Winchendon School - Vestigia Yearbook (Winchendon, MA)

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Humanities awaken pupils to cultures old and new Humanities comprise more than one half of YVinchendon's academic schedule. Wlithout a prop- er background in the humanities, a student will Hnd higher education increasingly difficult. YVin- chendon's English Department strives to prepare a student properly for college English. Self-expres- sion, vocabulary, grammar and literature are all stressed with the assistance of modern techniques and visual aids. The Language Department offers French, Spanish or Latin and covers both the me- chanics and literature of these Holds, in addition to introducing the student to the cultures of lands where these languages are spoken. Finally, there is thc History Department which approaches its sub- ject matter from the factual, casual and personal aspects of historical thought. Twenty-two MR. KLARSCH provides Jim Nich- olas with a key to ancient civilizations by showing that history is people ra- ther than a series of factual events. MRS. ZINS gives instruction to Bob Greene in the techniques of develop- mental reading.

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Precision logic and law equally stressed by math and science The college-bound student today vitally needs training in both math and science, and Winchen- don is doing its best to meet this need. Every stu- dent is required to study two years of algebra, one of geometry and preferably one of trigonometry or advanced math. The Science Department, though limited at the present in the space available for laboratories, has made definite progress in equip- ping the labs for its General Science, Eiology, Chemistry and Physics courses. Both departments, striving to prepare a young man for a possible career in mathematics or science, give special atten- tion to the precision, logic and law which are so necessary to the scientific world of 1964. MR. ADAMS gives Chuck Homer some extra help in his algebra homework while Rick Cardamone Kabovej works out a geometry problem at the blackboard for Miss Shortlidge.

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TWO FACETS of the English pro- gram are illustrated here: fleftj the use of visual aids to highlight the study of literature and fbelozvj the emphasis on fundamentals. Mr. Erik- sen explains the Globe Playhouse to Rick Ryan while Mr. Dillaway, Chairman of the English Department, tutors Chuck Homer in a troublesome grammar assignment. Q mf' Twenty-three fyimmif