Williston Northampton School - Log Yearbook (Easthampton, MA)

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Here Mr. Corry is shown teaching in his History and Politics of the Developing Nations class. This course is an attempt to acquaint the Williston student with the problems of the underdeveloped nations of the World. This yearis stressed areas are Africa, the Near East, and South America. The course is dominated by lecture with the burden of the Work and preparation resting on the back of the instructor. He holds his half-credit course three times weekly. Mr. Corry is one of Williston's . strongest teachers because of his 55 great capability in explaining all 2 phases of history. JOSEPH J. coRRY, Ms. History Assistant Coach of Football, Assistant Coach of Basketball, Assistant Coach of Baseball. Graduated College of the Holy Cross, B.S., 19543 United States Navy, 1954-1956, Administrative Assistant, Division of Residence Halls, University of Wisconsin, 1957-19603 University of Wisconsin, M.S., 1960, Harvard University Summer Session, 1962, elected to Williston, 1960. ROBERT D. ST. GEORGE, M.A. History Assistant Coach of Football. Graduated Harvard College, 1952, Lieutenant United States Navy, 1952-1954, American Brake Shoe Company, New York, N. Y., 1954-1961, Graduate School, University of Pennsylvania, M.A., 1961-1962, elected to Williston, 1962. 39

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HENRY TELLER, A.B. History Director of Glee Club, Director of Double Quintet. Graduated Everett High School, 1942, United States Army, 1943-1944, University of North Dakota, 1943-1944, grad- uated Harvard College, A.B., 1947, taught at Holderness School, Williston Summer School, 1951-1960, Assistant Director of Hampshire Choral Society, 1954-1960, Director, Easthampton Community Chorus, 1954-1955, Member of Springfield Symphony Chorus, Smith College Symphony Orchestra, Harvard Summer School, 1960-1962, elected to Williston, 1947. EDWARD MILNE LAWTON, JR., M.A History Adviser to Foreign Affairs Club, Coach of Squash Assistant Coach of Tennis. Graduated Dartmouth High School, 1938, honor graduate, Columbia University, A.B., 1943, M.A., 1949, Columbia University Summer Session, 1945-19485 taught at Fessenden School, 1944-1947, Member of American Historical Asso- ciationg Harvard School of Arts and Sciences, Summer, 1951, fellowship holder, 1957 and 19601, Member of Association of Asian Studies, 1960-1962, fellowship holder of University of Wisconsin, 1961, taught Chinese History, Park School, Baltimore, 1962, Member of Steering Com- mittee of New England Conference on Asian Studies, 1963, elected to Williston, 1947. Mr. Robert St. George, one of this year's two newly-elected teachers, was added to take the place of Mr. Moulton and Mr. Bradford, who were moved to office positions. He teaches an English history course and several ancient history courses. Mr. St. George uses the blackboard sparingly, but quizzes frequently. Out of class, he arranges dances with Burnham, MacDuff1e, and Northamp- ton School for Girls. He also helps out Dr, Phillips on the second floor of Memorial Dormitory, and assists Mr. Moulton in the alumni office.

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Aum!-Om! Method Highlights Modern Languages Through more effective means of communications, the years since World War II have seen the rise of the importance of modern languages. Williston's Modern Language Department has kept astride of these advances by the development of its Language Center. The shift of emphasis to an aural-oral system teaches the student to speak a language fluently rather than to parrot by the previous and out-dated ''translate-into-English'' technique. The head of the Modern Language Department, Mr. Putnam, was the nrst to explore the possibilities of the audio-lingual system. Because of the immediate success this method produced, the other language teachers were quick to integrate it into their own courses. This method has now become the foundation of the instruction of each language course. The first-year student spends two periods a day in the language lab learning a new tongue in the same manner that he learned English, hearing and repeating. The sixteen sound-proof booths of the Frank W. Putnam Language Center are equipped with tape recorders and ear phones, thereby enabling each student to listen to and correct his pronunciation. Mr. Joseph Piazza was a learned addition to the Modern Language Department this year. He joins the French masters instructing French I, II, and III, after teaching abroad in France and Brazil and serving in the United States Foreign Service. The classical languages were formerly the basis of a Williston education. And even as the stress on the more modern languages increased, Williston retained its com- prehensive Latin program. The course serves to acquaint the student with the foundations of English, aiding him in vocabulary and grammar, and to show him the patterns of a language, helping him in any other language which he studies. The vast majority of Williston students have taken at least two years of Latin, and a few have pursued this course for as many as four years under the able instruction of the four masters comprising the Latin Department. The sole female faculty member is a part of this group. The- first year stresses a basic understanding of grammar with accompanying selected readings from ancient history. From here the student moves on to the works of Caesar, Cicero, and Virgil, as well as possible supplementary material from The Golden Fleece and The History of Rome. J 3... .l 5..s.l........ Mr. Frank Putnam, who is the head of Willistonys Modern Language Department, is a firm believer in the elimination of almost all English from the foreign language classroom.