Longmeadow High School - Masacksic Yearbook (Longmeadow, MA)

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it takes a big man to keep a high school, junior high, and five elementary schools operating in harmony . . . budgets to balance, places to go, contacts to make, teachers to recruit ... a conference with the School Committee concerning oversized classes at Wolf Swamp . . . Mr. Smith, will you please sit down! today a luncheon with sixty-five other superintendents — finally I should like to invite you all to visit our newly enlarged high school in Longmeadow ... to- morrow a panel discussion for P.T.A. — the importance of elementary school libraries . . . reports from nurses and schools on progress. indeed a growing community voicing strong demands on education and its superintendent, Dr. Robert Russell. DR. RUSSELL CONGRATULATES a successful LH.S. graduate. respon sibility for high school policy . . . DR. ROBERT D. RUSSELL, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS 13

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DURING A RE- CESS from School Committee busi- ness are Mrs. Rus- sell P. Dale, Jr., J. Robert Mont- gomery, and Mrs. Charles W. Car- ter, seated; Irving A. Quimby, Dr. Robert D. Russell, and Herbert M. Goldstein. School Committee, Superintendent bear problems . . . questions . . . decisions problems teachers . schools . . last year? . . the needs of the schools, students, and . . the maintenance of all Longmeadow what is the budget for this year, next year, questions . . . what policies should the school employ? ... do students need more classrooms? . . . how many students will be in school next year and what about Conant ' s new edicts — what do you think, Mrs. Carter? decisions . . . courses of study, the hours and the teachers for summer school . . . new teachers, tenure . . . policies and budget. problems . . . questions . . . decisions . . . and answers. 12 ATTENDING NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY TEA, Dr. Russell socializes with alumnus Bob Mauterstock over a plate of sandwiches. i k. Mi k- H 7 ■ 1

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EDGAR G. CRAVER, PRINCIPAL Springfield College, B.S. University of Connecticut, M.A. Harvard University Summer School Principal instills spirit and pride in achievement growth and we-hope progress . . . confusion and-then success . . . new ideas — does your principal make you wear ties? ... it gives us spirit, pride. committee ' s report on how to improve our school . . . new system for electing Student Council officers . . . coffee hours with parents ... a domestic exchange pro- gram with West Virginia . . . Faculty Council . . . achievements which others will follow. active and energetic . . . did you see him playing tennis yesterday? — did you hear him hollering at the football game? . . . active and energetic. our principal stands for growth, for innovation, activity ... he leads us on to become uncommon men, the best in Massachusetts — in the United States? MR. CRAVER HEADS toward a new day at L.H.S.