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

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the twzclitiovz of fine scbolmfship. ! or A -1-1 X 1 Rilo Miss Corcoran's door is always open to students like Judy Maher who is seeking information about colleges, Miss Corcoran, a graduate of Westfield State College and Springfield College, plays an important role in organizing and carrying out these conferences. s l 1 l s 4 Mrs. Burns, the school nurse, services both ClHSSlCll lunior and Senior High Schools. She is a gradu ite of the Mercy Hospi tal School of Nursing. All those who have avalled themselves of her attention are truly grateful. Here Mrs Burns 15 devoting some of her skill to Birgitte Madsen Mr. Shea, a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Westfield State Teach- ers College, and Springfield College, is teaching a class how to get the most out of reading the newspaper. This course helps special students in occu- pational guidance and prepares them for jobs after their graduation from high school. Ha in ll

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Capable counselors assist students in upholding Mr. Comeau discusses with Linda O'Connell her plans for the future. Mrs. Ramos is a graduate of Bates College with a B.A. and M.Ed. and has studied at the University of Connecticut, the University of Massachusetts, Columbia Univer- sity, and Springfield College. She is kept busy preparing recommenda- tions for seniors, helping seniors fill out college applications, and helping with college conferences. ,Maia Mr. Comeau, who graduated from Boston University, Fitchburg State Teacher's College, and has also studied at Springfield College, bridges the gap between junior and senior high school in welcoming many a poor, confused freshman by helping him with program diflicul- ties and in otherwise assisting him to orient himself. lt is in the fresh- man year that the testing program, organized by the counselors, begins. With the test results at hand, the counselors offer advice to the stu- dent in his selection of realistic career plans. , ' Looking over a map with colleges located on it, Mrs. Ramos Watches Phyllis .ludson pinning her hopes on Swarthmore.

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Competent secretaries nnction behind the scenes. Me ff' 'U-'-'r , sr: ri , iam, ' WW, ,aa YZ Erraf. - M, ,, , L,f. f ,iilkfxt 1' i , n 3' t -I.. g.. .'-73 tr. ri, Secretaries Mrs. Katherine Gar- vey fleftl and Mrs. Barbara Cow- an Qrightj are busy throughout the year seeing to it that students' transcripts are sent to colleges, teachers supplies are delivered, re- ports to the Central oHice are pre- pared and other routine matters are dispatched. Mrs. Lillian Topodas, the new secretary in the counseling office, is making out photostatic copies of senior transcripts to be sent to the colleges. Mrs. Topodas is espe- cially interested in colleges be- cause she has a son, Jonathan, a senior at Classical and a daughter Kathy at the University of North Carolina. Students like Roselyn Warner find secretaries Mrs. Mary Sheehan and Mrs. Mary Triggs helpful ad- visers when they are seeking in- formation about passes, bus tickets, home assignments, dismissals, tele- phone messages and other perplex- ing problems.