Malden High School - Maldonian Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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Guidance Department MISS HELEN E. MOORE Head of Department During this past year, with the opening of a Guidance Office in Malden High School, there were many opportuni¬ ties for serving the students who have long felt a need for just such a help. Miss Helene Moore, director of guidance, has filed and indexed, catalogues and detailed information on colleges, business schools, and all types of further training. She al¬ ways has been ready to advise a student in matters of further education or anything else about which he was concerned. A feature of our Guidance Department, as¬ sisted by Mr. Tolman, was the job place¬ ment through which numerous CHAWS obtained positions. Miss Moore deserves our warm thanks for her help in the selec¬ tion of colleges, and for arranging for sample preparatory tests for nursing schools, the armed forces and colleges, which were given by Mr. Wiggin. One highly successful achievement of this department was the Guidance Institute Day program under the direc¬ tion of Miss Moore, Miss Turkington, and Mr. True, member of the Malden Federation for Social Planning. At that time each student had the opportunity to attend three conferences, chosen by him¬ self, and conducted by experts. All phases of the armed forces, higher education, and vocational careers were presented. With the co-operation of Mr. Merry, the pupil war inventory has been taken. 122 }

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This year, with more and more stress being placed on the need for physical fitness, students in far greater numbers became acquainted with Miss Ryan and Mr. Melanson, our head instructors. In Miss Ryan’s and Mrs. Emerson’s classes the girls were taught, in addition to regular exercises, ballroom dancing, and even military drill as demonstrated by two W acs. To round out their program, the girls were urged to participate in some of the sports open to them, as basketball, tennis and horseback riding. Mr. Melanson’s and Mr. Del Isola’s boys were given rigorous routines, includ¬ ing even commando tactics and obstacle courses in their gym periods, to enable them to take their coming period of military training in their stride. Without doubt the splendid record achieved by our track team and other athletic groups is due to the effects of the intensified gym program. Physical Education Department Mr. Melanson, Miss Ryan, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Dell Isola I 21 } -n

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