Weymouth High School - Campus / Reflector Yearbook (Weymouth, MA)

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Eoucfmom TQDAY 'Wim I Clll H70 1XlL7Zl1O ANY CHANGES nn the program of modern educatlon 1nvolv1ng an ent1rely d1fferent set up have been evldent ln the past years Slowly but defin 1tely a new system, usually descr1bed as progresslve, has advanced xnto the fore ground Th1s type of CClL1C3tlOI1, d1H:1cult to define, has developed contlnuously, hence 111VOlVl1'1g varled and numerous changes SCICDCC, by contlnual research, affords the latest 111 progress 1n many flelds and contrxbutes an unusual amount to th1s type of educat1on The purpose today has been actlve IH the lNat1onal Soc1ety for the Study ofEducat1on, explams pro gressave educatlon as slmply the on gOll'lQ effort to apply the lncreasmg l'.11'1Cl1I'1gS of scxence toward helpmg chlldren to grow up 111 accordance wlth the democratlc ldeal both as 'an 1nd1v1dual and as a responsible partlcxpant, 1n a democratlc so c1ety To prepare future partlclpants many modern schools take the students out 1nto the commumtv to observe and become aware of the real meanmg of cul ture Audlo vlsual a1ds, such as motlon p1ctures, film strlps, radlo, and telev1s1on are also used extenslvely to acqualnt them wlth the world of today John Dewey commonly known as the father of modern progressxve educatlon, once sald that the school ltself should be made a genulne form of actlve communlty l1fe, 1n s ead of a place set apart ll'l Wl'l1Cl'1 to learn lessons Slnce h1s death the soc1ety set 5 . 'L A MY J , is to cover just as much information as possible. Dr. Carleton Washburne, who Q. . T . . . . - 1 1 - ' 5

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standard of l1v1ng Expandmg busmess IS affording opportun1t1es for new post tlons every day for lnstance, the hlgh speed electromc computer programmers, analysts, and operators, as well as numerous clerks to comptle the mformatlon Thls IS an age of spec1al1zat1on when concentratlon w1ll be placed on the worker who IS skllled ln secretarlal trammg, buslness admxnlstratlon, or mechan1cal tech nology It has been sald that the real office revolutlon IS not a machine revolutlon at all, lt IS a systems revolut1on Now lt seems that much of the mundane slde of the work can be accompllshed by machmes ln a comparatlvely short tlme As was remarked ln Office Executlve, Today we must spend more tnme teachmg the clerncal help to be techn1c1ans, rather than bookkeepers or accountants We have been assured that the office 15 not golng to vanlsh ln the future, only certain phases of It For a gllmpse of what office llfe may be ln a few years, let us conslder the new headquarters of the Standard Vacuum Oll Company ln Wh1te Plams, New York At the push of a button, walls move, curtains shlft, and maps or motlon plcture projectors appear From any one of the 245 remote d1c tat1on transcrxptxon statlons 1n the bulldlng, a person can pnck up a telephone l1ke lnstrument to dlctate a letter to a central transcrlptlon room where the materlal IS transcr1bed and then returned to the dlctator Another feature IS the fully automat1c pneumatlc tube system Wlth one cen trallzed flllng office, by whtch objects up to seven pounds ln weight can be sent to any part of the bulldmg, w1th1n a matter of seconds, merely by puttmg them 1nto a plastxc contalner at a d1spatch1ng statlon and settxng the dlal to mdlcate des tmatlon Wlth such ultra modern features, lt IS easy to understand the remark made in the magazlne, Today s Secretary The secretarles 1n the Standard Vacuum O11 Company are hlghly skllled and have a vast knowledge of the bust ness They are glven txme to develop and do things on thelr own, ln reallty, they are admmlstratlve assxstants to the leadlng executnves of the company Desplte all these modern mventlons, from an electrlc pencll sharpener to the h1gh speed electromc computer, the fact remalns that busmess graduates are stlll ln great demand We need not fear automatlon, but face It w1th the same confidence that the late Phlllp Murray expressed when he sald I do not know of a smgle lnstance In whxch a technologncal galn has taken place 1n the Umted States of America that has thrown people out of work The lndustrlal revolution that has been takmg place ln busxness during the past twenty five years has brought mto the employment Held an addxtnonal twenty mxllxon people 7 . . ' Q! ' 79 CC 1 ' . . . 7, - . . ' ' QQ 7 77 if ' ' , - H . . . . . . , - - - - n

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up 1n h1s honor has done much to analyze the needs of Amerlcan Youth and to meet the changes of modern t1m6S In splte of the many accompllshments and advantages of present day edu catlon, som cr1t1cs stlll feel that the fundamentals are be1ng neglected However, thls OP'111011 has been proved maccurate by the Progresslve Educatlon ASSOCI atlon who, after great study and exper1ment, has shown that the so called tra Cl1t1OIl?ll type still holds an equally lmportant place wlth the progresslve ln our CClL1C?1tlOI'l'1l system Although the three R s are taught 111 a dlfferent manner today, Dr Ben am1n Flne a former wmner of the Pulltzer PFIZC assures the ubllc that the J 9 7 P baslc subjects stxll have thelr shar of attentlon I-Ie contmues to say that many schools have 1ntroduced 1 method of comblnlng subjects, called a core pro gram, whlch IS 1 combmatlon of such courses as Engllsh and history, or htera ture and world affalrs However these methods have not been brou ht about 1 g because of some school su er1ntendent but the were tested and roved to be P v Y P worthwhlle before belflg 1ntroduced 1nto the classroom W1ll1ard E Glvens, the EXCCUt1VC Secretary of the Natlonal Educatlon As SOC1'1UOl1 of the Umted States, asserts that educatlon today IS based on the bellef that nothing IS of greater Importance than the chlld The modern school IS pro vlded to sat1sfy the needs of each 1n ways that wxll not hlnder the progress of oth rs 111 the class Subjects are presented ln an mformal, fr1endly way w1th a s lf xpresslon that acts as a stlmulus and contr1butes greatly to the understandmg The teacher shows a warm sympathlc mterest ln all puplls and has respect for ln d1v1du1l dxfferences Effort IS constantly bemg made to conserve and develop all talents for both the gxfted and the retarded Here 1n our country, It has ever been reallzed that lf xs only through educa t1on that th Amerlcan herltage wlll remam meanmgful and that If w1ll be pre served for future generatlons . 0 . . . . . . U I 4 - - . . .,, . . . . . V U K q , . . 3 1 . ' - ' - te 77 C - K - . 1 1 K 0 - '3 . 1 C -3 f . C. C - 1 . ff f K 1 - x . 1 . t