Stamford High School - Flashback Yearbook (Stamford, CT)

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as the ability to read, write, speak, and think. Since the home is the core of our civilization, the teachings of the Home Economics Department play, perhaps, the most important part in the future lives of the girls who enjoy these courses. The home- makers of tomorrow learned the importance of the balanced diet and the knack of preparing nutritious foods in the foods classes, while in the clothing courses they studied dressmaking and interior decoration. ' Mathematics is important. The ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide will be required by all of us, whether checking the grocer's bill or work- ing out a complicated engineering formula. This year the Mathematics Department directed its efforts toward giving the students a good work- ing knowledge of mathematics according to their individual needs. Good health is a requisite for a good life and physical deficiencies were discovered and corrected by the capable medical staff. The staff thoroughly ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Left to Right-1st Row: M. Quinn, B. Cram, G. Almy, G. Leonard, E. Hughes, J. Bacon, F. Whitney, A. Montgomery, C. Billingsley, L. Wells. 2nd Row: M. Favrao, W. Shackley, B. Stark, B. Kane, J. Morris G. Peisel, M. Higgins, S. Palmer, M. Marks. x checked each pupils physical condition upon enter- ing the school and after each absence due to illness. Equally important, students were taught to take proper preventive measures to safeguard their health. The numerous subjects offered by the Commer- cial Department were designed to provide students with interesting and profitable vocations. The courses presented enabled the students to enter the business world immediately upon graduation from high school. Along with the actual class work stu- dents gained valuable experience by working in the departmentls model office. LIBRARY STAFF Left to Right-lst Row: D. Boyle, L. Gerber, M. Smith, R. DeNike, M. Petdreux. 2nd Row: E. johnson, C. Bandroft, R. Germain, L. Schultz, Miss P. Rhodehamel, L. Palmieri, Mrs. E. Bastian. ' I8

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,ppl- mony classes. Musical students took part in assem- blies, broadcasts, and other extra-curricular activi- ties. Do you know what colors harmonize-how to arrange a room properly? SHS art students do. In numerous courses presented by the Art Department students received instruction which will be very useful to them in later years. Students who plan to make art their profession will find themselves well prepared, thanks to classes in weaving, crafts, mechanical drawing, and costume design. Those pupils to whom art will be just a hobby or pastime after graduation will find invaluable the fine art foundation given to them in high school. The high school library enjoyed an especially active year. The two librarians, along with ten stu- dent aides, were kept busy by pupils and veterans who needed good books and source material. Besides being visited by entire classes and housing an extensive photography exhibit, the library circu- lated on the average of two hundred books a day. Long past are the days when learning to parse and conjugate were considered the main accom- plishments of the English Department. This year English teachers stressed the importance of correct usage of the English language as well as the appre- ciation of the world's fine English literature. Emphasis was placed on the career the pupil intends to pursue in the future. The English Department has tried to equip students with such powerful weapons MUSIC DEPARTMENT Left to Right: Leon R. Corliss, Elfrieda Pfeiffer, W. Raymond Randall. ,. ,r till g-5aff W '21 Y- l' lc ART DEPARTMENT . R' Left to ight: E. Bugbee, M. Morris, R. Whiting, M. Sorgman, M. Milligan, N. Burow, L. Myers. 17

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The happy faces which students display after every gym period are a tribute to the efforts of the Physical Education Department. This branch of the school has been a constructive force in building the strong bodies and sound minds of these future citizens. In the required gym periods the fellows engaged in a variety of sports including softball, basketball, football, soccer, and volleyball. The girls enjoyed dancing, hockey, touch-football, softball, basketball, and bowling. History is the past, studied in the present, as a guide for the future. This simple concept has guided llaf! Q. ,X I, 11 s J If HOMEMAKING DEPARTMENT fd Left to Right-1st'Row: F. Mercer, D. Atkinson, R. Feldman. 2nd Row: E. Campbell, H. Barber. the History Department in its efforts to present students with an historical education which will benefit them in their later lives. The emphasis in the teaching of history has shifted from cramming dates and dry facts to giving pupils a broad picture of an entire era. By giving the high school students of today such a broad and useful foundation in his- tory, the History Department has prepared them well for their roles as the intelligent citizens of tomorrow. This year's class was definitely science-minded. In biology, chemistry, and physics classes hundreds of students absorbed scientific training. That this training was so thorough and so interesting is to the credit of the Science Department. To all pupils, the Science Department tried to give a good scien- tific background-a background which should be invluable to them in later life. This year, as usual, the Language Department upheld its high standards of instruction. Offering courses both as a foundation for college study and 'Q I-I 2 .,-.L ' .1 ,n , - MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT Left to Right-lst Row: L. Wightman, I.. Maxwell, B. Newcomb, W. Farrell, M. Ryan. 2nd Row: H. Bird, M. Stecyk, W. Buchanan.