Malden High School - Maldonian Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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A patient and understanding Headmaster Mr. John B. Matthews Is Our Friend And Guide MR. JOHN B. MATTHEWS To be a truly great and successful educa¬ tor, a man must have certain qualities which distinguish him among his pupils and which distinguish him among his fellow man. He must be intellectually superior with an innate under¬ standing of youth and its problems; he must have unshakable patience, yet must be firm enough to command. discipline; he must have the wisdom and ability which come with age and experience; and, above all, he must have an intense love for his work, his students, and his school. Such a man is Mr. John B. Matthews, who has been our headmaster for seventeen years, a man who has dedicated his life to edu¬ cation, in particular, to Malden High School. 27

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From test tubes to typewriters . . . The M. H. S. Secretaries Help the Faculty They say that In back of every suc¬ cessful man there is a woman and Mr. Mat¬ thews has not one but three. These are the three efficient office secretaries, Miss Mabel McQuesten, Mrs. Helen Hills, and Miss Eunice Young, who help keep the school running smoothly. However, Mr. Matthews is not the only one who has secretaries, for many other members of the faculty have student secre¬ taries to help them. Some work S period, others work in their spare periods, but all work after school. Each of them receives 75 f. an hou r. For instance Jean Arthur, Mr. Chris¬ tian ' s handy-man , arrives each morning at 6:30 and can be found doing anything from dusting to preparing solutions. Most of the girls do secretarial work such as typing and bookkeeping, but others like Mr. Web¬ ster ' s secretaries, Claire Boudreau and Flor¬ ence Pike, sell candy as one of their jobs; and Jean Principato, Miss Grace ' s assistant, has the responsibility of arranging one of the first floor showcases. Surely Malden High will always be a successful school with such secretaries as these! IS JOHN SMITH THERE? asks Miss Eun¬ ice Young. Calling homerooms is only one of her duties, for she is also head of the stenography and typing department. MISS MABEL MCQUESTEN, our only full time office secretary, types col¬ lege transcripts, in addition to writing up the daily bulletin, assigning substitutes, and taking care of Mr. Matthew ' s correspondence. MRS. HELEN HILLS, looking through the index file, is responsible for academic records and class standings. She also teaches stenography and typing. OUR DEPENDABLE TEACHERS ' SECRETARIES, who are always typing, mimeographing, or doing whatever an efficient secretary might be asked to do, are left to right, 1st row: C. Boudreau for Mr. Webster, B. Gamerman for Miss Crowe, D. Makris for Miss Johnson, F. Pike for Mr. Webster, C. Renzullo for Miss Walton, A. Henderson for Miss Howard. 2nd row: J. Grabowski for Mrs. Fogg, D. Antonowicz for ' Dr. Spencer, N. Fowle for Mr. Perry, J. Cummings for Mr. Kelliher, G. Hibbard for Miss Faircloth, N. Tombion for Mrs. Dennis, J. Arthur for Mr. Christian. 3rd row: D. Clough for Miss Turkington, M. Dian for Dr. Silverman, I. Stoffer for Mr. Webster, J. Robbins for Mr. Brookes. 26

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With the aid of test scores . . . THE SCHOOL RECORD IS OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE, Miss Turking- ton counsels during a conference about college requirements. Miss Turkington is kept busy with her duties as Guidance Counselor, Dean of Girls, and Head of the History Department. Our Guidance With the aid of test scores, grades, I.Q. ' s and their own personal knowledge, our guidance department seeks to aid the student in many ways. Director of Testing, Miss Arline J. Walton, administers tests to determine the I.Q., aptitude, interests, and achievements of each student. Using the results of these tests Miss Helene Moore, Di¬ rector of Guidance in the Malden Public School System, with Miss Edna E. Turkington, Miss Barbara Norton, and Mr. Chester Santilli discuss in individual conferences the possibilities of higher education or the type of work to which the student is best suited. The three class masters try to correct personal prob¬ lems that students have so that they will be more suc¬ cessful in future years. The Senior Class Master, Mr. Ro¬ bert W. Perry, is administrator of boys ' absences. Mr. F. Champlin Webster, Jr., the Junior Class Master, is in charge of tardiness. The Sophomore Class Master, Mr. Clarke R. Brookes, serves as a counselor for delinquent boys and for those who find it difficult to adjust to high school life. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GIVE YOU A BOOK LIST? inquires Miss Barbara Norton as she counsels Janice Wood about preparation for college. Miss Norton, former guidance director at Lincoln Jr. High, serves as girls ' guidance counselor. During Miss Turkington ' s illness, Miss Norton kindly assumed many of Miss Turkington ' s duties. JUNIORS BITE THEIR NAILS! Although the B.U. Battery tests were discontinued this year, a group of standardized tests were still taken by all the juniors. These consisted of four tests: the Californa Mental Maturity Test, the A.C.E. test, a