Winchester High School - Aberjona Yearbook (Winchester, MA)

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Seated: Mr. Nichols, Mr. Know Iron, Dr. Alley, Mrs. Stacy, Miss Bronson, Mr. Graves, Miss Mackedon, Miss Allison, Mr. Keeney, Mr. Butters, Mr. Albro. Middle Row: Miss Wilfert, Miss Hannon, Miss Melanson, Miss Fenton, Miss Bennett, Miss Peabody, Miss Bailey, Miss Carmichael, Miss Clark, Mrs. Lobdell, Miss Hall, Miss Skornik. Back Rovt: Mr. Smith, Mr. Hayward, Mr. Rodgers, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Small, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Bartlett. Enthusiastic, super-chic Miss Mackedon carries on French traditions in W. FE S., assisted by never shy, never quiet, petite Miss Knowlton. With North and South American unity increasing ’every day, Miss Allison’s job of teaching Spanish has assumed added importance. Miss Bronson, who always finds a job for the worthy, heads our efficient commercial department. She is herself an expert typist and shorthand-er, and she directs a large staff of teachers. Miss Skornik is a newcomer this year. Everyone knows Miss Ben¬ nett’s dimples! And very few are unaware of Mr. Bartlett and Mr. Smith, those super-athletes, who really do have a connection with the school in a teaching capacity, in addition to their coaching. Not many schools have as expert, youthful, and sympathetic coaches and athletic directors as we have here. Mr. Knowlton (Ffen), is a whiz in more ways than one, and Miss Fenton (Debs), isn’t an inch be¬ hind him when it comes to judging the Vau-Devil acts or a basketball foul. The girls are also lucky in having as exuberant and friendly an assistant coach as Miss Weber. Some of the cadet-catchers” around the school might do well to see Miss Niven about the receipe for those brownies, or some of those snappy desserts, as it would add greatly to their home appeal.” Those personality classes that Miss Niven holds are a great help, too. Mr. Leary and Mr. Branley have important jobs now with the war — mechanical drawing ex¬ perts are in great demand at the moment, and both teachers are helping the government by building model planes for airplane spotters. When that annual spring exhibition comes around, many people are astonished at the wide scope of art work attempted and successfully done by high school students. Of course, all the praise for this falls back on the teachers, Miss Goodrich and Miss Keller. Both masters in their fields, they combine teaching with so much fun that periods spent in the art room are generally considered among the best. Everyone is so accustomed to seeing Miss Wilfert around the library now that it seems as though she’d always been there. Always ready with a kind smile and the right book, she is one of the best-liked teachers in the school.

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For taking over and successfully running a job on short notice, orchids must be presented to our new Principal, Mr. Graves. Popular with the Frosh while Principal of the Wadleigh, he is now the very popu¬ lar Principal of us all. Mr. Keeney, efficient and likeable, heads the all- important English department. Under his guidance, students are yearly dispatched to successful college careers, or business pursuits. Also imparting knowl¬ edge to the seniors is Miss Parker, well-known as the firm yet obliging advisor to the Senior Class. Mr. Hayward, besides instructing Sophs and Seniors is head man of the annual Vau-Devil Show, and unceas¬ ingly counsels the A. A. Mr. Stevens effectively takes care of most of the juniors, teaching them, on the side, how to run the Red and Black . Mr. Small is a sophomore mentor, as well as the able director of those excellent Junior-Senior plays. And no one who steps into the Wadleigh building can escape the effervescent vitality of Miss Bailey, who so skillfully directs the Dramatic Society, or the quiet attractive¬ ness of Miss Clark, who teaches French and English to many freshmen. Mrs. Stacy, always ready with a giggle or a coy glance, manages the Thrift Association as well as the Social Studies department. Due to her care, the High School has an excellent banking record, and she is responsible for many informative assemblies and in¬ teresting discussions on current events. Mr. Cooper daily compares European history and wars to ours, while Miss Hall takes care of her various courses in history with a pleasant smile. Mrs. Lobdell, a new¬ comer to Wadleigh this year, informs the freshmen of things gone by” in the ancient world. SAMUEL M. GRAVES, Principal Dr. Alley is that paragon of medicine, electricity and chemical compounds who presides over the chem¬ ical and physical laboratories, and, miraculously, keeps the juniors from blowing the high school apart. He is ably assisted by Miss Peabody, who handles chemistry and biology, and whose collection of semi¬ precious stones is sump’in! With the war, Mr. Butter’s job as head of the Math department has doubled in size. New victory math courses have been installed, which will help everyone in the high school, regardless of his ability, to help his country later on, for the need for trained mathematicians grows greater and greater. Chief co-ordinators are Mr. Rodgers, who carefully intro¬ duces the sophomores to the mysteries of geometry and runs the boys’ tennis team on the side, and Mr. Nichols, of freshman algebra fame, whose hobbies in¬ clude coaching freshman football, faculty-advising for the yearbook, and supervising the affairs of the Wadleigh family. Mr. Albro, whose stories about the Philippines are choice, teaches Caesar, Cicero, and Virgil to some¬ times recalcitrant, but always amused upperclassmen, while bright-eyed, entertaining Miss Carmichael pre¬ pares the freshmen for this onslaught of the classics.

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Tob to Bottom-. The Biggest Question- J. D.; Beauty Culture; Tid-Bit; Tense Moment. On the record you might be heating up some al¬ ready overworked theme for English, or still straining for the perfect one-handed basket. Off the record you might be pleading for a scarce coke or whirling at the Totem Pole. But now YOU are a senior, liv¬ ing the last of many weeks, many months, many years in W. H. S. And although you are spending these last days as the senior of four months ago, you are trying to think back to the very first in high school — and can’t quite cover the span. That was a day though. You wandered mid¬ period into the wrong ro om, and you despaired, for there were no bright horizons before the freshman mind. But, swallowing hard, you held class elec¬ tions, raising Courtney Crandall to the presidency, with Jackie Hammond VP-ing, which left Cinny Newton as scribe and Bob Cummins with whatever jingle he might collect. You were a class of ideas — slightly revolutionary, but nevertheless ideas. You were behind the footlights in every D. A. production; you organized a ping-pong tournament, and spread the fever to upperclassmen; you highspotted Vau- Devil; you made the varsity football squad, and that of hockey and track. You had A” lunch, and learned about cafeteria food. You felt the first terror of mid-years. And You debated the Sudeten question. Freshman year passed away and You became a Soph. Snatches of that year frolic through your brain. You were part of the main building and an upperclassman. Needing a head on your composite shoulders, y ou gave the job to Ralph Swanson, with Palmer Worthen as his second. Secretary Pride and Treasurer Provinzano filled the remaining bill. You delved deep into all activities, and made giant con¬ tributions to the sports world.