Boecklin, Clara Wade, 1882-1970

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Biography

Born in Philadelphia, Miss Clara Wade attended the Philadelphia High School for Girls and Bryn Mawr College, earning a European scholar award for a year of studying abroad at the University of Munich and in Rome. She returned to the States and Bryn Mawr and decided to temporarily take secondary school teaching work. Miss Wade ended up at Miss Nightingale's Classes in the fall of 1919 as a homeroom teacher, also teaching Latin, ancient history, medieval and English history, and coaching plays. She later taught French, Greek, and German to Nightingale students, as well.

Miss Wade became Mrs. Werner Boecklin in 1944, but was widowed just ten years later. She remained at Nightingale until retiring around 1962.

A Clara Wade Boecklin Room was dedicated in her honor by her students in 1969, when the school was reconfigured. She passed away in March 1970. Mrs. Boecklin left generous scholarship gifts to Nightingale in her will.

Resources (all from the Nightingale-Bamford School Archives):

Spectator, vol. 7, no. 2, 1967 Apr.

Alumnae Newsletter, 50th anniversary issue, Vol. 12, no. 1, 1970 April.

The Shield, April 1949

Spectator, vol. 13, no. 4, 1973 Jun

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

The Year Book of Miss Nightingale's School, vol. 5, 1929

Item — Box: 07024

Identifier: 007 006 000 17 0005

Scope and Contents From the Series: Nightingale-Bamford School students publish a yearbook annually each spring, under the supervision of an advisor, which serves as a memento of the school year. Yearbooks typically include group photographs of students in each class year, sometimes with identifying names of each student pictured. Class XII students are honored with individual photographs. Earlier yearbooks included senior students' school activities, while later yearbooks allow seniors to design their own page. Yearbooks may...

Dates: 1929

Found in: The Nightingale-Bamford School Archives / RG06, RG06 Student Life Record Group / SG001 Yearbooks / S01 The Nightingale-Bamford School Yearbooks

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