High School of Commerce - Caduceus Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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Modern Languages Promote International Relations Pictured above are Miss Mary McCarthy and Miss Mary Murrill of the Language Department. At right, Miss Bonnie English is shown at the board explaining a Spanish greeting to Teresa Forgotsch and several classmates. Members of the French class who participated in our Christmas program are Shown at right. Row 1, left to right: Sheila Tuo- hey, Margaret Merrick, Carole Roberts, Claudia Dubuc, Helen Florio. Row 2: Millicent Burgess, Suz- anne Champigny, Esther Nilson, Fanchon Sanders, Bette Denesha, Dorine Daigles ow 3: Christa Brandt, Linda McIntosh, Diane Chicketti, Judith Hartley. French and Spanish are the two special languages taught at Commerce which are included in the College Preparatory course. Miss Murrill and Miss McCarthy teach their pupils to appreciate the culture and heritage of France and Spain. The two teachers spend a great deal of their time teaching their students to read better and acquire a nearly perfect accent by the use of “phonetics.” Phonetics is an intense study of pronunciation. They also teach grammar, and the reading of compositions, short stories, books and newspapers. cits ca ACERS ESI

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At Commerce the Counselor Is a Helpful Friend Here, Miss Flynn is pictured going over counseling details with her Senior helper, Joanne Bangs. Miss Flynn is the counselor for the present. Freshman class. Next year she will continue to be their counselor while they are juniors. The counselor does more than advise her pupils; she encourages them, informs them of future careers, and helps them to ad- just to difficult situations. After the issuance of report cards each pupil has the opportu- nity of having an interview with his counselor. Miss Lynch is shown here discussing Janice Vennard’s marks with her. This is only one of the many duties of a counselor. In the spring, Miss Lynch visits the junior high schools in the area to help the pupils who are planning to attend Commerce in the fall to make out their programs. During the first months of the freshman year Miss Lynch takes part in a program called Freshman Orientation. In this program the counselors try to help the student to adjust to high school life. They dis- cuss study habits, opportunities, student activities and jobs held at the present time by Commerce graduates. Mr. Melville is pictured here inter- viewing John Johnson. Mr. Melville is the placement director here at Com- merce. His job is to assist the seniors who are graduating in finding jobs suited to their personality and abili- ties. He makes trips and contact work to obtain job openings, and develops job situations. Mr. Melville contin- uously attempts to place under-grad- uates in part-time work or vacation work. Another of Mr. Melville’s duties is that of summarizing and interpreting the rating cards of the juniors and seniors.

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Above: Miss Ruth Mars- den. Right: a watercolor class; left to right in fore- ground: Judy O’Brien, Ro- bert Albano, Verne Her- ring; in background: Wil- liam Santaniello and Minor Haskell, Below: Joyce Dion using the high-temperature electric furnace for ceram- ics. many people wish 10 Art Study Yields Pleasure Most people will agree that pictures and drawings add to the pleasure of life. As with music, art is a subject to be appre- ciated. Not everyone likes the same picture or piece of sculpture. Miss Marsden teaches two points to her stu- dents. (1) She feels that art must be a work of experience; this experience is not that of copying but of expressing one’s feeling. (2) Art is a way of expression with the elements of design. Some elements of design are harmony, balance, color, rhythm, and unity, which brings things together. In addition, Miss Marsden and her students aid the school in such projects as the G. O. Dance, Capers, Red Cross work, Commercial Art and stage work of different sorts. gvases are a few ke. Occasionally of their projects art classes also pencil, scratch gat things which ould create. Miss Ca