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

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animal fatalis pars Studying a foreign language develops 16 Mr. Fleming and Mr, Smith are elated to point out that Latin is the basis for many languages taught at Classical. Spanish, French, Italian, and English are off-shoots of this ancient tongue. Mr. James Fleming is presently enrolled in a graduate Latin course at Tufts University. He is kept busy at Classical teaching and advising the Latin Club. Mr. Flemi ng holds degrees from American International College and the College of Our Lady of the Elms. Mr. Francis Smith, a new member of the lan- guage department, teaches first and second year Latin and one American History class. Besides teaching, Mr. Smith advises the Latin Club and the Senate. He has attended the State College at Westfield and the College of the Holy Cross. Dr. Miller, Miss Lopardo, and Dr. Fredrick are checking language laboratory equipment for their classes. Dr. Philip Miller teaches French and Hebrew. He also advises the Hebrew Club. He has at- tended the College of the City of New York, the Teacher’s Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary, and West Virginia University. Dr. Miller has also studied in France and Israel. Miss Yolanda Lopardo, who teaches Spanish, has attended the University of Vermont and the State College at Boston. She also serves as a senior class adviser and Costume Adviser for Carousel. Dr. Edna Fredrick, a graduate of Mount Holyoke College and Bryn Mawr, has also at- tended the University of Paris. Besides super- vising the language department and teaching French, she advises the National Honor Society and looks after the language laboratory, Paul Perrigo is examining a wood carving of Sancho Pancho with Linda Levi, Miss Boylan, and Mrs. Cobb. Miss Teresa Boylan, who teaches both Spanish and English, enlivens her Spanish classes with her knowledge of Spanish culture. Miss Boylan re- ceived her A.B. from Trinity College in Wash- ington and her Masters from Harvard Univer- sity. During the summer she has also studied at the University of Madrid. In addition to teach- ing, Miss Boylan devotes much of her time to advising the Blue and White staff. Mrs. Martha Cobb teaches French and Spanish. She has attended Howard University, Washing- ton University, the Sorbonne in Paris, and, for the past two summers, the University at Saltillo in Mexico. In addition to teaching, Mrs. Cobb advises the Spanish Club.

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he gives of himself while lighting the way for others.” Mr. Henry Black, faculty adviser to the Recorder, teaches first and second year Russian in addition to English. He has attended The City College of New York, Boston Univer- sity, the State College at Boston, Duke University, and the University of Chicago. Miss Almeda King, a graduate of Bridgewater State College and Wesleyan University, spices her English classes with a sincere love for literature. She also keeps busy with her Student Government activities. Mr. Francis Girr, who has attended the University of Rhode Island and the University of Connecticut, keeps his classes moving with his wealth of knowledge and keen sense of humor. In addition to teaching, he has charge of the English book department and serves as chairman of Reading is essential to any study of English. At Classical the Eng- lish teachers constantly make use of the well-stocked book room. Here Mr. Black, Miss King, and Mr. Girr are choosing some books for their classes. 1 It is commonly said that a man can judge the education of another by the latter’s speech. At Classical the English department strives to increase the student’s speech and writing powers with vocabulary building and reading efficiency classes. Here, three teachers, Miss Sauer, Miss Scannell, and Mrs. Morrill look over their vocabulary building materials. the senior class advisers. Miss Christine Sauer, who attended Columbia Univer- sity, teaches English, reading efficiency and vocabulary building. She also serves as adviser to Pierides and the senior class. Miss Barbara Scannell is a visiting teacher at Classical and Technical High Schools and Mount Holyoke College. She teaches reading efficiency to many Classical students. Miss Scannell has attended the University of Massachusetts. Mrs. Mabel Morrill also teaches reading efficiency and vocabulary building. In addition to this, she conducts a class in creative writing. Mrs. Morrill has attended Emer- son College and Boston Universtiy.

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sympathetic understandin g. Mrs, Scagnelli is demonstrating the oral ap- proach with two of her students, Carol Marino and Robert Tucker. Mrs. Scagnelli is pointing out on a picture what the speaker on the record is saying. Mrs, Leda Scagnelli is teaching a new Italian course in the Springfield Public School System this year. Although she teaches in Classical Junior High, students come to her from Classical and Technical Highs and the High School of Com- merce. Besides teaching Italian to high school students, she is chairman of the English depart- ment in Classical Junior High. It is interesting to note that Mrs. Scagnelli once taught English to Italian speaking people. Mrs. Scagnelli has attended the State College at Worcester and Casa Italiana at Columbia University, Miss Rouillard and Miss Meunier are looking over a French display erected by some of the French teachers, the French Club, and the Art Club. An understanding of the culture of France is an important result of a French course. Miss Irene Rouillard teaches both French and Spanish. She has attended Wellesley and Middle- bury Colleges and the University of Paris. Miss Rouillard is kept quite busy at Classical being adviser to the French Club, a director of the S.T. drive, and an adviser to the senior class. Miss Irene Meunier is teaching a first year Spanish class in addition to her French classes this year. She also handles much of the school’s publicity. Miss Meunier has attended the College of Our Lady of the Elms, Laval University in Quebec, and Assumption College. Mr. LeClair and Mr. Lussier are looking over a display of world flags. The language depart- ment strives to instill in its students not only the knowledge of the structure of a foreign language but also an understanding of the culture of the people native to the language. Mr. Stephen LeClair, who is a new member of the faculty at Classical, teaches German, French, and U.S. history. Besides teaching, he also advises the German Club. Mr. LeClair has attended the University of Massachusetts. Mr. Raymond Lussier is completing his third year at Classical. This year Mr. Lussier is teach- ing French. He has attended the State College at Westfield, Springfield College, Assumption College, Connecticut State College, and the Uni- versity of Massachusetts. Mr. Lussier has also done graduate work in France. Ly cee