Turners Falls High School - Peske Tuk Yearbook (Turners Falls, MA)

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Guidance Mr. Dana Haskell Prouty Fitchburg State College, M. Ed. Guidance Tucked away in a small cubicle on the first floor, is the TFHS Guidance Office. Mr. Dana Prouty and Mrs. Rosemary Maddern, counsel- ors, agree that this department, although small in size, was the center of hectic activity with students hunting down career information, awaiting the latest test results, or desperately trying to meet application deadlines. To help the students decide their future plans, the Guidance Department has installed new equip- ment which includes the Viewdeck and Occu- pational Information Tapes. They also spon- sored the Occupational Information Sessions in the afternoon. Another essential part of TFHS is the Caf- eteria Staff. Mrs. Marion Britton fed the hungry students with the assistance of Mrs. Lorraine Cadran, Mrs. Ernestine Charron, Mrs. Helen Verrier and Mrs. Antoinette Aitken. Each day they prepared approximately 400 hot lunches which provided an enjoyable improvement compared to the bag lunches. Mr. Otto F. Janda, known as Otto”, worked each day to keep TFHS clean. Among the usual and varied jobs were, cleaning the floors, replacing burnt out lights, and opening stubborn lockers for distraught students. Yet another important area of the school is the library. This past year TFHS welcomed a new librarian, Mr. Charles Hoyt. Each year the library strives to meet the growing demands of the student body. The library served as a study hall for students electing intensive study or who had research to do among the library’s expand- ing facilities. Cafeteria Staff Mrs. Rosemary Maddern American International College, A.B.; University of Mas- ichusetts, M. Ed. Guidance Library Mrs. Marjorie Britton, Manager; Mrs. Ernestine Charron; Mrs. Antoinette Aiken; Mrs. Helen Verrier; Mrs. Lorraine Cadran Mr. Charles L. Hoyt University of Oregon, B.A.; University of Mas- sachusetts Librarian Mr. Otto Janda Custodian Janitor

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Mr. William A. Cook Springfield College, B.S.; Columbia University, Mas- ter of Arts Superintendent of Schools Administration Principal Ray Franklin and Superintendent William Cook continued to strive for many new improvements in the educa- tional system this past year. Some of the more successful of their programs were the computerization of all school records and the Unstructured Time Activity Choice Program which in- cluded the Intensive Stud y, Selective Instruction, Conversa- tional Study, Student Lounge, and the Guidance Study. At the same time, they have been constantly adding to and updating the curriculum. All these forward moves in education have been planned to fit into the proposed Gill-Montague Region al school towards which this administration has long been working. Mr. James Humphrey, Administrative Assistant, was once again aiding Mr. Cook in all his endeavors. This yeai there was also a new addition to the administration. Mr. Eu gene Seaver filled the newly developed post of Assistant Prin- cipal. He ably assisted Mr. Franklin, especially in the areas of discipline and student activities. Mrs. Madeline Beaubien and Mrs. Agnes Krol, administrative secretaries at the high school, completed the forward looking, efficient administration that TFHS was fortunate to have guiding it this year. Mr. James Chester Humphrey William and Mary College Administrative Assistant Mr. Ray E. Fran klin University of Notre Dame, A.B.; University of New Hamp- shire, M.Ed.; Harvard University; Keene State College; Bos- ton Teachers College Principal Mrs. Agnes Krol Secretary Mrs. Madaline Beaubien Secretary to Mr. Franklin Mr. Eugene A. Seaver Keene State College, B.E.; Keene State College and University of New Hampshire, M. Ed. Vice-Principal

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Languages Miss Louise May Clark University of Vermont, A.B. Latin I, II, III, IV Mr. Albert Joseph Routhier University of Montreal, Boston Col- lege Graduate School, M.A.T. French II, III Language students were sur- prised this past year to find many innovations in the Language De- partment, headed by Miss Louise Clark. For the first time in many years there were separate Latin III and Latin IV classes. Both in French II and Latin I new textbooks were introduced, which gave the students a new approach to speaking and un- derstanding the language. Eventu- ally the books will be uniform throughout the classes. In all three languages; French, Spanish and Lat- in, the civilization of the peoples was stressed. New teachers in the department were Mr. Richard Frischling and Mr. John Culbert. Mr. Richard Frischling Windum College, B.A.; University of Massachusetts; Long Island Universiu ; C. W. Post College; University of Puer- to Rico Spanish I, III Mrs. O. Irene Phelps Russell Sage College, A.B. French I, IV Mr. John E. Culbert Clark University, B.A.; Assumption, College Spanish 2; English 1 1 20