Lexington High School - Lexington Yearbook (Lexington, MA)

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Mr. Cobb, a confirmed linguist, teaches both advanced program and basic studies eleventh graders. Here he chats with Mr. Nichols, whose personable charm makes him a great favorite with the students. “Mr. Nick” did an especially fine job on this year’s senior play. Miss Paradise is new to Lexington, but her sharp wit and effective threats have kept her students present, hard-working, and on their toes. Mrs. Page, a newcomer from Denver, believes in developing a student’s character as well as teaching him English. Miss Bujnievicz, of course, is a familiar member of the department who has rendered valuable assistance in matters of department organization, such as the monthly curriculum planning meetings pictured here. Miss Weinstein, as yet unfatigued by her first year of teaching here (including one A.P. class), is the guardian and inspirational force of (respectively) the Bridge Club and Overview (“The Thinking Man’s Magazine”). Her dynamic classroom approach teeters on the fine line between catastrophe and catharsis, from analyzing the Bible to probing Blackboard Jungle.

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The English Department must work untiringly with every student from sophomore to senior and at every level. It is remarkably well-staffed for the task, being a functional mixture of experienced and knowledgeable, youthful and inventive. The best example of versatility is set by the department head, Mr. Cheever, who is equally at home with Homer (in the original Greek) or William Faulkner. Mr. Rutherford, also an accomplished teacher, works ceaselessly with the student who is slow but willing to learn. chasing the commas A quiet, precise man by nature, Mr. Bagley is anything but timid when he wields his heavy red pencil. Many sophomores and juniors are well aware that poor diction and awkward construction cannot escape Mr. Bagley’s appraising eye. Dr. Satz, the only Ph.D. on the staff, comes from Revere where he was formerly a vice-principal. His backlog of teaching experience gives the impression that he could and would teach English under any imaginable condition—and teach it well. Considered a “slave driver” by her sophomores, Miss Smith has burst into Lexington from a background of junior high teaching in Brookline and a city high school in Cleveland, Ohio. Her immediate adjustment to Lexington life has surprised even the most active teachers, and one wonders, after her assuming the yearbook advisorship in her first year, what activities she will be heading up in the years to come.

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The staff member who has done more than anyone else to “spread the gospel” of the revolutionary linguistic approach in English teaching throughout the Lexington schools is Mrs. Bonney. Here she confers with Mr. Leach, the Reading Consultant, about a reading improvement program for her classes. Mr. Leach, in addition to helping countless students to improve their study techniques by improving their reading skills, is an accomplished world traveler and, fittingly, advisor to the American Field Service Organization. Miss Hayward’s youthful appearance masks a cool-headed and sober talent for organization that every High Spot editor knows well. Mrs. Chapman formerly taught English composition on the college level at the University of Maine and stresses mastery of the language in her courses here. Mr. Kirk, a champion of intellectual freedom, has greatly enriched the tenth grade curriculum with stimulating emphasis on painting, music and drama, as well as many pupil planned programs. Miss Chamberlain’s familiar warm smile cheers the “late shift” of p.m. sophomores. Miss Bilezekian’s soft- spoken manner belies a firm command of both her subject and her student’s attention.