Brandywine High School - Azurean Yearbook (Wilmington, DE)

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the Future Our guidance department was added to the school program in 1957 with its sole counsellor, Mr. Olsen. Since then, the guidance program has progressed with the addition of Mr. Curran in 1958 and Dr. Rheinhold in 1959 as full time advisers. The guidance counsellor's main purpose is to inform the entire student body and to aid the students in solving their problems. Their basic philosophy is to help the students help themselves. ln order to accomplish this purpose, the counsellors assist the pupils in choosing their curriculum, solicit group information through college night and career night programs, extend individual counselling to those who request it and help new students to adiust to our school life. The guidance counsellors also aid others in various ways. These include exploring jobs for students and recommending them to employers and colleges. By helping the teachers to understand their pupils and the parents to understand educational practices, the counsellors indirectly aid the students in making correct decisions. ln a general picture the guidance program has advanced over the years in its aid to the students. In ninth and tenth grade advisers help the students plan their high school curriculum in terms of future plans. During eleventh grade, planning for post high school work is done, tests are given, and interviews requested. ln the last year of high school, information is directed to future years. College applications and acceptances are recorded on this map in the guidance office.

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A familiar sight in the guidance office: a student poring over catalogues rep- resenting 500 col- leges. MR. J. F. CURRAN Counselor, West Chester State Teachers College, B.S., Temple University, University of Scran- ton, M.Ed., Dickinson College, University of Wisconsin. Advises Student Council, Public Rela- tions Club. DR. EMMA J. REINBOLD Counselor, Lebanon Valley Col- lege, A.B., Pennsylvania State College, Temple University, M.Ed., Ed.D. Advises Student Council. Guide Posts I

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MISS ERNA MARTIN University of Virginia, B.S. in Ed., George Peabody Library School, B.S. in L.S.g University of Delaware, M.A. in History, advises Library Club. FICTIO , Our library contains about three thousand volumes, of which one thousand two hundred are fiction, and about eighteen hundred are non-fiction, it subscribes to sixty magazines, ten of which are donated, three are foreign language publications, and two newspapers, the Wilmington Morning News and the Christian Science Monitor. The library is used by about one hundred fifty students daily for reference for study and for recreational reading. The refer- ence area is up-to-date, especially in the field of science be- cause it is a recent collection. The library also offers vocational materials in cooperation with the guidance office. The library has seating for ninety, two conference rooms, a magazine-storage room, and an office workroom. Members of the library club take charge of the check-out desk for several periods during the day. In the future, the library will have from ten to twelve thousand volumes. Plans are already being made for the necessary additional shelving to accomodate the increased collection. The vertical filing material will also be expanded. Sandy Vincent finds solitude in the library. FACT W- -...F -f