Framingham North High School - Archon Yearbook (Framingham, MA)

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The Music Department means chorus courses, hours of rehearsals, and notes for the teacher; it is a football landing in a sousaphone at a football game; but most of all, it is Mr. Joseph Oneschuk. His talented musicians are heard at football games and athletic rallies, the Christmas assembly, music festival, senior play, Memorial Day Parade, National Honor Society Induction, awards assemblies, and graduation. In the music theory courses, fundamentals and techniques of music history and composition are taught. The classes must prepare a complete band score, played and conducted by the students. This course has also resulted in the composition of an original school alma mater and 1967 Class Song. The music appreciation classes are experimenting with a related arts approach in which music is integrated with the develop- ment of history, literature, and art. In the department marks may be scaled to retain harmony between student and teachers. 2-

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Mr. Cotton, Director of Art Mr. Bagush Mr. Clancy Mr. Ritval 26 7irt Department In the art rooms student work is plainly visible on walls, doors, blackboards, and windows. Basics of art: paint, sculpture, carving, weav- ing, even advertising design are part of the curriculum directed by Mr. Neil Cotton. Each year, a stuffed owl and pheasant, used as models, become immortalized in hundreds of drawings; this year they were misplaced, briefly, to the grief of all involved. Inspiration came in Mr. Clancy ' s words, ut- tered over an incipient master- piece: It has possibilities. A few students returned for post graduate weaving courses; oth- ers trailed behind Mr. Forbes with supplies as he moved class- es from the vocational art room to B-15. Through the year, various teachers helped with school events, including the senior play, and es- pecially the Prom. In art, the stu- dent created — with paint, clay, paper, wood, and frequently, in- spiration.

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S7ncfus riaf CTlrfs Mr. Krikorian Mr. Champlin Mr. Edmond 1 The Industrial Arts De- partment offers a multi- faceted program which en- ables students to gain ex- perience in the areas of mechanical drawing, wood- work, metalworlt, the graphic arts, electricity, technical drawing, and data process- ing. Here students learn the techniques of building, pho- tography, magnetism, com- munications, and electricity, later to be used in their work or hobbies. Computer programming and solid state electronics are grow- ing fields the department explores: calculations at in- credible speed and devices streamlined of vacuum tubes. Using techniques learned, students construct boats and assemble a working televi- sion. Moderp (industrial) art. Mr. Farrell Mr. Krencisz 1