Williston Northampton School - Log Yearbook (Easthampton, MA)

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The Admissions Crisis grows more severe every year. Rooted in the heart of a heavily populated area, Williston feels the urgency of young boys who want to get into college with a. prep school background. Families pour into Williston with their well-combed, polished-up-fora the-interview prospects. So the task of the Admissions office at Williston begins. Applica- tions are sorted and filed, tran- scripts, test scores, and recommenda- tions are read and reread, and some- how a new group of Williston boys arrives each September. Saturday Sightseeing At the secondary school level, per- sonal contact is particularly import- ant. Interviews with both the boy and his parents are usually unhurried and searching. The campus tour is especially valuable. For this purpose the Y Cabinet is called upon. Cabi- net members take families on guided tours of the campus on Saturday mornings throughout the school year. With the explosion in the number of applicants to Wlilliston, the Admis- sions office has grown too. Working with Director of Admissions James H. Shepardson are Edward S. Brad- ford, Assistant Director of Admis- sions, and Richard Gregory, Assist- ant in the Admissions office. And faithful Mrs. Brown has smilingly greeted hopeful families since 1952. College Consideration YVilliston has taken special effort to see that its older boys have an opportunity to get acquainted with their prospective colleges. Many col- lege admissions officers visit the campus, particularly in the fall, to talk with Upper Middlers and Seniors. They discuss general ques- tions which secondary school boys raise about college as well as specific questions directed to their own schools. Besides these frequent small group discussions, W'illiston invites guests to speak to the students and their parents about many aspects of col- lege and college acceptance. I8 Admissions officer from St. John's College, Annap- olis, Maryland, discusses particular questions and problems. Mr. Patrick Archbald, Williston's col- lege counselor, encour- ages boys to meet visiting admissions men and later to visit college campuses. One of i'Dean,i Bradford's adminis- trative duties is the preparation of the Newsletter. Here he organizes a picture of all brothers at Williston.

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WILMOT SAMUEL BABCOCK, B.S. Business Manager, Assistant Treasurer Coach of Soccer, Coach of Swimming, Coach of Golf. Graduated Bellows Falls High School, 1926, graduated Springtield College, 1930, B.S., graduate work in Educa- tion at Boston University and Dartmouth College, taught at Country Day School, Newton, Mass., 1930-1935, As- sistant Headmaster at Kimball Union Academy, 1935- 1943, member of New England Physics Teachers' Associ- ation, Business Managers' Association, Educational Buyers' Association, President, Association of Business Olficers of Preparatory Schools, Secretary-Treasurer, Western Massa- chusetts Soccer Association, Cooperator of Easthampton Savings Bank, appointed member of Town of Easthampton Finance Committee, Trustee of Williston Academy, Alumni Trustee of Springfield College, President, Western New England Preparatory School Soccer Association, elected to Williston, 1943 When Noi' Ai' Their Desks Headmaster Phillips Stevens likes to keep as many personal contacts with the students as he can. He attends all major school functions and sees scores of athletic events. At left, he chats during a post-ballgame tea with Dr. Frank Boyden, Headmaster of Deer- held Academy for 60 years. As head coach of three varsity sports, Business Manager Wilmot Babcock fright with soccer player Allenj makes contact with students whom he would otherwise not know. His soccer team this year broke a thirteen-year losing streak with Deerfield, and his swimming team edged out all five opposing schools at the Trinity Interscholastics. JAMES HUBERT SHEPARDSON, A.B. Director of Admissions Graduated Pittsfield High School, 1920, graduated Har- vard University, A.B., 1925, Alpha Phi Sigma fraternity, taught at Wilbraham Academy, 1929-1931, past President of Springheld Speakers' Club, past President of Associated Speakers' Clubs, Vice-President of Association of Admis- sions Oflicers of Independent Secondary Schools, 1954, President, 1955-1957, Secondary Schools Admissions Com- mittee, 1958-1959, Facts and Measurements of the Educa- tional Records Board Committee, 1960-1964, elected to Williston, 1936. I7

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JAMES H. SHEPARDSON, DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS, VVILLISTON Hundreds of applications EUGENE WILSON, DEAN OF ADMISSIONS AMHERST COLLEGE Informal discussions ALICE BROVVN, SECRETARY TO MR. SI-IEPARDSON Pleasant srniles EDWARD STANDISH BRADFORD, JR., B.A. History, Axxistant Director of Admissions Adviser to Y Cabinet, Adviser of Middler Class. Graduated Admiral Billard AcadeIIIy, 1947, Stanley VVoI'ks Sales Training, 19117-1951, United States Air Force, 1951-1952, graduated University of Connecticut, 1956, Member of New England Association of Social Studies Teachers, attended VVesleyan Summer School, 1958-1961, elected to Williston, 1956. I9