Excerpt from The Cauldron, 1922 John Butler Pugsley, -registrar of the School of Engineering, Northeastern College, first saw the light of day November 21, 1882, at Somersworth, New Hamp shire. In his childhood days, he attended Chandler Grammar School and later the Somersworth High School. He enrolled at Colby College, Waterville, Maine, in 1901, graduating in 1905 with the A. B. Degree. While at College, he majored in mathematics and science. Along athletic lines, he had the distinction of being a three letter man, excelling in baseball, basketball, and football, being captain of the varsity baseball team in 1905 and captain of the varsity football team in 1903 and 1904. During his senior year, he was honored by election as class president. At the same time he was an active member of the Zeta Psi Fraternity, one of the oldest college fraternities in the country. During the summer following his graduation, Professor Pugsley attended Columbia Summer School, New York City, taking courses in School Administra tion. From there he entered his professional career, educational work. From September, 1905 to February, 1918, he was principal of a number of high schools in New England. From then until the fall of 1918, he was Athletic Officer in the Twenty-sixth Division, A. E. F., in France. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.