Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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Mr. O’Neil’s Class from Trade School learns to use library 2:80—Tin- library’s busiest hour, facilities. OUR LIBRARY —The Heart of Quincy High tended to bridge the gap between trade sehools and technical schools. By the addition of courses in math- ematics and physics in trade schools, the students are being prepared for technical work. One of the newer ideas is training in nuclear technical work. In this way the trade schools hope to keep pace with technical de- velopment. In Quincy the trade courses arc geared to the needs of local industry. Training is offered not only to high school students, but also in evening classes to industrial employees. The Trade Department is just completing a five-year replacement plan whereby new equipment has replaced old, worn-out machines. The Department has also added mathematics and physics courses to the curriculum which arc expected to go into effect next fall. At the present time the Quincy High Trade School is successfully filling the needs of local industry and is planning a program to suit future needs. Trade graduates are given excellent placement and arc in great demand by industry. From this brief survey of only a few departments in the field of secondary education, the reader can real- ize that Quincy has been exploring and adopting many of the new ideas in education. The best of the old meth- ods have been retained, and one can believe that the best of the new are being adopted. Quincy has a right to be proud of its school system. Alphabetizing library «lata. 20 Miss Coulman explains the use of the library reference section.

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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.

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