Gloucester High School - Flicker Yearbook (Gloucester, MA)

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Guidance Department Helps Us In and Out of School The duties of the Guidance Counselors, Miss Margaret C. Tufts and Mr. Leon Sprague, are numerous and varied. They help students in their subject selection since both constants and electives are included in the curriculum. Test programs which determine individual aptitude and interest are administered by the Guid- ance Department. The counselors, when they feel that students are not performing to capacity, as judged by past achievements and test results, help the students with their difficulties. Occasionally, personal and so- cial problems enter the picture. Miss Tufts and Mr. Sprague must advise students having one of three ob- jectives in mind: school, college, or work; therefore, they must be aware of changing requirements in schools and colleges. The Guidance Department maintains a vt complete file of catalogues of schools and colleges. Files of vo- cational literature are also included among information available in the Guidance Office. With Extracurricular Activities We Find Much to Do. Miss Marjorie H. Gale is the Director of Extra- Curricular Activities. The extracurricular program of Gloucester High School, which includes departmental clubs, hobby clubs, debating contests, school plays, musicals, literary publications, as- semblies, and such groups as the Student Council and the Honor Societies, offers all pu- pils an opportunity to participate under teacher supervision in these activities, as well as opening new fields of interest, promoting worthy use of leisure time, giving pupils a chance for self-expression, and providing the opportunity for coordination of mind and body.

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Vice-Principal and Director Vocational School The Vice-Principal serves as an administrative assistant to the Principal, working in many different areas and on varied projects which may be suggested and initiated by the Principal. Routine duties embody discipline, responsibility for supplies, admin- istraton of mid-year examinatons, and the detailed work of making a master schedule. Here Mr. Winslow S. Parkhurst is dictating to his secretary. Miss Catherine T. McEachern. To the Graduating Class of 1959 Trees have no umbrellas when it rains or storms. Your educational training these past four years has provided you with a shelter against the constant tattooing of the vicissitudes of life. Remember, a well trained homing pi- geon always returns home. A job well done remains with its executor, adding to his stature, a member of his community. Democracy does not owe any individual a living, rather you as individuals, fortu- nate to be living in a free society, owe democracy a full measure of development of your potential so this gift of freedom can be passed on to your descendants un- blemished. Sincerely yours, HAROLD B. GEARY Director, Gloucester Vocational School 10

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We Are Grateful to These People Librarian of the Fellows Library is Miss Dorothy A. Londergon. There are approximately thirty- five hundred books available to the students, as well as a picture and pamphlet collection. The library also contains a record collection and numerous magazines. Miss Winifred E. Ross, the school nurse, main- tains an office in the school infirmary. Stu- dents who become ill during the day may go to the Health Suite where they are well taken care of. Miss Helen W. Morton is the head of the Gloucester High cafeteria, which serves well- balanced, appetizing meals on every school day. Operating on a non-profit basis, the cafe- teria offers to many students who work there, the opportunity to gain experience. for Their Help in Our School Life The floormasters of Gloucester High are Mr. Winslow S. Park- hurst, Mr. J. Vincent Elmer, and Mr. Vernon C. Hooper, for the first, second, and third floors re- spectively. Such areas as tardiness, absence, and discipline come un- der their control. It is the job of the floor supervisor to see that all matters on his floor run smoothly. 12