Stamford High School - Flashback Yearbook (Stamford, CT)

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Future salesmen and secretarues obtaun an excellent foundatuon un theur chosen careers by electung courses un the varued curruculum of the Stamford Hugh Commercual Department One bruef glance at the lust of courses offered un the varued curruculum of the Stamford Hugh School Commercual Department would convunce any on looker of the unsurpassed opportunutues avaulable to any S H S student Subuects luke bookkeepung busuness law and commercual geography not only gave students a short cut to future success un the busuness world but also furnushed them wuth basuc knowledge whuch wull prove unvaluable un whatever professuon they enter A knowledge of busuness law for example wull prove uts worth whenever a problem such as startung a new busuness aruses A course un book keepung too, wull and ummensely those faced wuth the ever present task of budget balancung Those who plan to attend college have duscovered that the knowledge of shorthand greatly faculutates the takung of notes whule typung accelerates the preparatuon of assugned papers However the pruncupal 'ob of the Commercual Department remauns that of preparung S H S graduates to fill responsuble posutuons un the busuness lufe of the communuty Many of the sales clerks receptuonusts office workers and typusts un Stamford receuved theur first unsught unto the world of busuness through some commercual subuect elected back un hugh school A vast proportuon of those gurls who studued typung and stenography wull be employed ummeduately after graduatuon The supply of typewruters and other office machunes was more than adequate lnstructuon un the use of these followed by constant practuce prepared students for the actual work of an office and acquaunted them wuth office routune The Commercual Department of Stamford Hugh School has competently fulfilled uts two fold purpose ut has met the needs of students aumung for busuness careers and has offered a curruculum varued enough for the needs of other unduvuduals as well Eyes off the keys Office efficuency experts I . . . . , , ' I I I . - 1 1 I 1 I 1 I . : I l u

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Thecreticians at work Math made easy mught easuly be the slogan of the Stamford Hugh School Mathe matucs Department To many students compllcated formulas and sngns no longer remaun a mystery and the language of plane and solnd geometry ns as easily comprehended as Englush Why? Because ofthe eftlcuent mstructuon offered by our Mathematucs Department headed by Mr Walter G Buchanan Under has supervlsuon our ever patlent pedagogues have led us through a maze of percentules and problems long dlvnslon and trug wuth the sure footedness of a cat stalkmg across a mantle This year as In the past the Mathematics Department has contmued to grow and to expand nts curruculum Its oblect has been to offer a comprehenslve math program to every type of student Buslness malors college preparatory students future math and scnence experts as well as pupnls trymg to overcome mathematical weaknesses all partlclpated an a well planned course of study Besides the regular mathemattcal facts absorbed each and every student was exposed to mstructlon nn Ioglcal and clear thnnkmg whuch wall prove unvaluable In the years to come JOHN HERBERT CONLON B RD TQ' LUCY A NELLIE C WIGHTMAN SPEARS 'if ENDA H RIORDAN K We MICHAEL B STECYK 2 WALTER J FARRELL K LEWIS J MAXWELL iv 'Un- PAUL J KUCZO WALTER G BUCHANAN ' A ll ll ' ' ' I - I . . , I I I ' I I l I I ' I I at ts' , Pa ,gtg I . WA -I L 7lf': ' ' , f. ' ' A 7 . H - I - ' ,. .,, , ' I . ' , -12. gr ' I A . 4' 1 . I I I , ,fm ff I-:,..1ff'A-2 - 5ii'-2.5 If I W ' .A Hs 2 ' I E ' 11 ' V f L :fur 7 f' ' Q ' 1 . Pl e4 Q Q J 3 'Y'-E ar TE E fi -, I 1 ' f v- ,. 1- . 5, ' - , .V ,A Q r V W r V , I ' ' . , ' - :vs . t ' -- 'EV .dar--. ' I .fs ' M '

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ALBERT SCHER HARRIET M' BIGELOW N I EDITH L STITT MARION B MORSE 63 MARY P LITTLE 4. hi' JAMES KEANE JOHN L HUGHES Achng Head CHARLES C OLSON FREDERIC T. HAWES JOHN BAGGS EILEEN M KROPP ANGELA FIORE DORA M POCHNA V 4 yan my ,,. W A ffsv LJ RUTH F. HIGGINS ALFRED A SESSA 1- X.. ANGELA T ESPos1rO '