Greenfield High School - Evergreen / Exponent Yearbook (Greenfield, MA)

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The class of 1961 dedicates its yearbook to Mr. John Thompson. Mr. Thompson came to Greenfield High School in 1958 from Arms Academy in Shelburne Falls. He teaches Problems of Democracy and U. S. History and serves as Co-ordinator of the Social Studies Department. For the past two years he has served as advisor of the Student Council. Under his supervision the council has become a more active and powerful body. He en¬ couraged and helped put into effect the new method of student council election and attended a council conference with two of the members at Tufts University in August of 1960. Mr. Thompson has the type of leadership which insures the motto of Greenfield High School—Truth, Honor, and Loyalty.

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MR. FREDRICK W. PORTER The class of 1961 dedicates this page as a tribute to our Superintendent of Schools, Fredrick W. Porter, who retires with our graduation. Mr. Porter was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and graduated from Springfield Classical High School. After receiving a B.S. degree at Tufts and a Masters degree in Education at Harvard, he served in the American Expeditionary Force in France. At the end of the war he became Superintendent of Schools in Stoneham, thence a supervisor for the state department of education in Connecticut. Since 1929 he has been Superintendent of the Greenfield School System. Under his direction the Greenfield Vocational School was established. Four Corners, Green River, and the High School were built during his administration. Mr. Porter’s philosophy of education stressed the importance of the full develop¬ ment of the individual so that he might serve society most beneficially. We bid Mr. Porter farewell and wish him to know that he has our gratitude for his outstanding service to us who have been entirely schooled under his tenure.