Melrose High School - Log Yearbook (Melrose, MA)

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Alice Cann C.lerk-Typist Leonard W. Clark Physical Education. Cross Country Coach Alton B. Cole Social Studies, Foreign A ffairs Club Adviser William Griffith Couser Head of English Department, Ski Club Adviser Harold A. Crane, Jr. F.ngltsh, Cloak and Plume Adviser Eileen H. Carlson English Charles E. Carroll, Jr. Mathematics, Imprint, Business Adviser, Eloormaster Josephine M. Chase Physical Education, Girls’ Basketball and Softball Coach This spiraling increase in turn caused the 1961 innovation, the stationary schedule. By replacing our precious S blocks with another class, our homework load and our homeward load of books seemed much heavier. Far-away Freshman days had seemed so different from our hectic and eventful senior year! These four years, with such tremendous changes on both the inside and the outside of Melrose High School, had changed us too. The basic purpose of Melrose High School to provide each individual the max- imum opportunity for growth” underlies its diversification of curricula and courses. Working toward a goal of eighty points for graduation including four years of Eng- lish and physical education and one year each of mathematics, science, United States history and toward his own plans for the future, each student is free to choose his own program from four curricula and 107 courses after fulfilling the above basic requirements. I i Claude H. Croston Social Studies, Varsity T ennis Coach Antony DeTeso Social Studies, Foreign Affairs Club Adviser, Athletics John E. Driscoll Social Studies, Eloormaster, Athletics

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Williamina Abbiati Secretary to Mr. Dixon Raymond W. Bacon Industrial Arts, Auto Mechanics, Mechanical Drawing Paul F. Banks Mathematics Starting up the steps of Melrose High School in September, 1958, the class of 1962 felt the educational consequences of the Russian Sputnik the year before. Honors groups, advanced classes, and regular courses with new and deeper textbooks greeted us. For two years we elbowed our way through the crowded corridors trying to beat the four minute bell; for two years we endured the noise and inconvenience of con- struction machinery. But, in our junior year, the sixteen-room addition was ready for us. An art room, drafting rooms, classrooms with built-in movie screens, sound- proofing, movable desks all had a bright exciting atmosphere. This expansion, to- gether with bringing the glamour of the fresh new rooms, relieved us of the improvised study hall in the auditorium and the divided gym classes. Each year we had noticed more and more schoolmates; in fact, the enrollment had increased by 275 students since 1958! Arthur H. Blanchard Science Janie and Steve assem- ble collages for Mr. Robinson Paul M. Bean Physical Education. Freshman Football Coach Vaughn W. Bean Instrumental Music Harold B. Bjornson Science, Science Club Adviser Laura M. Blizzard Social Studies, F.T.A. Adviser Bertil G. Bloom Mechanical Drawing and Drafting Rifle Club Margaret F. Brown Latin Ian E. Brown English, Speech, Masque and Wig Adviser Effie S. Brown Modern Languages, German Club

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Charles Dullea English Noah Fieldman Science The General Curriculum presents a basic grounding in English and social studies with a wide range of electives including art, business subjects, electricity, auto mechan- ics, shop clothing, foods and nursing, as well as the languages and sciences offered in the College Preparatory Curriculum. This General Curriculum furnishes a balanced and practical educational training for high school students.” The Business Curriculum offers a thorough training in the skills needed in both the accounting and the secretarial positions of industry. Surrounding a nucleus of English and social studies are commercial mathematics courses including bookkeeping and a rigorous sequence of typewriting and stenography. This introduction to the mercantile world leads to either secretarial placement or continued study in a busi- ness college. Claire J. Hanson School Nurse, Nursing and Health William E. Hanlon Social Studies, LOG Adviser Robert T. Grant Mathematics Ruth E. Foster English, Junior Class Adviser Freeman T. Frank Social Studies, Debate Club Adviser Thomas Ganley Mathematics Ruth Gaudet Modern Languages A. Bruce Gilchrist Science, Meteorology Club Adviser