Malden High School - Maldonian Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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Students learn on the job . . . Distributive Education Offers New Opportunity Distributive education began in Malden High School in September of 1962. Although it had been in use in several surrounding areas, this was the first time it had been tried in the Malden school system. The school committee appointed as the instructor Mr. Carmine J. Belmonte who had had experience as a substitute teacher and a sales manager. Starting with three girls, the course has now expanded to nineteen students in the senior class. In addition, there is a junior class with nineteen members; and a sophomore class is in the plan¬ ning stages. The class room itself has changed from a dingy first floor room with folding chairs to a well-lighted laboratory with glass display cases, attractive tables, and chairs. Along with the regular English and history courses, distribu¬ tive education students explore all the different departments of retailing and salesmanship. All students receive regular school marks plus a grade from the company for which they work. To supplement book and on-the-job training, selected speakers from all phases of industry lec¬ ture at regular intervals. In addition, the classes view films and slides. Mr. Belmonte is trying to develop efficient and capable graduates to fill the unlimited number of openings in the business field. Applicants have found that the prospective employer prefers a student with an educational background distri¬ buted among the many phases of retailing and business administration. Carmine J. Belmonte DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION STUDENT, Geraldine Weiner capably displays her salesmanship to three interested parents on Malden High ' s Parents ' Night as Mr. Belmonte supervises the sale. The students gain invaluable merchandising experience both in the classroom and on the job. 29

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Paul C. Smith Business Adviser to Blue Gold Helen S. Hills Mildred O. McAllister Office Secretary Claire DeVito Head adviser — Class of ' 65 Joseph J. Sacco Financial adviser — Class of ' 65 SENIOR JUNE MAC LAUGHLIN demonstrates a new addition to the commer¬ cial department, the Verifax Copying Machine which reproduces by photo¬ g raphing the original. 28

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Oral, Written, Read English is Studied by Every Student J. Russell Bowman Head of English Department The English Department has welcomed three new teachers this year. They are Miss Marjorie L. Resnek, Miss Gertrude Drey and Dr. Charles I. Gross, Jr. Miss Resnek received her A.B. from Wellesley and her M.Ed. from Tufts University. Part time instructors in the department are Miss Gertrude Drey and Dr. Charles I. Gross, who also teach classes in the Latin department. Among the new texts this year is English 2600, the self teaching machine for grammar review. Each teacher of sophomore English has a set of these books in his possession to use at his discretion. Many new paper back editions have been added for outside reading. Some of these are Faulkner ' s Light in August, Paton ' s Cry the Beloved Country, Monsarrat ' s The Cruel Sea, Graves ' I. Claudius, LaFarge ' s Laughing Boy, and Thoreau ' s Walden. A new record player has given many classes a chance to hear as well as read such classics as Julius Caesar and Macbeth. Two sixth period College English 3 classes have been viewing the twelve television broadcasts of Our Town by Wilder, Hamlet by Shake¬ speare and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. BOOK REPORTS VIA TAPE — interested students of Mr. Hussey ' s College English class eagerly await their turn to record their book reports on tape. Betty Shatz pauses while Mr. Hussey adjusts the tape records. 30