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

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SEPTEMBER 3, — School Opens 6 — Welcome Freshmen Assembly € 13 — Football Jamboree . a 18 — NMSQT Semi-finalists announced 26 — Letters of Commendation @ announced ) CS) CD ) OCTOBER NOVEMBER WV) a 27 — Teachers’ 1 — Student Government Dance Convention 14 — Freshmen Elections y 17 — First Marking Period Ends 26 — Thankgiving Recess DECEMBER 6 — College Boards 18 — Christmas Concert JANUARY 19— Alumni Tea 5 — School 24 — Christmas Vacation Reopens 29 — Holiday Dance 10 — College Boards 19-23 — Midyear Exams FEBRUARY 23 — Second Marking 13 — Mid-Winter Vacation Period Ends 16 — Washington’s Birthday 23 — School Reopens 4 — Senior Banquet 5 — Senior Class Assembly 6 — Senior Prom 9 — Graduation 19 — Summer Vacation APRIL 10 — Third Marking Period Ends 15 — Spring Concert 17 — Spring Vacation 20 — Patriot’s Day 27 — School Reopens gees 25 — Memorial Day

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Foreword With 1970, a new decade begins. Classical High School experiences an awakening to a new era. This sense of awakening is touching the students, the fac- ulty, and the community. Through closer student-teacher relationships, the students are given more responsibility in selecting and participating in relevant curricula and school policy. With this new responsibility comes respect for individuality evident in the independent shades of student thought. At Classical, school spirit is being generated by more student involvement. In this liberal atmosphere, the student de-’ velops perspective into his future. From student awareness of the social problems of the community such courses as ‘“Black Studies” and “Man and his Environment”’ were initiated in the school cur- riculum. With this new background, the student will transfer his knowledge to the world around him. The 1970 edition of the Blue and White therefore has attempted to depict the many aspects of awakening to the responsibility of the seventies at Classical High School.

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These teachers have awakened us MR. ARTHUR COMEAU Always willing to listen, Mr. Arthur Comeau helped many students when he was a counselor at Classical High. After having served as a counselor since 1960, Mr. Comeau was appointed vice-principal in 1967. He was in charge of the testing program and compiled classranks among his other duties. Mr. Comeau was responsible for the “follow-up survey” which appears on page 122. Helpful in giving faculty opinions on vital school issues, he was the adviser to Student Government and the treasurer for S.T. Mr. Comeau, who helped the choral de- partment during the Winter and Spring Concerts, enjoys singing and listening to music. As one faculty member put it, ““He was a steady influence for good and will be missed by all.” MR. MILTON CORBIN Retired after twenty-eight years at Classical, Mr. Milton Corbin was known for his understanding and appreciation of people. Although he taught American history, and Problems of Democracy, his instruction was not confined to class- room and textbooks. Excursions to the county jail, Shriners’ Hospital, and Clark School for the Deaf gave students a new community awareness as did students’ donations to charitable organizations and drives for clothing and canned goods. Many were the speakers he engaged to encourage civic interest. In the nearly twenty years he was advisor to IRC, the club expanded its membership from twelve to over two hundred. An alumnus of Springfield College, with graduate work at Columbia University, Mr. Corbin has experienced a rich and full pro- fessional life. We wish him well as he enjoys coin collecting, his violin, and the travel he hopes will highlight his new leisure. MRS. MABEL MORRILL Mrs. Mabel Morrill, a great lover of words, poetry, and young people, has retired. Her intense enjoyment of language and its uses has inspired her Creative Writing classes and her English classes to reach new literary goals. Mrs. Morrill’s classes have been invigorating in every sense of the word. Her warm smile and Elizabethan wit have made it a ‘‘delightful experience’ to be one of her students. Her alma maters, Emerson College and Boston University Graduate School, must be proud of this wonderful teacher.