New Bedford High School - Crimson Log Yearbook (New Bedford, MA)

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Pirtureless HAROLD D. GIBBS WILLIAM F. POLAND, JR. With the rising interest in science, New Bedford High School has been fortunate in obtaining a great deal of modern equipment, under the National Defense Education Act; this Act provides that the Federal Govern- ment reimburse the city 50% on all science equipment purchased. ‘Teachers encourage students to use even the most expensive equipment, knowing that the experience gained is of such great value that the cost of occasional repairs to the machines is minimized. Asa result, students in physics classes become familiar with much equipment they will later use in college. ‘The physics pilot class covers in one year the fundamentals of college freshman physics. Chemistry courses, too, have profited. Students are reaping the benefits of the latest in teaching techniques, audio-visual aids, and 11 laboratory equipment. Teachers are kept constantly alert and students constantly in- terested. Studies in physiology and biology are supplemented still more by the use of special equipment. Powerful microscopes and cen- trituges, skeletons and other models, a new greenhouse where students may study the magic world of plants, are all a part of the widening horizon of the science student. Science is not a subject which remains the same and can be taught in the same way A texbook printed in 1961 is obsolete in 1962; the basic standards may year after year. change — and it is the teacher’s job to keep up Many members of the Science Department with all innovations and discoveries. take special summer courses to keep up with the ever-growing, ever-enlightening world of science.

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PAUL R. BOISVERT THEODORE J. CALNAN WALKER B. TRAFTON Department Head ae HENRY S. CEMBALISTY HENRY L. LAGUE praesaS ABEL % a WILLIAM MARKEY ROBERT R. MILLEN, JR. VIRGINIA K. SHERBINO 10

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Department Head LATIN Languages FRENCH The French Department is a busy team, trying to en- large the horizons of N.B.H.S. youth by giving them an in- sight into one of the great cultures of the world. Students are helped to speak fluently through practice sessions in the newly-established language laboratory. Many teachers are continuing their own development through attendance at summer institutes in this country, and study or travel in France. Because of increased interest in the teaching of French in the United States, students have become increas- ingly aware of the value of French as an international language. From the study of the old masters, students of Latin have received a better understanding of their modern world, its government, philosophy, literature, and language — all of which had their roots in the old Roman culture. In studying Caesar, the students saw ancient history come to life. Cicero’s strong orations stirred the emotions. In Virgil’s “Aeneid”, seniors studied the work of a master of literature, which has survived the ages and served as a model for the greatest writers of every country in the world. LAURINDA C. ANDRADE Department Head MARY I. FOGARTY Department Head PORTUGUESE Portuguese, spoken by 100 million people in many parts of the world, is fast gaining recognition as an inter- national language. In New Bedford, with its great number of families of Portuguese descent, a four-year study of the language is offered; differences between continental and Brazilian Portuguese are noted. Courses are enriched by audio-visual aids and by use of the language laboratory. 12