Millis High School - Mowhawk Yearbook (Millis, MA)

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Miss Elizabeth Murray Mrs. Mary A. Welch Miss Christine Miss Marcia Rosenblum Mrs. Donna Wilson Head of English English Borgmann English English Department English Mr. Richard T. Green Miss Joan L. Mr. Leo J. Dugas Mrs. Emilie B. Green Mr. Francis D.. Reading Analyst Strathern Head of Foreign Foreign Languages Flanagan Librarian Language Dept. Foreign Languages Mra. Mary K. Gavin Miss Ellen M. Conway Mrs. Eleanor E. Mr. Niles N. Nelson Mrs. Dorothy E. Mathematics Mathematics Kenney Mathematics Norwell Coordinator Mathematics Mathematics Mr. Harry C. Damon Mr. David A. Wilson Miss Mary E. Sylvia Mrs. Joan E. Young Mr. Henry M. Doyle Head of Social Social Studies Social Studies Social Studies Social Studies Studies Department oe Revesd P. Mr. William Davis Mr. Carrol Mountain Miss Dorothy J. Miss Myrtle A. Snape : Sclence Science Truskolaski Coldwell lez, Beience Science School Nurse

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CURRICULUM Excerpts from the Statement of Philosophy and Objectives of Millis Junior-Senior High School: “The administration shall provide leadership — the Staff shall develop sound citizens — the curricula shall provide each student with a meaningful sequence of subjects — the curricula shall complement the work of parents and other community agencies — the cur- ricula shall make each student aware of rights, re- sponsibilities, duties, and privileges as a United States Citizen — the school shall provide the opportunity for a knowledge and appreciation of art, literature, and music — the school shall provide adequate counseling services — the school shall provide for the acquisition of knowledge concerning sound mental and physical health — the school shall provide opportunities to acquire an understanding of the natural laws of the environment — the curricula shall provide for the increasing need for mathematical processes — that a fundamental aim of the school programs shall be to generate within the individual the ability to formulate his ideas logically and to communicate them articu- lately.” Mrs. Mary M. Barrett Miss Carol A. Head of Business Mozykowski Department Business Mrs. Monya H. Geller Home Economies Mrs. Erma Lake Home Economics Mr. Edward F. Turley Mr. Earl Stearns Industrial Arts, Industria! Arts Driver Education Mr. Frank J. Gubala Mrs. Catharine Culver Music Music Mr. Russell T. Gilfoy Mrs. Barbara S. Eddy Art Art Mr. Francis W. Farley Guidance Director Clawson Guidance Counselor Mrs. Dorothy T. Miss Ann M. Riou Mr. Richard A. Tewey i Girls’ Phys. Ed., Boys’ Phys. Ed., Science Social Studies

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Willis Report Recommends Complete Among the recommendations included in the preliminary report of the Willis Commission, whose function is to improve the standards of education in Massachusetts, are the following: a) Setting of new standards for educational quality, the penalty for not conforming to these to be loss of state aid. b) Establishment of a new State Board of Public School Education. c) Creation of a Coordinated Board of High- er Education and an eleven-member Advisory Council on Education. d) Reorganization of the State Department of Education. e) Appropriation of funds to aid educa- tional institutions. f) Revamping of technical-vocational in- struction. g) Not apportioning state aid according to 1946 property valuation figures. Dr. Benjamin Willis Conversational English