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

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Data Processing Added to Business Stud f Boys as well as girls recognize the value of typewriting skill. As in- structed, Robert Bourke keeps his eyes on the copy and not on the keys. An Electronic Data Processing course, taught by Mrs. Beverly Dunbar, has been added to the Business Department. Students combine the learning of principles with actual work on the newly installed data processing equipment in the office. New teachers are Theodore Springett, who came here from Cowing School, and Miss Chris- tine Prejs. gi ..y.. Wai wwgwaa 1 ,f ' fiifdikitf' ' I 5' -i ' fswg Mr. Pease, who teaches bookkeeping, took over as chair- man of the Business Department. He has been with the system 6 years. 18 Conscientious S.T.O. students Virginia Hartig and Arlene Martel work after school on their secretarial projects. Helping to supply the demand for clerical and secretarial help in business and industry are the members of the Business Department. STANDING: Miss Christine Prejs, Miss Jean Kelliher, Miss Margaret Cur- ley, Miss Alice Clark, Mrs. Louise Smith, Theodore Sprin- gett, and Maurice Pease, de- partment chairman. SEA TED: Mrs. Beverly Dunbar.

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Guiding the science education of West Side students are Science Coordinator Edgar Johnson, H. Vil- roy McVay, Manning Case, Miss Joyce Morrissey, Edward Mala- chowski, and Department Chair- man Norman Beals. Science Dept. Equips New Facilities Y-e-e-S? Hello out therel' To meet the needs of science-minded pupils, two advanced biology courses are now oifered in addition to the science seminar emphasizing elec- tronics and physics. Mr. Beals, who was appointed in the fall to head the department, and his stalf have been concentrating on equipping their expanded facili- ties in the new building. Completing the ten-teacher department are Miss Suzanne Lemieux, John Daggett, Rene Houde and Henry Kozloski. Lab assistants Kenneth Parent and Terry Quinn help their teachers by preparing experiments, but at left are other valuable teaching naidesf, 17

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Art, Music Provide Esthetic Delight V ff-f .avswwa Donald Abbe, director of instrumental music for the school system, trains the high school band and leads the group in a number of performances locally and during band trips out of state. Charles Garner, director of choral music, contributes to the eleva- ' tion of musical tastes by teaching music theory and appreciation and by directing the chorus and choir in concerts for the school and public. The intensity of Christine Schmidt and Linda Sanczuk reiiects the precision that is required in their art projects. Aspiring students with talent in art may explore the many techniques of presenting it through the study of the various schools of art. Assisted by art instructor Mrs. Edith Rice, students construct such objects as wire jewelry and sculptures in clay. Also included' in the course is creative workin oils, water colors, chalks, and inks. Modern approaches to art such as collage are also used. ABOVE, Ruth Fontaine and John Librera find the thoughtful criticism of Mrs. Edith Rice important in de- veloping art talent. 19