Newton High School - Newtonian Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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Professor john J. Mahoney, Co-founder of the Lincoln Filene Center for Citizenship and Public Affairs wrote many years ago, The most important business of the Ameri- can public school is that of making good citizens. It may turn out scholars. It may pro- duce successful men of business. It may edu- cate for culture. It may make possible for its graduates to make a better living. These and other things it may do and yet possibly fail. The real test of its accomplishment is the kind of citizen it furnishes the republic. That is its excuse for being. That, and that alone, primarily justifies its support from public funds. In a time when our country is recognizing and encouraging intellectual achievement, and in our Newton community where aca- demic excellence is our heritage, we must remember that good citizenship must head our list of objectives of public education. Increasing numbers of parents are turning to the schools for help in this area. As students we ask to be vitally involved in Values and Citizenship. As teachers we cannot but honor the request. So at Newton High, respecting the indiv- idual, we give help and direction in this super-curriculum called Citizenship. Our A.F.S. brings students from countries all over the world and sends some of ours across the globe. For the past few summers Newton has offered a Seminar in Citizenship to high school sophomores and juniors. Our school annually has a Student Government ex- change with smaller schools in the Common- wealth. However, the concern for Citizen- ship goes on most regularly and most ef- fectively in the clubs and classrooms, often without fanfare, but always with enthusiasm. Probably every student who has ever at- tended N.H.S. knows that in definition and analysis he must be specific! If someone asks you to define this school I hope you will be at least this specific: Newton High is the pursuit of academic excellence and good citi- zenship. Good citizenship of course, is not easy to define either. We may not capture it or mas- ter it, but no matter, we strive for it. What- ever Citizenship means, it must be akin or lead to another word, perhaps the noblest of all. That word is Compassion. RICHARD C. HOWLAND Arrirtant Principal Mr. Richard C. Howland Arristant Principal Robert Mitchell Gaidance Department H eaaf

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Mrs. Copeland Mrs. Russo Mrs. Linde Mrs. Turner administration, namely, to coordinate and integrate these sometimes divergent and powerful forces into a unified whole. At times this can be frustrating, since each individual andf or group would like the school as a total institution to fully support his or its activities. However, the central administration, in considering all aspects of our fully comprehensive high school, often provides direction in a more subtle and less dramatic fashion. This is ultimately a strength, rather than a weakness, since the strength of Newton High School comes from the strength of its divergent programs and from the marvelous in- dividuals who are carrying them out. A further area of major concern to the central ad- ministration is the relationship of Newton High School to the Newton School Department, to the New- ton Community and to the world at large. One of the main reasons for Newton's eminence in the educa- tional world is the fact that the High School has dealt directly with institutions and groups throughout the nation which are interested in quality education. Newton High School has felt that the stronger pro- gram which it is able to offer because of its activities in the broader educational world justifies the lack of direct communication between the individual student and central administration. Finally, there are certain routine activities which the central administration must organize and super- vise which are not related directly to house or de- partment. The most obvious of these are Student Council activities, class activities which affect the entire school, and certain all-school areas such as the cafeteria. In the conduct of all of these affairs the student does, indeed, come in Contact with the cen- tral administration, but these are exceptions to our general policy rather than examples thereof. Thus the role of the central administration may be summarized as follows: l. Coordinating the departmental structure. 2. Coordinating the House Plan. 3. Coordinating the House Plan with the depart- mental structure. 4. Relating Newton High School to the Newton School System Cro the Superintendent's Office, the junior High Schools, and the Elementary Schoolsl. 5. Relating Newton High School to the Newton Community. 6. Relating Newton High School to the educa- tional world in general. RICHARD W. MEC1-IBM Principal M. Donald Mitchell Administrative Assistant

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W. Eugene Ferguson Miss Ruth Frazier Miss Mary Lanigan Math Department Girl: English Department Head Pbyxical Edncation Head Department Head I We av-1 Wi Daniel Malia Industrial Arts Department Head Jacob Skilken Science Department M3644 , H if , J Reginald Smith Boys Pbyfical Education Department Head