Essie Josephine | Class of 1898 - Scientific Course, plans to attend North Adams Training School for Nurses |
| Wilbur, Mary F. | Class of 1901 |
| Williams, Mr. | centerfield on Drury 1895 Baseball |
| Wills, Mr. | L.E. (left end?) of of Drury Football 1894, pitcher of Drury 1895 Baseball |
| Wilson, Cora | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Wood, Frances S. | Class of 1899 |
| Wyman, Viola | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |
| Yarter, Edward | Class of 1898 - Sometime Member |