Ovid Central High School - Ovidian Yearbook (Ovid, NY)

Page 12 text:

FACULTY Front row: Mr. Hughes, Mr. Whitehead, Mr. Iacoby, Dr. Brownell, Mr. Brokaw, Mrs. Depew, Mr. Leet, Mr. Clark, Mr. Wilson, Miss Kinnan. Second row: Miss Bullock, Miss Riley, Miss Emperor, Mrs. Armitage, Mrs. Franklin, Mrs. Netro, Mrs. Limner, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Simpson, Mrs. Hawkins, Miss Wright. Third row: Miss Turnbull, Mrs. Finnegan, Mrs. Ditmars, Mrs. Excell, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Rob- bins, Miss Maher, Miss McKenna, Mrs. Lee, Miss Crooker, Miss Chamberlin, Miss Stanton. OUR SCHOOL OUR SECRETARY 8

Page 11 text:

OUR PRINCIP A L K As you leave your alma mater, 'Class of '47, the Board of Education, the District Superintendent of Schools, the Principal and Faculty congratulate you and wish you great success in life. We would also want you to know and remember that your school has been anxious for you throughout your school life. We know as you go through life you will need to make decisions that are concerned with right and wrong. Your school has wanted to help you learn the difference between the two of them and to develop your character. We hope we have helped you in knowing how to get the most out of life and be a credit to your com- munity, State and Nation. We hope we have helped you to know how to get along with other people and how to use your leisure time well. We have wanted you to grow socially as we know the more real friends you make, the more happiness you will have. We have aimed toward preparing you to be good citizens in the America of tomorrow so that you can help keep the nation strong and preserve the American type of freedom, so necessary to your happiness. Remember always then, if you are able to make wise decisions for your country, if you are patriotic enough to be interested in good government, and if you use good judgment in selecting the best officials, you will help make your community, State and Nation strong. 7

Page 13 text:

GUI DANCE - What subjects must I take for engineering? What must I study before I can go to a nursing school? Where is a good school for air conditioning? ' Will you please explain the results of the last tests we took? What subjects should I take next year? These and similar questions are familiar ones in the Guidance office. The Guidance Department attempts to help students help themselves. For this it is important to know the pupil and his abilities, to know opportunities which exist, and to help the pupil to fit together his abilities and opportimities. Finding out about abilities is done through various tests, such as academic ability tests and reports of extracurricular activities, self- rating summaries, and teachers' reports of progress and general personality development. All this information is kept in a folder which is begun for each pupil when he en- ters school and is added to each year until he leaves. Much of this information is interpreted to the pupil, especially in high school, in individual conferences with the counselor. The occupational information file and the educational information file and the bookshelf in the Guidance office enable pupils to learn of the world of work, training necessary for various jobs, financial assistance available for post-high school training, and personality development. High school pupils also have the op- portunity to learn on Saturdays to nearby schools and colleges. This year trips included visits to Syracuse University, Cornell University, State Teachers Colleges at Geneseo, Cortland and Buffalo, Central City Bus- iness Institute fSyracusel, Rochester Business Institute, beauty culture schools in Rochester, University of Rochester, and the Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences at Utica. Bulletins posted in the Guidance office and homerooms and a 15-page booklet, You, also serve to keep pupils informed about the importance of self-analysis and means of finding opportunities which are open for those of verying interests and talents. The guidance program is an attempt to gather together all the information the school has about each pupil and then help him to find the best answer to the question, How can I get the most out of Life? ' 9