Classical High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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Mrs. Bemis and Mr. Finn interview hundreds of students every year. The Class of 1946 thanks them for their untiring efforts in their behalf. How can they re- member the problems of so many individ- uals? The answer is simple. They are interested. Do You Need Help? Mr. FINN AND Mrs. BEMIS WILL HELP YOU! ‘‘A little boost or steer is all most people need to have a sucessful high school career,’’ Mrs. Bemis, the school coun- sellor affirms. ‘‘Mr. Finn and I are interested in any prob- lem that bothers a student, or keeps him from doing his best work. No matter how unique his problem may seem, it has been solved before.’” Through a thorough testing prcegram, private interviews, and friendly discussions with students, our two counsellors have aided many to discover hidden abilities and disabilities, and plan their program accordingly. Counselling is a job that never ends. It begins with junior high schocl, helps through high school, and often aids in higher education or industrial placement. The senior year, according to Mrs. Bemis and Mr. Finn, is the busiest. This year has been very difficult for students seeking admission to college, and many have been helped with problems of college choice and financing through part- time work or scholarships. Besides the more regular duties of his office, Mr. Finn also has charge of counselling for veterans, the visual aids program, and the administration of College Board testing. Both Mrs. Bemis and Mr. Finn agree that their job is made more interesting and less difficult because this is such a grand school to work with, 11

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If you have a question about your schoc! record, ask Miss Stone. If you wish a tran- script to go to a college, ask Miss Stone. You had better make a good record because she knows all about you. Don’t stay out of school without your parent’s permission and don’t be tardy or Miss Holland will get after you. Mrs. Russell tends to our aches and pains. She is kind and thorough but don’t try to fake a pain in order to get out of class. She has an uncanny way of finding you out. Mrs. Stone is always there on the front line. She herself likens the office to the Grand Central Station. She is the one who answers all of your questions, gets out the daily bulletin, and tends to a great amount of correspondence and reports. Mrs. Stone declares that her meanest task is checking up on detention absentees, her most pleas- urable one the supervising the sale of tickets for the annual oratorio. A corps of office aides assist Mrs. Stone. They operate the interschool switchboard, answer the telephone, operate the mimeo- graph machine, and run errands.

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THE OFFICE AIDES Back row: Vincent Valentine, Fred Weinberg, Bruce Cramer, Robert Bettinger, Richard Posnick. Third row: Jean Parkinson, Carol Locke, Louise Bogue, Virginia Paine, Beverly Briggs, Barbara Gale. Second row: Barbara Perry, Barbara Skinner, Beverly. Bennett, Carol Roper, Barbara Kingsbury, Bette Landen, Eileen Burke, Elaine Redmond, Barbara Scott. First row: Marilyn Clark, Ethel Lazarus, Harriet Schneider, Miriam Katz, Margaret Baker, Claire Roberts. Members absent from picture Barbara Lawrence, Anne Cooley, Jean Showalter, Janet Chandler, Ken Hatch, Bill Muir, Don Clifford, Anne Hamel, Claire Piques, Jean Prendergast, Harold Matroni, Jill Block, Pat Hall, George Panichas, Betty Burr, Melvin Blitz, Ed Cook, Patricia Tracey, Barbara Bailey. THE ATTENDANCE ‘CLERKS Back row: Stanley Cohen, Carolyn Mum- ford, John Houston. Second row: Selma Berkwitts, Joan Cater, Donald Mathison, Joan Cahalin, Margaret Houston. First row: Zylpha Smith, Louise Hobbs, Joyce Judson, Angie Colapinto. Not in picture: Ronald Nelson, Patricia Roberts, Mary Kalmbach, Harry Keirn, Harry Wilson, Louise Katz. Janet Chandler is taking care of the switch board. Jean Showalter Bruce Cramer is running the mimeograph ‘a6 7 - o Do is writing a pass for Beverley Briggs. machine 12