Winchendon School - Vestigia Yearbook (Winchendon, MA)

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New democracy course emphasizes history's scope l FREDERICK L. ZINS Assistant Headmaster History B.A. CAmherstD5 M,Ed. fVer- montjg Coach Varsity Lacrosse. A POPULAR COURSE among seniors is Mr. Zins,s class in modern European history. HISTORY with Mr. Boyden is a stimulating experience. F. EDWARD POTTER, JR. PETER B. BOYDEN History, Glee Club History B.A. fAmherstl5 Coach J.V. B.A. fSt. Anselmls Collegej Football, J.V. Basketball. Drama Club. I8

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DAILY GRADES are given to boys during study hall. Here, Terry Brown receives his marks from Mr. Stelfens. SMALL CLASSES and a 1:5 ratio of teachers to students are outstandingifacets of the academic policy. I7 Vextigia Nulla Retrorsum-no steps back- wards-the school motto embodies the spirit infused into each student at the Winchendon School. Here at Winchendon, the student hopefully acquires an inquiring mind and a sense of personal responsibility. Each year the school had added to its faculty and has in- creased the student enrollment, yet, since its inception, Winchendon has stressed the im- portance of the individual. Winchendon exists because of its profound belief in the worth of each and every boy. Classes-limited to only five students-offer a unique program of studies. During the supervised study periods, the teachers are available for further consul- tation. The close relationship between student and teacher creates an atmosphere of respect for learning and a desire for personal excel- lence.

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. '-,XX COMPLEXITIES of American history are solved for Chris Preston and John Jamison by Mr. Markham. EDWARD J. DANILOWICZ History, French Problems of Democracy B.S.F.S. CGeorgetownj, fUni- versity of Genevajg Clnstitute of Higher International Stud- iesj. CHARLES D. MARKHAM History Director of Athletics Director of Summer Program B.A. QN.Y.U.l 5 Qwilliamsj Coach Varsity Football. 19 What human aspirations have continually spurred man along histoiyis inexorable march? ask Winchendon's history teachers. Love and hate? Self-aggrandisement? Failure to under- stand the problems of one's neighbor or a misguided zeal? This world has moved in realms of tear and triumph, of failure and magnificent ideas and deeds. To understand the present, a great history course must live, for a time, in the past. This year for the first time Winchendon offered a Problems in Democracy course. Mr. Danilowicz, drawing upon his years of expe- rience in the foreign service, was able to eluci- date problems confronting American and Eu- ropean democracies. The Winchendon student, thus encouraged, enters the pageantry of the past while carefully observing causal connec- tions which might shed light upon man's fu- ture.