Malden High School - Maldonian Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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B efore the year began the administrative headaches started to mount. There were seven hundred freshmen to fit for the first time into the building. Classes were larger than anyone would have liked. Choices were fewer. More enrolled in computer courses than there were computers to be used for instruction The same was true of drafting courses. It was impossible to run whole school assemblies. The student population would not fit into Jenkins. For the first few weeks they didn ' t fit very well into the cafeteria. To accommodate the traditional enrollment in a tighter schedule the band was divided into two groups. There were not enough uniforms to go around. The same could be said of substitues, books, supplies or just about anything else we had become accustomed to. ' 4-Making tilings Fit

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1. With the arrival of the Freshman Class this year, the Auditorium became too small to hold the entire student body Here at the football rally the Jenkins is crammed. k ‘ X mM m j ► A r i i hpF 1

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1. A new election promised a new beginning with the packed inauguration of Thomas Fallon. 2. View from Mayor Conway ' s office was bleak after just having been ousted in November ' s election and early snow storms depleating the snow removal budget. 3. A link from the past, this shrine to Malden ' s soldiers in World War I was placed again at its traditional position after it had been removed with the building of the new school. 4. Computer II, one of the many over crowded classes at Malden High, forced some students to retake Computer I. Most of the classes were held in the classroom since there were too many students and not enough computers. Making Things Fit 5