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

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Miss Isabelle Brown — librarian Mrs. Rose Burns — nurse Mrs. Mildred M. Cabana — counselor “We live each year as it comes and look ahead to the living that is tomor- Tow. Mr. Gerald Canter — counselor “Interesting, flexible, intelligent, concerned, with much vitality are apt descriptions of the kinds of students I have worked with the past few years.” Miss Judith Carlson — English Mrs. Carpenter — guidance office clerk Mr. Archie Cataldi— gym Miss Andrea Chechile — language Mr. Wm. Conway — social studies “We can detect a refreshing trend in the attitude that students have in these past few years. It seems that young people are less concerned with their image and more concerned with being young people.’ Miss Mary Corcoran — counselor “Time is, Time was, Time will be. What I make of time Is up to me.”

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The hopes and fears of the Foreign Language Department are expressed by department head, Mr. David Douglas: “Especially in the Spanish classes, the wide variety of student abilities benefits no one. I would like to see more homogeneous groupings in all of the language classes ... like a special Spanish tract for those who have al- ready completed alanguage ... . The “language facilities”. Classroom Focus: Language ‘Next year, we hope to offer several semester courses to third and fourth year students that will cover a partic- ular facet of a language: grammar, lis- tening, the works of a specific author, or astudy of a foreign culture... . “But of course, a truly effective program requires access to an opera- tional language laboratory.’ ’ Mrs. Julia Beverly — math Mrs. Jean Bogan — English Mrs. Barbara Bowen — social studies Mr. Henry Brady — English ‘Having started to write the Great “Tl made a childhood vocation of American novel several times be- wanting to be 25.” tween the ages of 8 and 17 I realized, finally, the vast American reading public had not the perception to ap- preciate fully my efforts. Those, t herefore, who can’t; teach. Perhaps one of my students will write it one day. The vicarious thrill and satisfac- tion could be just as great.” age!” “Each succeeding year has been my favorite — obviously, I improve with

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Classroom Focus: American Studies According to Mrs. Barbara Bowen, “ American Studies provides an inter- disciplinary approach to the study of the American people. American Stud- ies concerns the student with the common man and how he lived in dif- ferent periods. Our students go on more field trips than are usually planned for the traditional courses so they can understand our America of today. In short, the course deals with the way the common man reacted to or has himself influenced the shaping of the American heritage.”’ Miss Lorraine Plasse teaches the lit- erature and language aspect of the course. She feels that ‘one of the ad- vantages of this course is that it teach- es language and literature with cultur- al perspective. Students see history reflected in the literature of the time.”’ Steven Vining, a student in the course, feels that ‘it’s a lot better than just learning facts. You get to express your own ideas and to get a different perspective on history and English.”’ Mrs. Curran — clerk Mrs. Iris Danforth — Social Studies “To be able to see a new day coming is a blessing.’ ’ Mrs. Susan Danton — English “The memories I have are warm, comfortable, happy, and exciting ones. Time has done its work quite well.”