Wellesley High School - Wellesleyan Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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BUSINESS HELPED STUDENTS PREPARE FOR FUTURE How can you lose money before you spend it?” (Mrs. McGilvary, Vicki Mastro.) Even though 75% of W.H.S. graduates in the past few years have gone to further educa¬ tion, a majority of students elect courses in the Business Department because the skills they learn focus on two main areas: 1. ) those needed to obtain a position in the business world, either after high school or college and 2. ) those needed to cope with the con¬ sumer-orientated aspects of daily life in the belief that people should know how to inter- Mrs. Gatos points out a key mistake. P rct economic issues and manage their eco¬ nomic affairs efficiently. What is a qwerdoop 5 ” (Chris Gunther, Mrs. Coffey. Jan Foster.) 25

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FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE ' 60 ' S, LATIN MADE HEADWAY IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE Begin with us where? (David Dumouche) Je m’appelle Pierre.” (Peter Osterland) While the dress styles of years past became the fashion craze last year, Latin became vogue in the Foreign Lan¬ guage Department. Mr. Raymond Caefer, Department Head, stated that, This shift from more recent trends in language study reflects students’ concern for basic lan¬ guage development.” He also pointed out that, Latin cov¬ ers important areas in grammar, vocabulary and world his¬ tory; therefore, students develop a foundation in several academic areas ” 2i

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INDUSTRIAL ARTS NEEDED ASSISTANCE Since the defeat of a building addition by referendum has cancelled plans to improve its situation, the Industrial Arts Department continues to suffer under inadequate space and deficient equipment. An elitist attitude on the part of many townspeople in Welles¬ ley seems to have prevented the addition of new shop facilities; many feel that Wellesley students should only be interested in acquir¬ ing the academic skills needed to prepare them for college, despite the fact that roughly 20% of each graduating class does not go on to higher educational institutions. Principal Ted Rokicki has indicated that school admin¬ istrators are still trying to find ways to improve the Industrial Arts facilities, since they consider an opportunity to learn about craftsmanship and technical skills an inte¬ gral part of what every student needs to develop as a human being. Mr. Carl Olson, Department Head, continues to hope that within the next few years. Industrial Arts will be modernized and brought up to the stand¬ ards which other schools presently maintain.