Malden High School - Maldonian Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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§ agp numsrUirs atth Here are our citywide directors who guide the health, art, and music pro¬ grams. As director of the health program, Dr. Spencer this year has included a course in health five days a week for juniors and seniors. The many profitable and enjoyable vocational guidance talks at M.H.S. this year were planned and di¬ rected by Miss Moore. Through the in¬ terest of Miss Johnson all students may now take advantage of our fine art course. There have been fewer home students from the high school for Miss Blakely this year than for some time. Our music supervisor Mr. Silverman is also the cap¬ able director of the newly formed band. Together this team of experts, work un¬ ceasingly for our benefit. Our special directors are as follows: seated, Mary E. Spencer, Helene Moore, M. Adelia Johnson; standing, Dorothy E. Blakeley, Herbert Silverman. Here is abusy group of people with assorted jobs. They are the assistants to the busiest people in the school. Some clean up the chemistry, bi¬ ology, and physics labs, and set up materials for experiments, while others type, sell bus tickets, issue tardy slips, admit slips, and keep records. At Malden High we might fit an old saying to read: “Our faculty assistants are almost the right arms of these busy people.” Into the royal spotlight step our office assis¬ tants, whose work really makes the wheels go round. The strawberry blonde with a smile for everyone is Mr. Matthew’s secretary, Miss Mabel McQuesten, who has set up miles of daily bul¬ letins during the year. Warmhearted Mrs. Helen Hills is custodian of the students’ scholastic files and she issues the M.T.A. bus ticket applica¬ tions. Miss Eunice Young is forever paging us for forgotten lunches, and it is she who announces program changes and belated assignments on the P.A. system. We shall always remember their valuable place in our school life. Mabel McQuesten answers the telephone while Eunice Young checks the kardex and Helen Hills records data from the attendance slips. Our faculty assistants are (1st row) S. Binda, C. Papout- sis, D. Carbon, E. Weinbaum, G. Fewtrell, IW. Rabideau, (2nd row) J. Brandano, E. Anderson, A. Rubin, !W. Kelley, J. Gardner, N. Pauly. [ 14 ]

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ably supports mtr brft btrrrtnr JOHN B. MATTHEWS Our headmaster is a true friend and unfailing guide to all of us. He re¬ ceived his A.B. from Bowdoin and be¬ fore he became our principal, was Mal¬ den High’s popular history and econo¬ mics instructor. His hobbies are read¬ ing, fishing, and gardening, but his chief interest is our high school. A To the Members of the Class of 1952: As I write this note to you for the Maldonian, the year is nearly over. The time since first you entered the High School has passed so rapidly. So much to do and so little time. I hope your stay here has been both pleasant and profitable. One of the joys of our work is to watch the growth and development of our students. Your class has been no exception. We do hope that you have learned the fundamentals so well that whether you do go on to higher institutions of learning or take your places in the world, you will be able to meet whatever chal¬ lenges confront you. Remember one thing you have heard me say over and over again, “There is no substitute for hard work.” Good fortune to you all. Sincerely, JOHN B. MATTHEWS, Headmaster [ 13 ]

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Our classmasters and advisers are Clarke R. Brookes, F. Champlin Web¬ ster, Edna E. Turkington, Robert M. Perry. Beside teaching their own classes, our Class Masters have a full schedule of guidance before them. Not only do they help with the arranging of the students’ programs and their future education plans, but they also supervise attendance, extra curricula activities, and individual student problems. EDNA E. TURKINGTON Besides being head of the History Department, Miss Edna Turkington is also Dean of Girls. This latter task keeps her busy checking attendance and dismissals; helping students choose colleges and fill out applications. As if this is not enough, she is adviser to Usona. Often you will find her “burning the midnight oil” for M.H.S. ROBERT M. PERRY As Senior Class Master and Head of the Science Department, Mr. Perry is always on the go. He can be seen each morning admitting a line of boys who were absent, and he also distributes the school supplies every five weeks. The boys are fortunate to have him as a guidance counselor because his genial personality makes him a friend to all. CLARKE R. BROOKES Mr. Brookes, the Sophomore Class Master, is in charge of the disciplinary problems of all the boys in M.H.S. It is to him that the organizations must go to reserve the club room or the music room for meetings, or to use either of the auditoriums for programs. As co-ordinator of all non-athletic activities in the high school, he can be found en¬ joying himself at our dances and plays while he lends a helping hand. F. CHAMPLIN WEBSTER Mr. Webster, Junior Class Master, also serves as Faculty Manager of Athletics. Through his efforts the teams are supplied with the necessary equipment, schedules are arranged, and financial obligations met. He also supervises the tardiness in the high school and heavy storms this winter kept him quite busy. To top it all off, he serves as Head of the Latin Department. aaaibumta alunarre gxtt p «a [ 15 ]