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

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the very important school librarian, To make sure the book fair is a success, Miss Brown calls together many of her assistants. Standing left to right are Francine Uretsky, Judy Anthony, Marilyn Hallbourg, Linda Freedman, Michael Ouellette, Patti Mapp, Peter Pawlowicz, Janice Shonak, Margaret Brunelle, Carolyn Brown, Bob Fleisch- ner, Regina Aronson, and Donald Rising. Miss Brown, Beverly Forgette, Barbara Hursh, and David Howe are seated, Miss Isabelle Brown is the important and always active school librarian. She has received degrees from Mount Holyoke and Syracuse University. Each day Miss Brown and her student assistants discharge, renew, collect, and repair books, answer varied questions, and keep the library neat and orderly. Classical High School students can be proud of their new library. In its second year of operation, Miss Brown and her aides have offered thousands of books to students and have answered numerous reference questions. Besides having a large collection of books ranging from dictionaries to popular fiction, the library has a fine assortment of records and magazines which are very helpful to both students and teachers. It also has sponsored a very successful book fair where students purchased hundreds of pocket books and thus helped support their library. To delight of the English teachers, the best-seller was Roget’s Thesaurus. The average circulation this year has been nineteen articles per day and the average attendance has been eighty-nine, Going over their many duties in prep- aration for Library Week are, standing left to right, Sandra Ellingham, Marilyn Martyny, Valerie Caswell, Rita Brown, Jeri Searleman, Ann Murray, Elaine Roos, Richard Lerner, Arnold Shtrax, Peter Fantl, and Anna Ladue. Seated are Terry Howard and Barbara Scougall.

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masters in the realm of music. The music department at Classical is renowned throughout the Springfield area for its fine performances, especially those of Madrigal and the band. Mr. Jacobs is one of the two teachers responsible for such work. He is a graduate of Lamson School of Music and Lowell State College, and has studied at various other music institutions. The groups which he directs are Boys’ Chorus, Freshmen Girls’ Chorus, Upper Girls’ Chorus, Choir, Madrigal, and the string ensemble. Mr. Alfred Jacobs Both the choral groups and band have had an active schedule this season. The -singers again presented their annual Christmas and Spring concerts. On May 13, the Madrigal and Boys’ Chorus also performed at the Western Massachusetts Music Festival. Madrigal will cli- max its many outside engagements with its formal concert on June 5. Besides playing at Classical assemblies, pep rallies, and games, the band has played at other city schools. The members have also played at such outside activities as Armed Forces Day at the Armory and at Westover Field, Mr. O'Keeffe is the skilled director of the Classical bands. He leads not only the large Class- ical marching band, but also a student dance band and a German band, which has been very pop- ular with outside groups. Mr. O’Keeffe has received his training at Boston University and Colum- bia University. The skill of both him and his students is recognized and appreciated each time people hear the Classical band rehearsing early in the morning or playing at a concert at night. Mr. Vincent O’Keeffe individually aids students such as John Carpenter, Jim Podworski, Ken Kanner, and Steve Kutner, 27

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skilled preceptors of typing and reading. Many tenth and eleventh grade English students are used to writing provocative papers in the English classes of Mrs. Conniff. At other times Mrs. Conniff helps Miss Porter teach the fundamentals of typing to Classical students. Outside of school. students see her at the Ski Club and the PTSA Executive Board. She is also a member of the steering committee of the Classical Benevolent and Protective Association for teachers. She earned her degrees at the University of Buffalo. Mrs. Norma Conniff Classical definitely could not do without its two typing teachers, for although students are not studying business, they need to know how to have presentable papers and express their ideas neatly. Besides the typing courses, there are numerous other subjects which aid students such as the reading and vocabulary classes at Classical. Mrs. Morrill of the English department conducts a Reading Center where students discover their problems and try to increase their rates of speed and comprehension. Mr. Black and Miss Sauer, also from the English department, teach Vocabulary Building classes. Miss Sauer also instructs a Reading Efficiency class each semester. Smiling Miss Porter is the Classical teacher responsible for teaching typing to students. When not teaching pupils theparts of a typewriter or the techniques of typing letters and theme papers, she helps the whole school, including students, teachers, and office workers, by typing various articles and reports. Because of Miss Porter’s experience, she also helps the Blue and White as business adviser. As an extra duty, she was the costume adviser of Carousel this year. Miss Dorothy Porter