Leominster High School - Magnet Yearbook (Leominster, MA)

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Pee Ak THE LEOMINSTER SENIOR HIGH SCHCOL P.T.A. The aim of our Parent-Teachers organiza- tion is to be of help to both the faculty and our children. Such assistance is naturally controlled by the many problems that con- front both the faculty in their attempts to impart education in its many phases and the parents in their attempts to assist. This year, 1948-49, our wish is to remove a stigma that students have been on the receiving end of for years, a subject much discussed by those who know the least about it. I refer to Child Delinquency. The Parent-Teachers association is plac- ing the blame on the real culprits, who have evaded this responsbibility for years. The blame for child delinquency is parental delinquency or failure of parents to remember and profit by their youth. This year’s program has been divided into the following headings: failure of educa- tion, failure of religion, failure of physical development and failure of the home. These subjects will no doubt develop considerable controversy or difference of opinion, but we realize the time has come when the truth will be a great assistance to the parents in reaching a better understanding. Our sincere hope is that such an understanding will reflect on the children. To be brief, we feel that Child Delinquency is due to a failure or a combination of failures. To command respect is not done by word of mouth, but through the kindness and understanding of both parents and teachers. This, then, is the challenge that has to be met. Those that eventually meet this challenge will be the parents and teachers alike who through meetings such as we are trying to have, in the form of the Parent-Teachers organization, have gained an insight to youth's requirements of the present age. Fully to analyze the actual conditions of to-day, we have attempted to procure speakers well versed in their professions. To arouse interest in order to place these fine talks and general after-talk discussions into every home possible has been one of our great problems. It is the wish of the Leominster High School P. T. A. that through its attempt to bring about better schools, better teachers, and, yes, even better parents, a future for the oncoming generation will be one showing a marked improvement in all phases and standards of living. With every good wish possible for the graduating class of 1949 and for all the boys and girls in the high school. We are, Leominster High School P. T. A. R. R. GRENFELL, president 1]

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Percy Dunlop—Bookkeeping—Personal Typewriting—Pianist on Sing Committee. Blanche M. Jobes—Bookkeeping—Typewriting—Student Finance Com- mittee—Gifts and Tokens Committee—Safety Committee. Kathleen F. Smith—Stenography—Junior Class Advisor—Typewriting. DRAWING DEPARTMENT Aldrich V. Cousins—Mechanical Drawing—Dramatic Committee. Kathleen Harris—Free Hand Drawing—Dramatic Committee. MUSIC DEPARTMENT Lucile M. Brown—Director of Music in Leominster High Schools—Director of Orchestra—Director of Glee Club and Choral Club—Assistant at Graduation. Richard Sutcliffe—Director of Band—Assistant at Graduation. PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Charles B. Broderick—Coach—Judge of Cheerleaders. Theodore M. Kucharski—Assistant Coach. Carmine Picucci—Assistant Coach—Physical Education. Lancelot Fowler—Basketball Coach. Gladys Lavin—Coach of Girls—Ski Club Director—Physical Education. SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT Head of Department—Everett C. Donnelly—U. S. History—Geography— Audio-Visual Education Director—Dramatic Committee—Teaching Aids Com- mittee—Pre-Driving Course. Theodore M. Kucharski—United State History—Economics and Sociology | Robert Laserte—United States History—Testing Committee. Dwight S. Davis—Pre-Driving Course. John F. Magane—U. S. History—Guidance—Human Relations—Sophomore Class Advisor. John H. Rogers—Testing Committee—Modern History—Economics and Sociology. George Peck—Human Relations. EDUCATIONAL GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT John H. Coburn—Pupils’ Subjects and Elections and Change of Courses. Francis L. Lockey—Pupils’ Subjects and Elections and Changes of Courses. Dwight S. Davis—Pupils’ Subjects and Elections and Changes of Courses. Henry B. Fenton—Pupils’ Subjects and Elections and Changes of Courses. VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT Henry B. Fenton—Blanche M. Jobes—Robert Laserte—John H. Rogers— Everett C. Donnelly.

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Dedication... To Miss Elizabeth Colley, with devotion and appreciation, we dedicate our book. Miss Colley has been to us, the Magnet Staff, a constant source of inspiration and understanding. To the entire class Miss Colley personifies the art of a true teacher — the ability to bring forth the best from her pupils. The warmth of her friendly attitude and genuine kindness has endeared her to us all. And if we achieve success, it may well be due to her untiring efforts. Surely our memories in years to come will be enriched by our contacts with this charming person, Miss Elizabeth Colley. 12