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

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pro gressive secretarial staff. Mrs. Mary Basile replaced Mrs. Topodas as secretary in the coun- seling office. Mrs. Basile is not a stranger in the school because she is an alumna of Classical. She has four children, one of whom is a junior here. Mrs. Basile also en- joys bowling. It is to Mrs. Basile that we owe the survey on page 106. Mrs. Madeline Fernands served as a substitute for only a short time. However, she accomplished much to help the faculty and stu- dents of Classical. Mrs. Fernands prepared many transcripts for stu- dents, plus the other duties re- quired of the regular secretaries. Only one of the many duties of the Girl’s Patrol is helping out in the counseling office. The girls must have telephone technique and be general receptionists for the of- fice. Their jobs include filing pro- gram cards and program changes, college bulletins and catalogues, and career information. They are kept busy delivering passes for the counselors and doing other er- rands that might help them. The girls also are responsible for keep- ing up the attractive bulletin boards in the counseling office on careers, scholarship information, and colleges outside New England. Here Christine Ziter works on a list of catalogues before a map showing the distribution of former Classical students among the col- leges and universities. 5 ee See TTL 4 ae ERECO 15 ap — LiMAc ad Ao

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Classical 1s fortunate to have such a Too often, the important role of the Classical High School secretaries is taken for granted by many. However, the com- bined talents of Mrs. Garvey, Mrs. Sheehan, Mrs. Cowan, and Mrs. Basile are an essential part of the daily routine of Classical. Mrs. Catherine Garvey is personal secretary to Mr. Montagna. She also helps to keep a student’s record that will follow him to college, and assists Mrs. Cowan and Two very popular persons at Clas- sical are Mrs. Barbara Cowan, senior secretary and Mrs. Lillian Topodas. In the fall and spring of each year, Mrs. Cowan’s office is swarming with anxious seniors requesting transcripts. She also checks book orders and sup- ply requisitions. Mrs. Lillian Topodas has the important job of arranging college conferences. She also does sec- retarial work for the counselors and helps in preparing transcripts for col- lege. Regretfully, Mrs. Topodas left Classical for a new position this past year. 14 The two secretaries by the window in the outer office are Mrs. Garvey and Mrs. Shee- han. Our photographer caught them in one of those rare moments when they had time to confer with one another. These two secre- taries it is safe to say see in the course of a day more teachers, students, visitors and school personnel than any other two people in school. Mrs. Basile with the numerous high school transcripts which are requested each year. One of the most popular people in the lunchroom each Tuesday is Mrs. Mary Sheehan, who can be found surrounded by students waiting to buy bus tickets. Each fall, Mrs. Sheehan issues bus badges to students. She also has charge of recording school attendance.

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Progress depends upon learning 16 At the fiftieth reunion of the class of 1914, a most welcome gift of two-hundred and fifty dollars was voted for the library. With this money a bookcase, book rack, and a number of books were pur- chased in memory of Dr. William C. Hill. Here, the new cases are being filled by Roberta Finson, Sheila Ford, Donna Hutcheons, Leslie Nuger, Lois Cohen, Barbara Sagan, Olga Stefanyszn, and Helena Leczycki. Miss Brown’s duties do not be- gin in September and end in June. She usually returns during the summer months to complete the many tasks, which are the same as those which go on in the public library except on a smaller scale. They keep the library on a smooth- running basis for students and teachers. She depends on aides Roberta Fountain, Jane Ezrin, Nona Markowitz, Lillian Mann, Steven Block, Linda Carlson and Nancy Findlater to help her in these jobs. Under the guiding hand of Miss Brown, the Classical library has become one of the finest in the area. In the past five years, the number of volumes has increased from 1,630 in 1959, to approxi- mately 6,500 at the beginning of the 1964 school year. Besides the great number of books, our library also has a great many magazines including several foreign lan- guage periodicals. Here Karen Omar, Margaret Fiorentino, Susan Levine, Sandra Spector, Donna Zucchi and Amy Michelman are helping Miss Brown check in re- cent magazines and file catalogue cards.