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

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English is a many At a department meeting are English teachers: Mr. Black, Mrs. Erard, Miss Mills, Mr. Pervonga, Miss Sauer, Mr. Tenczar, Miss Dickerman, Mr. Courtney, Miss King, Mr. Donnelly, Mrs. Morrill, and Mr. Girr. The English Department of Classical is indeed for- tunate to have such a fine group of teachers. Besides instructing regular English classes and a journalism class, Mr. Black also teaches a course in first and second year Russian, which is a relatively new subject offered to high school students. He is also ad- viser to our school newspaper, Recorder. Outside of school, Mr. Black enjoys reading, classical recordings, and swimming. Mrs. Mary Erard is completing her first year at Clas- sical. Her students participate in oral discussions and debates. Greek and Norse mythology becomes more real by acting these scenes out in her classroom. Mrs. Erard is adviser to the International Relations Club and the freshman class. Each year, Classical eagerly awaits the publication of the Scribe, the literary magazine, by Miss Virginia Mills’ honors English class. Miss Mills believes that literature is an essential part of her student’s develop- ment. Outside of school, Miss Mills enjoys photography and plays. Mr. Richard Pervonga is completing his second year at Classical. This year he devoted a great deal of his time to the successful production of “Carousel.” The adviser to Pierides, Miss Christine Sauer is an alumna of Classical. Besides teaching English, Miss Sauer instructs reading efficiency and vocabulary build- ing courses, which are excellent aids to the college- bound students. In her leisure, Miss Sauer enjoys many interesting hobbies. including knitting, rug hooking, and crewel embroidery. Mr. Lewis Tenczar is completing his second year at Classical. Mr. Tenczar’s duties at Classical include being an adviser to the International Relations Club and to 18 the Senate. Miss Dickerman is chairman of our excellent English department. She devotes much of her time to the Girls’ Patrol. Also, she conducts the 12s English class, and a speech class. In her leisure, Miss Dickerman enjoys reading and attending plays. Another teacher completing his second year at Clas- sical, is Mr. Joseph Courtney. Mr. Courtney is an ad- viser to the senior class and to the Senate, besides being business staff adviser of the Recorder. Miss Almeda King is on the advisory board of the Student Government. Miss King has many interesting outside activities that include tennis, sports cars, read- ing, and both classical and folk music. She also keeps busy training her German Shepherd dog. This past year, Mr. Bernard Donnelly’s junior Eng- lish class put on a most interesting assembly about choral reading. This was a new and informative ex- perience for many students. Mr. Donnelly guides stu- dents in the art of acting in his dramatics class, which presents a play each year. He is also an adviser to the freshman class. Mr. Donnelly’s main outside interests are reading, traveling, and gardening. Students who leave Mrs. Mabel Morrill’s English and creative writing class, no doubt depart with a deeper appreciation of literature and the English language. They also remember Mrs. Morrill’s wonderful sense of humor that makes attending her classes an enjoyment. Mrs. Morrill is the adviser to the Student Handbook. This year the school lacked the cultural experience provided in “Girr’s Gallery,” which was inspired by Mr. Girr’s interest in oil painting. Mr. Girr also enjoys woodworking. He is junior class adviser and is in charge of books for the English department.

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q basic skills. Miss Dorothy Porter teaches typing which is very helpful and useful to the college bound students of Classical. Very often she gives before school as- sistance in typing to stu- dents like Thomasina Fer- guson. In addition, Miss Porter spends many long hours on her job as busi- ness manager for Blue and White. RC xen. [a ae ed Miss Barbara Scannell, a visiting teacher at Clas- sical and Technical High Schools and Mount Hol- yoke College, conducts classes in Reading Efh- ciency. Miss Scannell aids many students such as Patricia Hogan, Daniel Gadreau, and Sandra Sawyer in improving their reading skills.

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splendored thing. The speech classes at Classical give students an ex- cellent opportunity to learn the techniques of speaking before audiences. Among the classes’ activities are hold- ing panel discussions and debates, and presenting and recording speeches by the students. The recording en- ables the student to listen to his talk and hear his mistakes, if any. Peforming in “The Man Who Came to Dinner” are Alex Miran- off and Evelyn Bernstein. 1D In Miss Dickerman’s speech class, Robert Findlater listens to a formal introduction by Janis Harmon, and Tim Meany records it. Each year the dramatics class presents a play for the school. In May of 1964, the class presented to the pub- lic George Kaufman’s and Moss Hart’s Broadway comedy hit, ““The Man Who Came to Dinner.” The pur- pose of the production was chiefly for education and experience, although tickets were sold to cover over- head costs. The comedy starred Bonnie Burrell, Alex Miranoff, and Evelyn Bernstein, and Classical seniors Lenny Alexander, Tino Galuzzo, and Steve Block.