Waltham High School - Mirror Yearbook (Waltham, MA)

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.' 'xl ' I . '- llflli Q DIMDQ - 1 M Q Q Q1 QOMUMKIMOMOMOQI Q M 1 it Q Vol. XXXI A Waltham, Mass. No 5 -tu hnlh as 'tfuere , the mirror up in nature- Hamlet, Act III, Sc. ii Editorial Staff EDITOR-IN-CHIEF BUSINESS MANAGER George Shedd Ronald MacArthur ASSISTANT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS Andrew Meyer William Calkins Roger johnson ADVERTISING MANAGER Bertillie Lochman ASSISTANT ADVERTISING MANAGERS Denise Roth Sumner Dolber James Zografos ART EDITOR Basil Vanaria ASSISTANT ART EDITOR William Boisvert ALU MNI EDITOR Eleanor Morash ASSISTANT ALUMNI EDITOR Edwina Wilkie SPORT EDITORS David Fitzgerald Richard Bennett Louise Monaco PU BLICITY MANAGER Robert Clemence - EXCHANGE EDITORS Anne johnson Margaret Donnelly M USIC EDITORS Sumner Hammond Miriam Rouffe HUMOR EDITORS William Richards Priscilla Grey Barbara Hill STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Russell Longley STAFF SECRETARY Doris Newman LITERARY COMMITTEE Betty Andrews, Chairman Edwin Briggs Ruth Belliveau Hope Goodell Muriel Healy Patricia Clallin Mildred Curran Ruth Kaufman Anne Pemberton Miriam Rouffe Edwina Wilkie Philip Vincello Howard Gadboys Charles Manning Ruth Greene, Arrifranl Chairman Richard Keenan Robert Stevens Priscillo Mayo james La Cava Elvira Algeri Marion Wagner Joyce Turner Stella Strazdas Gilda Sardi Barbara Hill Patricia Smylie Marjorie Selig Marjorie Hollis William Richards Martin Coleman Evelyn MacKenzie Marie Murphy Roger Gallagher Doris Whitcomb Roy Sweeney Mildred Edwardson Oscar Falling Robert Healy Elaine Harnish Joyce Hitchcock Richard Southwick FACULTY ADVISERS Miss Viets Literary Department Miss Burgess Art Department Mr. Woodman Business Department Arrangement, Make-up and Prerrwofk by fhe pupilr of the Waltham Trade Srlaool Printing Shop il DMUMUMUQOMI ill DMI ZMUMOMI llUMUillQUi0QfIQl 711IllIMIDQ!lQUlllQOlllillQvQUillM1

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F... XX-'ALTI-IAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL The history of Waltham Senior High School clearly illustrates the spirit of progress which has been and still is inherent in the citizens of Wal- tham. In 1826 a state law decreed that towns having over five hundred families should main- tain a more advanced school than the district school, which was about the only public educa- tional institution at this time. Waltham, although having fewer than the required five hundred families to come under the law, showed its fine spirit by soon forming plans for a higher school. After much discussion over the location, the town decided on the spot where the present North junior High stands. The building erected at this spot received the title of the Town School. Its one classroom was on the ground floor, and for many years the Town Hall occupied the second story. To us, the equipment was crude and the customs strange. Three weeks in August sufficed for a summer va- cation, and on completion of his course the stu- dent simply left school, there being no formal graduation exercises. In 1849 the Town School became a true high school and expanded onto the second floor. Im- provements were made in the grading system, and mathematics and language courses were added among other changes. During the 1850's the im- portance of music was recognized by the adoption of music courses which have formed the basis for the present day enthusiasm for this branch of art in Waltham as exemplihed by the Band and Or- chestra. Even at this early date the school gained Reference: the distinction of preparing students directly for college, eliminating preparatory school training. When the North Grammar School was built on the site of the Town School in 1869, the High Sclaool moved to the corner of Church and School Streets and became known, in recent times, as the Old High. Here it served the Community well, and numbered among its faculty such fine teachers as the English author, George Gissing. , With the incorporation of Waltham as a-city in 1884, and its consequent expansion, a larger building became necessary. This was built in 1902, and is the central structure of the present High School. Following the World War popula- tion growth became so great that large wings were added on the east and west ends of the central pile. These, completed in 1935, provided sufflci- c-nt extra space to permit the use of one session instead of two as had previously been necessary. A year later a large modern gymnasium in the rear of the east wing was completed, permitting the old gym to be used for a cafeteria. The most recent addition to the school has been the five new rooms on the back of the east wing. These were completed in 1939. Growing on the interior, as well as the exterior, by the addition of many new courses and such de- partments as the excellent Commercial Department, the school has constantly maintained its high rank among secondary institutions, and stands as an enduring momument to the initiative and perse- verance of the citizens of Waltham. William Allen Richards, '4O. The History ofthe Waltham Senior High School by Edith M. Pineo.