Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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Q.HS. Students Learn in Driver fluent ion—A vital program Mr. (ira.vsie demonstrates a rocket. University, and during the year, various publications, meetings, and speakers, arc provided for the English faculty. Dr. Gossard and other administrators strive for a constant awareness of new methods and ideas. The past ten years have shown an increase in the use of audio-visual aids. Here at Quincy High School, tape recorders, record players, and records arc available for use. The various filmstrips and movies are compre- hensive and up to date. Plans are already being made for next year’s Ad- vanced English Placement Program, and this May, Quincy High School hopes to lx able to send candi- dates to the English Advanced Placement Tests. The use of television as an education supplement is a fast growing possibility. In April and May, Quincy High School will lx able to take advantage of this ex- panding medium. At this time, there will be a three weeks pilot course, a Humanities television project directed by Clifton Fadiman and financed by the Ford Foundation. Both the F'nglish Department and the students in Quincy High arc fortunate to have such a generous supply of up to date, attractive books at their disposal, both in and out of the classroom. With strong educa- tional trends there is much attention being focused on presenting challenges to the advanced youth of our country and city. However, these trends are also work- ing for anti responding to the needs of non-academic pupils. For them, special books have been designet! and bought. Watching and working at various levels, the English Department of Quincy High School, along with 18 Mr. Mitchell's su| cr 4lraftMiien. The spring style show.

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Aligning front wheels. Electrical Department—Testing currents in the laboratory. Trade School Graduates student and the curriculum is fitted to the student, not vice-versa. A very adequate guidance department under the direction of Mr. George Phillips is at hand to advise and help students at any time. The administration is becoming more democratic. Committees and staffs do more work than formerly. The teachers arc being given more in-service training, and also have a chance to discuss their ideas with their superiors. Instructors are adopting more democratic attitudes toward their students. Progress may seem at times slow in a Democracy, but it is our way of life. The advent of Sputniks, increased enrollment, and demand for specialists, have combined to necessitate some of the changes that have been made—but what of the future? A committee of principals from around the nation have made a nine year study of the situa- tion. They express hopes for the use of television, chang- es in size of classes to allow individual work, and new designs in school buildings to meet these needs. In general the changes in Quincy are in step with the leading schools of the country. The English Department of Quincy High School strives to keep in touch with all new trends, possibil- ities and developments. Contacts with the National Council of Teachers of English and the New England Association of English Teachers, provide one method of accomplishment. In addition, the English Depart- ment each year sends representatives to the New Eng- land School Development Council. In the spring, the department head attends an annual conference at Vale Shc«t metal pattern drafting. 17 Shortening pieces of lumlx-r in cabinet making.

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Practical and Cultural Courses many other departments, is endeavoring to keep up with the many possibilities and developments in the educational trends of the last decade. In order to be successful, a strong technical, scien- tific education must be supplemented by firm basic knowledge. The various Social Studies Departments are striving towards this goal. Here too in Quincy High School, there has been, in general, an attempt to offer to the pupils more knowledge of the world and also a more complete knowledge of contemporary prob- lems. Moving pictures and New York Times filmstrips are informative visual aids used by the Problems of Democracy classes. In concurrence with the general trends of revising education courses, the Business Education Department had made several changes. For the first time a second year clerical office practice course is being offered. Quincy now has a clerical and a secretarial course se- quence. This sequence produces better results than the earlier free selection method. Courses are now open to non-business students who have the necessary pre- requisites. This is an innovation in the business depart- ments of the country. The school has acquired much new equipment and hopes to acquire more. The faculty has also had speakers so that they may keep abreast of changes. At the present time there is a definite shortage of skilled workers in the United States. Since this pattern is not likely to change, the only solution is to revise the training programs. There are several new plans which are now being put into use. These plans are in- Practical experience as office helper . Future private secretaries gain experience. Miss Walsh teaches future Rembrandts. '(’all rooms 63, 08, 316, . . . , instructs Mr. Anderson.