Malden High School - Maldonian Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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UR. JOHN B. MATTHEWS, our active head master, includes among his many uties, daily announcements over the public address system to the school. Although Mr. Jenkins reached retirement age in l9-40, 'le remained as headmaster by a war emergency order Jntil l943. lt was then that our own Mr. John B. Matthews, who had been at Malden High School as a history teacher, nd later as Head of the Department, filled the position of eadmaster. Since that year, Mr. Matthews has succeeded n keeping the scholastic standard ot our school at a high evel. Through his understanding and never-failing encour- agement he has instilled in his students the realization that 'our school is a different school , and has guided them n keeping it so. ln the twelve years since l945, the world has entered the Atomic Age, and great changes have taken place over the entire hemisphere. Malden High has seen no physical change, although many educational advances have come about, Whereas, one hundred years ago, about twelve high school subiects were taught by one teacher and an assistant to a class of almost sixty pupils, now, the high school, with a faculty of seventy one, consists of nearly fifteen hundred pupils. The course of studies, conservative in many ways, gives our students excellent preparation for any college they may wish to enter. Every graduate is sure of finding his place in the world, whether it bein business, industry, or in higher education. NATIONAL SCHOOLBOY CHAMPIONS in 1935 were members of the M.H.S. rifle team. These boys with their coach Mr. Carl Pop Taylor were the predecessors of the excellent riflemen now representing Malden High. TERCENTENARY PARADE in 1949 Felebrated the 300th anniversary pf Malden. This float, built by lM.H.S. students, showed the penalties of early days. 23

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THE ORCHESTRA OF 1940, under the direction at Miss Florence Heller, was where Mr. Robert K. Love began his M.H.S. musical career. Shown here as a stud' pianist, Mr. Love is now the director at our orchestra and of the Choral Art Society, and teacher ofthe Music Appreciation class. .sf ...A g THE FIRST GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM was formed in the year l924. Here we see the 1924 team dressed in their bloomers and middie blouses . THE M.H.S. VARSITY BASEBALL TEAM in l936 numbered among its players Chuckin' Charlie O'Rourke tfront centerl, Today, O'Rourke holds the position of head coach of the University of Massachusetts football team. By September of l945, the war had ended. Grateful America discarded her black-out curtains and air ra helmets. Women threw away their baggy rayon stockina and well-worn household ration books, and were hapl to see store shelves again stocked with sugar and canm goods. Added to the Malden High School Roll of Hon were the names of classmates and teachers who had mal the supreme sacrifice - those who never returned fro battle. The bronze plaques, bearing their names, whil were put up at central locations throughout Malden, wel a testimony to their devotion to school and country. t MALDEN HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADERS made a big change at the beg ning of the second World War. For the first time, girls led the cheering 1 tion at athletic events, as their male predecessors went off to war.

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P TURKEY DAY CLASSIC IN l928 was slightly different from the game of today. The spectators at the annual Thanksgiving Day Malden vs. Medford game filled the grandstands, which stood on the railroad side of the field. As the years have passed, we have seen the conflict i Korea settled, new discoveries made in science and med cine -- the Salk polio vaccine reiected, and later acclaimet and widely used. Politics, world affairs, social problem: scientific research and technological advances - these hav influenced our lives, as Americans, as students. These w have seen in the passing panorama of the years. The Malden High School parade has reached i957 - a year of uneasy peace. The eyes of the world have shifter in rapid succession from the uprising of the oppressed Hur garians, to the seething unrest in the Middle East, and the to the South American countries, torn by revolution. Th course of world events has thrust upon America the leader ship of the world, Under the stabilizing guidance of Dwigf D. Eisenhower -- reelected president in an overwhelmint demonstration of personal popularity - our country ha reached new heights of progress and prosperity. Tremendous achievements in the fields of science an- research have come about in the few short months of l95f - iet planes circling the globe in little more than forty-eigh hours - atomic powered submarines - Atoms for Peace In the field of entertainment, the country has been swept b the Elvis Presley craze - Rock and Roll - quiz program: which have kept thousands glued to their television set watching contestants display vast amounts of knowledge ant receive even vaster amounts of prize money. M.H.S. FOOTBALL TEAM IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA defeated the Robert E. Lee High team in a post-season bowl game in December, I949. The Golden Tornado spent two wonderful weeks, winning the 'Gator Bowl game, sight-seeing in Florida and Washington, and representing its school in true M.H.S. fashion. Here o group of parents and friends are on hand to cheer the boys on, as they leave for the game.