West Springfield High School - Terrier Yearbook (West Springfield, MA)

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Increasing Our nderstanding The Task of The English Teachers is multifold. Their hands musT mold us as Turure individuals, because from Them we learn The arT of commu- nication-To wriTe eTTecTively, To speak coherently, To read reTlecTively, and To lisTen aTTenTively. Through English we learn To evaluaTe The world of books, and To discriminaTe between The shoddy and The worthwhile. We become acquainted with The besT That has been said and Thoughf in The world, and we gain an appreciation of our cul- tural heritage. By reading, we begin To under- stand The world around us. Through greaT char- acTers and great poeTry by greaT authors we come To know human naTure-our,fellow man as well as ourselves. Mrs. BerTha Hertz, a member of the English Department, proves she is always ready to lend a helping hand To students in study hall. s l l i , . l In The above picture are, seared: Mrs. Pearl Chouffet, Mrs. Lois Bopp, and Mrs. Bertha Hertz. Standing: Joseph Plourde and John Chandler. Miss Arline Riggs and Gordon Vye, speech Teachers, help William Teece, Lucinda Taylor, ErnesT Carbone, and Randolph Caney to im- prove Their speaking Technique. Students are Trained in the art of oral expression in order To give Them poise, confidence, and ef- fectiveness in speaking, especially in laTer life. Members of The English DepartmenT pause for the camera- man. Seated are Miss Dorothy Shaw, and Miss Mariorie Cos- tello. Sfanding: Miss Victoria Swistro, Richard Pervoinga, and Mrs. Eileen Donnelly.

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Offerin Their Assistance Harris Tanner advises Norine Bresnahan in her decisions for college next year. ln his capacity as Guidance Placement Director, Mr. Tanner helps studens make college choices and obtain employment upon graduation. The hands of the Guidance Depart- ment help shape the future of each student at West Springfield High School. The Guidance Counselors 'have advised us, planned our programs, pointed us toward successful future careers, and helped us to solve our problems, both scholastic and personal. Because the same counselor is assigned to a class from its entrance to its grad- uation, he gains an insight into each student's character and becomes a friend as well as an adviser. Class advisers are, left to right: Milton Laufer, Mrs. Alice Cowing, and Albert Bessette. Albert Bessette points out the new guidance bulletin board to Carol Baiardi and Marilyn Shapter. Through this device students learn dates of College Board examinations and of prospective visits by college representatives. The capable hands of our office staff, Mrs Irene Conklin, Mrs. Edna Christian, Mrs. Mariorie Rockwell, and Mrs. Edith Dut- kiewicz, perform a variety of clerical and administrative tasks which help to keep our school operating smoothly and effi- ciently.

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Widening Our Horizons Like members of an international round table, members of the history meet to discuss the problem of building democratic concepts among students. Seated are William Quigley, Mrs. Helen Cowing, Mrs. Mary Hubbard, and John Siepietowski, standing: David Crosier, Gordon Vye, George Bozenhard, and William Wyman. Mrs. Mary Hubbard and Anderson Bray set up apparatus for the showing of a filmstrip in history class. Films and other Audio-Visual Aids dram- atize historical events and awaken the interest of the students to today's problems. Today's world demands an understanding of the past and a knowledge of the present. The History Department of West Springfield High School attempts to convey this knowledge to enable a student to understand his world and to live as an intelligent and informed citizetn. Textbooks are not the only source of infor- mation. Audio-Visual Aids, newspapers, and other media of communications, independent research, term papers, and oral reports are used so that the student will learn to seek the truth, to correlate his facts, and come to an independ- ent, reasoned opinion. As a part of this search, each student pursues courses in World History and United States History to -provide a founda- tion on which he can build a useful and happy life. William Wyman points out a place of strategic im- portance to sophomore Leslie Hunt. Familiarity with with our ever-changing world has become vital for all Americans. Thus, each history class has set aside one day a week to study current events and places in the news and to analyze their significance. I0