Melrose High School - Log Yearbook (Melrose, MA)

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Richard L. Hildreth Social Studies Department Freeman T. Frank Laura M. Blizzard William E. Hanlon Kathryn L. Garden Flora Lutz Alton B. Cole Peter J. Brown Philip J. Burr Anthony DeTeso John C. Havice John E. Driscoll Claude H. Croston Henry W. Hughes Our Social Studies Department offers a wide variety of courses for the history-minded students of M.H.S. As a Freshman, a student can travel back through time to the days of the Egyptians, the Greeks, the Holy Roman Empire, and other great civilizations. Or he may study Civics and Geography, two more valuable courses offered in the Fresh- man year. In our Sophomore year comes the opportunity to ex- plore in detail the history of the great nations of the world in our Modern and World History classes. As Juniors we have the privilege of studying United States History, which gives us an opportunity to understand the historical past of our own country and its heritage. Contemporary Civilization, a popular and fascinating course offered in the Senior year, rounds out the program of our Social Studies department. 10

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Math Department Robert B. McIntyre Paul Banks Thomas Ganley Norman O. Rockwood Donald J. Mack J. F. Morrow Jerome J. Ford Robert T. Grant Nancy Toms Philip A. Stackpole Charles E. Carroll Why should you take math? Well, the brain is like a piece of steel; and you can’t sharpen a knife on a marshmallow so you can’t sharpen your brain on a soft course.” These annual words of wisdom from Mr. Banks have guided us through our math courses at Melrose High School. The need of tech- nical and mathematical ability in post-high school pursuits has increased even more during our four years in M.H.S. The Math Department, headed by Dr. Norman O. Rockwood, has made great efforts to meet increasing demands. We have suffered through and benefited from the beginning stages in the development of the New Math” program; a program which has even been extended to acquaint interested parents with the methods of modern math.” David R. Gavin Irving Neiman 9

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Science Department John P. Killilea David I. Hoyle Noah Fieldman Blair C. Wilson Edward J. Mathews Harold Bjornson Albert E. Cutting A. Bruce Gilchrist Ward P. Messenger Bryce B. Walton Lvnn Wetherill George H. Gossom, Jr. Arthur H. Blanchard Our training as scientists of tomorrow began as Fresh- men in Elementary Science where we were taught the tech- niques and fundamentals on which we were to build our knowledge. Next came a never-to-be-forgotten year of frog, crayfish, and grasshopper dissections in Biology. If we se- lected Physics I in our Junior year, we spent many trying lab periods with toy cars and airplanes — essential equip- ment for many experiments. Or, if Chemistry, where every- thing looks like water but it ain’t,” was chosen we struggled through Chem lab hoping to complete the period without massive detonations.” As we reflect upon the teachers of this department, we’ll remember Mr. Hoyle’s trick explosions,” Doc’s squeaky shoes,” looking up” at Mr. Killilea, and the $2 for solving Mr. Gil’s Physics problems. 11