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For a history of the Head-Royce School and the Anna Head building, see
The Head-Royce School: A Centennial History 1887-1987 available
from The Head-Royce School, 4315 Lincoln Avenue, Oakland, CA 94602.
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Mary
Elizabeth Wilson
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- Born
in Helena, Montana in 1869.
1891.
Graduated from Smith College with a degree in English.
1896.
Earned a master's degree from the University of California at
Berkeley.
1906.
Joined Miss Heads' Preparatory School for Girls faculty.
1909.
Became headmistress after having purchased Miss Heads' School.
1919.
Name changed to The Anna Head School.
- 1909-1938.
Led a total of 29 graduation processions before retirement.
- Miss
Wilson's Smith College experience shaped her ideas about education,
and for the rest of her career she looked to eastern schools for
her models, making annual trips to observe and emulate the best
programs she could find... While she intended it to remain very
much a college preparatory institution (trying valiantly over
the years to recruit her best students for her alma mater, Smith
College), Miss Wilson's primary goal was to develop the student's
"initiative, her interest in other people, her real power for
living a happy, earnest, useful life." Her program offered a "well-balanced
life of earnest study, outdoor sports, and the cultivation of
a delight in music and the other arts." The school slogan of the
time summed up the ideals held for every Anna Head girl: "Intelligence,
Integrity, Breeding and Service."
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1938.
Retired and sold the school to T.R. and Lea Hyde.
Died
in 1949.
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