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

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faculty members. MISS MAUREEN MAHAR Miss Mahar, a graduate of Mount Holyoke College, is the speech therapist at Classical. She has also done graduate work at the University of Michigan. Outside of school Miss Mahar enjoys sailing and is interested in politics. 13 MRS. ROSE BURNS Mrs. Burns, our school nurse, has for many years given Springfield school children her kind attention. In addition to Classical Senior High School, Mrs. Burns serves Classical Junior High School. Here she gives Lenore Ellis some of her kind attention.

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of the many capable Se } fel E, clamctory Bees feeite : MISS BARBARA SCANNELL A graduate of the University of Massachusetts and Springfield Col- lege, Miss Scannell teaches a course in reading efficiency. This course, which is given two periods a day at Classical, reinforces reading skills. Miss Scannell also teaches at Mount Holyoke College and Technical High School. Here she gives some reading hints to Birgit- te Madsen. 12 MR. JOHN SHEA Mr. Shea teaches a general auxiliary course, a form of vocational guidance for special students. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Westfield State College, and Springfield College, he finds this a satisfying and inter- esting teaching assignment.

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The English department responds to MISS CHRISTINE SAUER Miss Sauer, an alumna of Classical, received both of her degrees at Columbia University. She is kept busy teaching English, reading efficiency, and ad- vising Pierides, the Junior Class, and the annual Voice of Democracy contest. In her free time, she enjoys hooking rugs and swimming. Miss Sauer and Judy Burke discuss ways to improve compositions. MISS ISABELLE BROWN Classical is very fortunate to have an excellent library and a very capable librarian. Miss Isabelle Brown, a graduate of Mount Holyoke College and Syracuse University, has managed our library since it was founded four years ago. She devotes much time to augmenting our collection of five thousand volumes with books of interest to high school stu- dents. Miss Brown shows David Howe, one of the library 14 assistants, some methods of library procedure.