Lexington High School - Lexington Yearbook (Lexington, MA)

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Administration TU THE STUDENTS May | congratulate you for having the good fortune to be attending the Lexington High School of today instead of the original high school that was opened one hundred years ago. When the twenty boys and ten girls ‘‘climbed the winding stairs to the upper chamber in the town hall’ on the first day of the new high school in September 1854, they entered a room the size of one of our classrooms today, lighted only from one end and having blackboards on the other three walls. Three rows of double desks faced the platform on which stood the teacher’s table. In that one room the teacher-prin- cipal heard the pupils ‘recite’ their lessons, fi rst this group, then that, while those not reciting ‘’studied” Latin, French, history, rhetoric, a little natural science, and a good deal of mathematics and English grammar. Young people who did not take to these studies did not go to high school; they went to work, Since that time the comforts and convenience of living have increased a hundredfold and the opportunities and equipment of your high school have increased in proportion. Compare the conditions of living in those days with those of today; compare that little room and the limited opportu- nities of that first school with your new building and the variety of courses you have now. It has truly been a Century of Progress and you are indeed fortunate to be a student in Lexington High School today instead of one hundred years ago. IND a et [5] Manfred L. Warren, Principal

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Mr. Charles H. Norris, Mr. Richard P. Cromwell, Mr. Myron C. Fisher, Mr. George Wadsworth, Mrs. George P. Morey, Mr. John Blackhall Smith, Superintendent of Schools SCHOOL COMMITTEE Unlike our high school system which is just a century old, the institution of a school committee in Lexington dates back to 1821. First in Massa- chusetts, this committee is credited with recommendations which, six years later, were incorporated into a state law requiring a school committee in every town. For over one hundred years our school committees not only have super- intended the schools but also have visualized our increasing needs in educa- tion. Their foresight has resulted in our new, modern high school. It was they who, having approved the plans of the building committe e, contracted the builders. It was they who, with the help of the teachers, selected the furniture and other equipment, and they who hired the necessary additional teachers. Even though the new high school has opened, the school committee is still called upon to solve many of the problems always needing adjustment after such an undertaking. In spite of the great amount of time, energy, and thought spent, the members are unpaid. Freely elected, the school committee represents, in its highest sense, democracy in education.

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EDWARD E. ABELL B.P.E., Springfield College; Ed.M., Boston University Physical Education Head Coach: Basketball; Coach: Intramurals Director of Health Safety and Phys- ical Education, Lexington Schools H. JOHN ADZIGIAN B.S., Harvard University; M. Ed., Tufts College Consumer Education Plane Geometry Student Council; Traffic Advisor: Squad SHEILA CREAMER B.S.Ed., St. Lawrence University Librarian Advisor: Library Staff PARKER DEXTER B.A., Bates College, M.C.S., Boston University Business, Law, Orientation AMY CAMPBELL Burdett College, Simmons College Business Tramng WILBUR E. CHEEVER A.B., M.A., Harvard University English Head of English Department Advisor: Dramatic Club, Senior Class Play, Speaking and Essay Contests HILDA M. ALLEN B.A., Pembroke College; M.A., Radcliffe College Latin Advisor: Senior Class MICHEL J. ANTONE A.B., M.A., Brown University General Math, Algebra Coach: Freshman Football JENNIE BUJNIEVICZ B.A., University of New Hamp- shire; M.A., Middlebury College English Advisor: Spotlight, Junior Class [6] LANCELOT B. COOPER B.S., Springfield College Biology and Health Advisor: Senior Class, Intra- murals; Coach: Football (Ass’t), Golf JOSEPH GIBSON A.B., A.M.T., Harvard University Social Studies Assistant Coach: Football DONALD J. GILLESPIE B.Mus., Boston University Instrumental Music Advisor: Band, Orchestra LEO V. GITTZUS B.S.E., Fitchburg State Teachers’ College W oodworking Coach: Intramural Basketball