Lexington High School - Lexington Yearbook (Lexington, MA)

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working the wheels Proctor talk over discipline problems at L.H.S. or are they discussing outstanding achievements in wood shop and mechanical drawing? pre 4 titi DOWN 20 Mr. MacInnes and Mr. Mr. Messina and Mr. DuFour revise next year’s pre- engineering course. Power mechanics and electronics along with wood and metal are the four topics covered by this one year course. Mr. Burnell escapes for an hour of lunch. He seems to have figured a new angle on getting more equipment for the metal shop. Lexington’s own hot rodders, Mr. Malcolm and Mr. Gumb, relay their skills in a half year of class- room and six hours on the road.

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Mr. Flynn demonstrates the typewriter to Mrs. Cadran. The typing course trains students for secretarial work and provides them with a skill for personal use. With the aid of the controlled reader and marching-song records, typists build speed and develop rhythm. Miss Spidle, Miss machine. Such courses as Business Machines or Campbell, and Mr. Llewellyn of the Business Accounting prepare students for both the busi- Education Department operate the duplicating ness world and business school. Through the porthole Mr. Collard surveys the progress of the new building. As coordinator of the new Work Experience Program, he also surveys the progress of students in their school placement jobs. The Work Experience Program, which is the offspring of the Basic Studies Program, provides students with job training in conjunction with classroom studies. Miss Clark and Mrs. Lutrzykowski are the directors of the Home Economics center. They have provided cooking classes for both girls and boys and sewing classes for all interested girls. There is a psychology course which includes a type of self analysis, allowing one to understand himself that he might better understand others. winning the world 19

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Mr. Todaro adjusts the parallel bars for those hardy souls who participate in the recently stepped-up gymnastics program. Always watching out for the boys, Mr. Janusas and Mr. Lord eagerly watch as students agilely climb the ropes. Mr. Messina and Doc Abell inspire the boys to keep up those difficult exercises. Mr. Massimino is directing his class in rigorous calisthenics which are a part of every gym period. Mr. Keith and these boys show us that gym does not have to be all work, but it can also produce a lot of laughs, as well. Girls, too, have reached new heights in physical education. Miss Lawson shows how easy the uneven parallel bars can be. Miss Leavitt and Mrs. Russian carefully spot her. Mrs. Mogan and Mrs. Burrows, the school nurses, continue their program to help point out health dangers to students to help them maintain the heights they have attained. building the body Py |