Woburn High School - Innitou Yearbook (Woburn, MA)

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Woburn’s Educational Growth Continues Characterized by education and experience, which are both long and extensive, Dr. J. Frank Hassett was graduated from the College of the Holy Cross with a Bachelor of Philosophy degree, received his master’s degree from the Univer¬ sity of Massachusetts and studied for his docto¬ rate at Calvin Coolidge College of Liberal Arts. Since Dr. Hassett first accepted the position as Superintendent of Woburn Public Schools in 1945, many changes have taken place. The population of the city has nearly doubled from 19,746 in 1940 to 31,124 in 1960. The school enrollment in 1945 was 3,039 and has more than doubled to 6,- 299 in 1961. The number of teachers has also grown from 118 to 241. In 1945 the number of seniors graduated was 161; in 1962 there were 253 graduates. It is estimated that 425 will don graduation robes in 1964. Without a doubt Woburn’s School System has grown with the changing times and will continue to grow in the future. DR. J. FRANK HASSETT SUPERINTENDENT HENRY D. BLAKE PRINCIPAL Woburn High School An Organic Institution The Woburn High School was established in 1852 in response to the educational needs of the youth of the community in the mid-nineteenth century. Shortly after the turn of the century, the school was moved from the center of town to the central section of the building which now houses the administration, guid¬ ance, and the library. In 1930 the wings presently hous¬ ing the upper and lower schools were added to the struc¬ ture when a combined senior-junior high school was or¬ ganized. In September, 1962, the structure became sole¬ ly a senior high school. September, 1963, should witness the occupancy of the new multi-million dollar addition embracing several additional acres of education facilities. The first one hundred years of the Woburn High School was marked by a stable, steady growth of pupil population and facilities. The past decade has been ex¬ plosive in terms of growth in pupil population and facili¬ ties. From an enrollment of 565 on October 1, 1952, it has grown to an anticipated enrollment of well over 1800 in September, 1963. Since 1951, Mr. Blake has been the guiding hand in keeping Woburn High School abreast of all current de¬ velopments in public education. A graduate of Yale University, he received a Masters Degree at Boston College Graduate School and has attended Boston Uni¬ versity and Harvard University Graduate Schools.

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We do not grow unaided, without help. We have been fortunate that many men and women have dedicated their lives that we might grow, and grow well, guided in the straight path of life, not staggering in the darkness of ignorance. Our teachers, our ad¬ ministrators, and the countless other people directing the vast enterprise of education have known the trials of growth and the many lessons of life. We hope that we have given them some¬ thing in our small power to give—the satis¬ faction of seeing response and enlightment —in return for an example, a light, and a firmer purpose. How often have we under¬ estimated the excellent perpetration of this great task of education, or, perhaps, not even thought of it at all! They who know the meaning and importance of growth have given unselfishly to young minds and bodies not yet fully aware of its consequence. What possible return is there to be made for that which they have worked so diligently to give us? F acuity and Administration 7

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James F. Brennan Assistant Principal John P. Mahoney Registrar 9