Newton High School - Newtonian Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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sr 1 1 H l l , .,..,l 'A , 1 i Mr. Batchelder and friend pose for yearbook photo. From Roxbur to Seattle Commissioner of Education Keppel and President-elect Batchelder. 24 Arch rival John Novak How would you like to interview Negro families on living conditions in Boston, follow the Freedom Trail, go to movies and baseball games, have stimulating dis- cussions on race, religion, and politics, listen to the Confessions of a former Massachusetts Senate President while lunching at Blinstrub'sg and in addition get paid S500 a day for it? Utopia, you might say, but actually it was just the Tufts-Newton Summer Seminar which was inaugurated last summer under the theme of The City: Its Problems and Prospects. The Seminar, sponsored by the Lin- coln-Filene Center for Citizenship and Public Affairs of Tufts and the Newton Schools, was co-directed by Dr. Bradbury Seasholes and our own Richard C. How- land. The staff included Mr. Gartner. Thirty-nine students Ctwenty white, nineteen Negroes! were recruited from Boston, Newton, and Belmont. They came from a great variety of socio-econ- omic backgrounds, and represented all ranges of academic performance. The Seminar lasted thirty days and consisted of classroom work, field ex- periences, and a work project, the group spending eight half-days repairing and painting fences, cleaning litter, and doing landscaping work in the Roxbury area. Another typical week included a Lewis Mumford film, a lecture on the transpor- tation crises, a luncheon in Swampscott,

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and a two-hour question-and-answer ses- sion with Martin Wohl, a Harvard Pro- fessor. Perhaps the question of value of the Seminar was answered by a boy from Boston Trade who replied to a comment posed by Negro leader Paul Parks, How come I feel friendly with all these kids? Is this course one way we can learn to respect each other? I'm not mad at any- body. These are great kids. At the same time the Seminar kids were busy painting fences, on the other side of the continent in Seattle a political dynasty f The Batchelder Bunch J was being born under the skillful hands of Richard D. Batchelder, nominee for Pres- ident of the National Education Associa- tion. Arriving at Seattlels Municipal Air- port for the Association's convention, Batch, accompanied by his loyal wife, his trusty lieutenant Miss Helen Ryan, and a coterie of distinguished per- sonnel, had these words to give the press: It's Time to Teach. Unanimously nominated by the Teach- er's Associations of New England and well-known throughout the nation. R. D. B. was considered a shoo-in for the elec- tion. After all. he had Miss Ryan. didn't he? The word was out: Mr. Novak had beaten him on N.B.C., but Batchelder wanted this one. The night of the election arrived. Mr. Batchelder and his loyal wife retired to their hotel suite to observe the proceed- ings via television. Miss Ryan was on the convention floor, so weighted down with Batchelder buttons she had trouble getting around. But she was having fun. Suddenly there was trouble down front. The California delegation threatened to nominate a favorite son. A ripple of ex- citement ran through the assembled dele- gates. Who could it be? Could it possibly be R.D.B.'s arch rival. John F. Novak? Mr. Batchelder tremblingly held his loyal wife's hand. The leader of the Cali- fornia delegation arose and turned sneer- ingly to the cameras. The delegation from the great state of General Hoot Freemont. the home of the giant briarsap. etc.. etc .... California. hereby nomin- ates its favorite son. l-yndon Baines Peepers! Mr. Batchelder breathed a huge sigh of relief. Mrs. Batchelder. Mr. Batcheld- er's loyal wife. breathed a huge sigh of relief. Miss Ryan breathed a huge sigh of relief and all her buttons fell off. That cornpone! Why LB. Peepers was run- ning on a platform of Put a Giant in Your Washer! The rest was antielimaetie. Mr. Batch- elder swept to an overvvhehning yietory. Mr. Batehelders wife stayed loyal. Miss Ryan. his trusty lieutenant. managed to pick up all her buttons. And President- eleet Batchelder called his kids and told them to pick up the dogs by their ears.