Malden High School - Maldonian Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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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

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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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Department Assists Us In Planning Our Future CHEERFUL F. CHAMPLIN WEBSTER, Latin Department Head, can often be found in his office performing his duties as Junior Class Master and co-ordinator of athletic activities. I ' VE READ THIS NOTE THOUSANDS OF TIMES BEFORE ' says Mr. Perry to Vic Lemmo. Mr. Perry is Senior Class Master, Head of the Science Department, administrator of boy ' s absences, and is in chage of school supplies. CHECKING UP ON DELINQUENT STU¬ DENTS is just one of the countless duties of Malden High School ' s Sophomore Class Master, Mr. Clarke R. Brookes. Reading Test, and the Minnesota Mechanical Aptitude Test which were administered by Miss Arlene J. Walton with the assistance of Miss Helene Moore, Miss Edna E. Turkington, and Miss Barbara Norton. CONSULTING HIS FILES, Mr. Chester Santilli, Boys ' Guidance Counselor, prepares to advise Arthur Harris on his choice of college. Mr. Santilli also interprets test scores, and is always on hand to advise boys on their problems. 29