Bourne High School - Canal Currents Yearbook (Bourne, MA)

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GUIDANCE “What am I going to do after gradua- tion?” Our Guidance Director, Mr. John Gray, was often confronted with this ques- tion. Throughout the year Mr. Gray helped students plan their courses of study, counseled them in their problems, and guided them on the pathways of success. Like other members of the faculty, he was always busy because of double ses- sions. “Time’s up! Test’s over.” Mr. Gray appears in a familiar role. tests vital to guidance program 10

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. . 1 | . FROM THE PRINCIPAL... There is no shortcut which leads to an education. By the same token an education cannot be obtained in a bargain basement. It is the result of consistent, conscientious effort, motivated from within by a burn- ing desire to achieve far beyond the level of mediocrity. Education results in those qualities which tend to make the future for all somewhat clearer and more secure. It results in people’s rising to the colossal challenges of a generation living in ex- ceedingly complex times and meeting them well. The future is for him who plans for it, even sacrifices for it; for in this plan- ning and sacrificing is the reward of the inner satisfaction of a job well done and the realization that future problems will be somewhat easier to solve. Mr. Walter J. Stahura, Principal vmhuui 9

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SECRETARY Two of the school’s unsung heroes are Mrs. Dorothy Holland, secretary to the superintendent, and Mrs. Stella Dvorski, secretary to the principal. Confronted with double sessions and two sets of students, the secretaries smil- ingly met all requests for supplies, records, and information about the school. Mrs. Dorothy Holland Secretary to the Superintendent typewriters... money... thermometers ACCOUNTANT Students saw a new addition to the ad- ministrative staff. Mr. Alex Consoni, situated in the far corner of the office, is now considered one of the “regulars” and performs the services of accountant of the school. Paying the bills and handling the bookkeeping, he kept the school’s finances on a sound basis throughout the year. Mr. Alex Consoni, Accountant SCHOOL NURSE Checking on the health of the largest number of students in the history of Bourne High, our school nurse, Mrs. Frances Stowell, was constantly kept on her toes. She administered eye and ear tests and arranged for our “athletic-mind- ed” students to have their physical exami- nations. Mrs. Frances Stowell, School Nurse I