Winchendon School - Vestigia Yearbook (Winchendon, MA)

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Receptionists Receptionists Mrs. Murphy and Mrs. Le- Blanc greet each visitor with a warm and win- ning smile. Many of us fail to recognize the responsibilities of our receptionists. It is these Channing ladies who first greet our visitors and possible future students. All of us have received messages from friends and relatives through the efforts of our receptionists, and their part in helping Winchendon to run efh- ciently earns for them the appreciation of all. ,fr l E . rg, fs .,, isis , xii. Bookkeepers Mrs. LaFramboise assists Mrs. Poulin with the posting of student charges. All of the stu- dent charges travel through the hands of Mrs. Poulin. This is the woman who all the boys greet every Friday afternoon following lunch to obtain their weekly allowances. Mrs. Pou- lin endorses the school checks, sends out the welcome monthly bills, and handles the money problems of the students. Many thanks are also due Mrs. I.aFramboise who is always ready to lend a helping hand. l'zm'nty-six 1.1 gf' 5 EFFICIENCY AND ORDER Poised before beginning the dayls activities, the grounds' staff consisting of Francis St. Pierre, Silvio Tomasetti, Martin Olsen, Mau- rice Olsen and Dino Ruschioni pose for the Vestigia camera. Through the industrious ef- forts of these men, Winchendonls beautiful campus consisting of an eighteen hole golf course that covers 450 acres is kept clean and trim. Whether the problem is one of grounds or heat or plumbing or repairs, Dino and his staff are always prepared to lend a helping hand. yi .

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STRESS LCGICAL ANALYSIS Junior scientist, Andy Laakso, watches Mr. Huntington perform an experiment in general science. Offered to all freshmen, this course gives the student an insight into the general scope of science and an opportunity to inves- tigate through experiments the varied phases of this subject. In the field of chemistry, Mr. Huntington joins forces with Mrs. Ball to keep Winchendon pupils ever alert to the rapidly changing concepts of our world. Though not all of the boys profiting from the instruction of the science staff will pursue science as a career, their lives will have been immeasur- ably enriched by a working knowledge of this Field. Personal pronouns are a problem in any language, but Mr. McGuirk helps Charlie Hinds and Bobby Weiss over the rough spots in French. Languages have opened new hori- zons for the language student, and as the world expands, a foundation of some foreign language becomes necessary. French, as a rec- ognized universal language, is becoming more and more useful to the person interested in travel. Mr. Subirats, another member of our language department, feels that knowing one language is not enough - he himself being gifted with a knowledge of five. From the start, a new student in any language is given a strong foundation on which to build. 5 ' 3' ' U 1, I . . - Q i I 7 I I3 H. I 4 1' ' X 6 Commander Radcliffe brings his years of practical naval experience to bear on a typi- cal physics class. Today the student needs a knowledge of what our world is approaching, and through experimentation the student is made aware of the possibilities of science and the conquest of bodies in space. Although we may not be entirely aware of it, complicated formulas fit into our everyday life. Through the study of physics, the student is made more aware of the world around him and why it works as it does. Commander Radcliffe instills in the minds of his students an appreciation of the principles governing daily existence. GTHER CULTURES AND PEOPLE

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EXPRESSED BY STAFF S The housekeeping staff - Alice Theroux, Mary Lefebre, Leona Ruschioni, Mary Nal- walker and Eleanor Dionne - take a break from their busy schedule. Cleaning the rooms of eighty-nine boys and twelve resident mas- ters presents no little task, but these five la- dies keep Winchendon clean enough to eam the approval of students and faculty alike, while boys are slaving away at their subjects in morning classes. i F M r , . QF if Cooks Six men in white stand sentinel before XVin- chendon's culinary domain - Ernest Crosby, Vern Chase, Stanley Wfheeler, John Nalwalker. Matthew Doherty, and Edward Paquin. Few people know the exact number of hours put into the kitchen work in order to provide the boys and masters with a tantalizing meal. The kitchen staff are up and have already started to put in a long day's work when the morning rising bell rings out the breakfast call. Each meal is carefully prepared by these men under the watchful supervision of John Nalwalker. A . Maz'ds There's no vacuum of activity when Ger- trude Knight hits the East XVing. Gertmde may look a wee bit harried here, but it is only the result of having just plowed through the room of Bruce Henderson and Kim Bolten. It is through her efforts that the rooms in the East Wing are kept clean and spotless. Al- though her merits are many, we will all re- member her cheerful good-morning as we stumble off to first period class. Tzeenflr-.w:'f rz