Malden High School - Maldonian Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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looking inside One faculty member described him as “the kind of guy who can’t say no . Cecil Busby began teaching woodworking here in September 1967. His background was industry. Highly skilled in silk screening and graphics, he had come to a point where he was one of the best in his field and there was little to challenge him. Nights and summers he worked first toward a Bachelors and then a Masters degree in Education. His teaching is conscientious. A perfectionist, he demands the same from his students. The list of formal and informal advisory roles he has filled would include almost every prom, senior play, and junior varieties since he began teaching here. We greatly respect what he is and what he represents. We proudly dedicate the 1979 Maldonian to him. the editors It seems that we have arrived in a new age. The events of this year seem to have changed the stage of our “human pilgrimage”. Looking outside, no one seems to be able to exactly define the many changes we have experienced. Our society changed. The world had grown too expensive, too ineffective, yet a new hope beckoned. World events included the slaughter in Guyana, U.S. recognition of Red China, and the birth of a test tube baby. p4 plO When we look at school as a microcosm of society, we see reflections of the attitudes, social trends, and fads of the society. We bring to the school current philosophies and mold our own distinct, dominantly adolescent society around them. Looking inside, we find a blend of the larger society with our own place. looking outside 2 dedication contents

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Malden High School, Malden, Massachusetts 02148 Volume 60 MALDliN PUBLIC LIBRARY

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looking it over On the surface, school is a kaleidoscope of change. In reality, schools are more conservative than the larger community. American high school life is ritualized and traditional. Every school, however, is different, and no two school years are exactly alike. The story of the year reflects those hidden and more obvious changes which made this year unique. Pl7 p92 We were reminded by our President that we are honest, decent people. Sociologists thought otherwise and labeled the seventies the “me decade , bent on an orgy of selfishness. Students, custodians, teachers, all of us were part of the community of people that made the “us of Malden High in the last year of the seventies. looking at us looking around town It is almost impossible to define what Malden is and distinguish it from other cities as it is being absorbed into the anonymous metropolitan blob. The real nature of Malden is scarcely visible. It lies in the inhabitants of Malden. They make the city what it is. The small barrier line between cities doesn’t automatically make you feel differently, but the feeling for your own city is carried across the line and is to a large degree indefinable except in terms of particular people. p217 contents 3