Williston Northampton School - Log Yearbook (Easthampton, MA)

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JAMES HUBERT SHEPARDSON, A.B. Director of Admissions Graduated Pittsfield High School, 1920, graduated Harvard University, A.B., 192545 Alpha Phi Sigma fraternity, taught at Wilbraham Academy, 1929-1931. past President of Springfield Speakers' Club, past President of Associated Speakers' Clubs, Vice-President of Association of Admis- sions Officers of Independent Secondary Schools, 1954, President, 1955-19575 Secondary Schools Admissions Com- mittee, 1958-19l59g Committee on Tests and Measurements of the Educational Records Bureau, 1960-19643 elected to Williston, 1936. Mr. James H. Shepardson checks the records of a prospective new student. Shep's lights can be seen in the schoolhouse burning long after the rest of his staff has left for home. As private secretary to Mr. james H. Shepardson, Mrs. Frances Phillips organizes the files in the Admissions Office. Even though busy answering the telephone and greeting prospective students, she still has time for a cheery hello to a current student. 20 As in college, the preparatory school nnds itself under a constant barrage of applications. Many boys are applying, and many of these qualified boys are being turned down. Williston is no exception, the admissions office is the key to quality in the school. The final decisions are made by the office or more directly by the Director of Admissions. In this respect, Williston is very lucky. james H. Shepardson, to whom The Log was dedicated last year, has been at Williston for over twenty-five years as Director of Admis- sions. On his shoulders rides the future of Williston, and its student body. With the flood of applications and the need for making the right choices, Mr. Shepardson has found it necessary to take on as Assistant Director of Admissions Richard Gregory. Mr. Francis and Mr. Burnham also spend much of their time helping out in the Admissions office. Personal interviews are often the most important parts of the admis- sions procedures in acquainting the prospective student with Williston. The Student Council members show their tentative classmates around the campus on Saturday mornings at their parents' leisure. These tours help the hopeful student to select his school as well as to give the Director of Admissions a chance to judge the student according to his personality.

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BOARD OF OVERSEERS SEATED, l. to r.: Prof. Hall, Mrs. Hall, Mr. lde, Mrs. Wells, Mr. Wells, Mr. O'Brien ,5TO. STANDING: Messrs. Flynt, Harper, Brakey, Stevens, Perkins, Hatch, Klopman, Babcock. The Board of Overseers is a relatively new part of the school organization, formed on june 2, 1954. Since that time, the Board of Overseers has played a decisive role in the formation of Williston policies. The outstanding reason for the formation of the Board of Overseers was to enlist the services, support, and concern of all those people who would be interested furthering the general welfare of Williston Academy and in preserving its high standards. In this manner the Board of Trustees could keep its own membership small and effective without barring fully qualified, interested men from serving the school. The Board would also assist and cooperate with any group within the school whose functions or objectives might be dupli- cated in the Overseers' program. Led by Mr. H. C. Ide, the Board combines experience and youth, with Mr. W. A. Kloprnan as Vice-President, and Mr. Russ A. Miller as Secretary. The Board blends the politician, the Honorable Samuel Resnic, mayor of Holyoke, with the scientist, Dr. Kilbourne Bump, with the industrialist, Mr. W. A. Klopman. While the Board of Trustees consists of a majority of alumni, the Board of Overseers, which contains twenty-two members, has only four alumni. While membership is not restricted, it will remain small in order to keep it efficient. The Board of Overseers is only eight years old. Yet in this short time, it has more than proved its worth. lt was influential in the planning and construction of the Science Build- ing. The Board is also quite active in the Progress Fund. One of its contributions to Williston has been the members' influence as successful goodwill ambassadors of the school.

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The renovated workshop under the business office is occupied by the iAssistant to the Headmaster, Edward S. Bradford, jr. Down there near the snack bar, he greets hurrying boys. Having resigned both as a teacher and as Assistant Director of Admissions to take his new job, Brad performs his important duties quietly. Helping Mr. Bradford with many of the mechanical difficulties presented to an Assistant to the Headmaster is Eleanor Banas, here replying to one of the many other schools who par- ticipate in the seminars held at Williston. Diplomacy, organization, and keenness are the passwords in an ofhce as efficient as Mr. Bradford's. EDWARD STANDISH BRADFORD, JR., B.A. Assistant to the Headmaster Adviser to Y-Cabinet, Adviser to Lower Middler Class, Assistant Coach of Soccer. Graduated Admiral Billard Academy, 19475 Stanley Works Sales training, 1947-19519 United States Air Force, 1951- 1'952g Graduated University of Connecticut, 1956g Member of New 'England Association of 'Social Studies Teachersg attended Wesleyan Summer School, 1958-119625 elected to Williston, 1956. 21 A 'R '11 -,w,,w-xwt if, gg , ,,,, lqM,,,r 1 1 ,A ,si 'H I I - ..r, 9 cyycs .7525 at - ,gig-Q ters' gay, :axefr -'ZL,ii -- 134-L :IZN.f1:.f1f4 wif'-i MW' f I Lwkf ifi , ,,,.,,,,.. .. ...,. .tr W .vet-aww 5.5,-