Winchendon School - Vestigia Yearbook (Winchendon, MA)

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Standardized English courses in '66 benefit all In 1966 under the direction of Mr. Eriksen and his staff, Winchendon's English depart- ment introduced a completely revised cur- riculum. The English department, the largest in the school, is among the most important for it assumes the task of preparing students for college courses. This year the summer reading program pro- vided a means of developing writing skills and inculcated an appreciation of literature while Mrs. Zins provided help for those boys who needed additional training in vocabulary, read- ing and spelling. ENGLISH III with Mr. Klarsch traces chronologi- cally the patterns of American literature. JOHN O. MATTHEWS English, Latin B.A. fTuftsJ5 Ed. M. CHarvardj. PETER C. SHUMWAY English B.A. CMiddleburyJ3 Coach Cross Country, Skiing.

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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.

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We-112, ROBERT D. KLARSCH JOHN E. YOUNG English English A.B. fBrownj3 Coach Varsity Football, Wrestling, Lacrosse 5 B.A. CProvidencelg Coach J.V. Football, Varsity Basketball, J.V. Lacrosse. Dining Hall. SENIOR ENGLISH, here taught by Mr. Shumway, probes in depth the culture and literature of Great Britain since 400 A.D. 21 fix H. PHYLLIS ZINS Remedial Reading Associate of the Orton Society, Inc. CLIFFORD K. ERIKSEN Head of English Department Vestigia Adviser B.A. CWilliam and Maryj 5 M.A.L.S. Cwesleyanlg QYalej .