Woburn High School - Innitou Yearbook (Woburn, MA)

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Mr. Burke conducts a review of grammar rules. Miss Dunsford checks Cheryl’s progress. Tachistoscope, Anyone? If almost every time you walk by Room 246, the students seem to be enjoying slides, cheer-up. Those slides are not of Mickey Mouse or Batman; they are slides of words, shown one at a time by the tachistoscope. This marvelous machine enables the student to recognize and write down the longest words, even though they are flashed on the screen for only one, two, or three seconds. Seated, L to R, Miss Marie Butler, Mr. Roger Grant, Jr., Miss Mary D. Dunsford, Mr. Paul G. Murphy, Department Head, Mrs. Mary Starratt, Miss Susan M. Hart, Standing, L to R., Mr. Philip Crawford, Another new machine in the reading lab- ratory is the reading accelerator which helps students to increase their reading speed without losing their reading comprehension. With this new approach to reading, most students should be glad to follow President Kennedy’s suggestion to “Wake up and read!” Mr. Charles B. Sheridan, Mr. Robert J. Gumbleton, Mr. John F. McCarthy, Mr. Myles J. Burke, Mr. Justus P. Allen.

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Seated, L to R, Miss Eleanor M. McCall, Miss Alice M. Badger, Miss Doris T. Lynch, Department Head, Miss Ruth E. Shribman, Standing, L to R, Mr. I. Edward Marashio, Miss Alice E. Brady, Mr. Richard H. Skeffington, Miss Maryann Hurley, Mr. Arthur A. Goodhue. Business Education Acquires Beautiful, New Wardrobe The Business Education Department is now decked out in its best finery. What does this consist of ? A splendid array of new ma¬ chines. Recognizing the need for preparing gradu¬ ates to meet the demands of “space-age” mechanization, the Business Education De¬ partment has been able to supply the senior typewriting classes with beautiful, new elec¬ tric typewriters. Furthermore, two printing calculators have been added to the office ma¬ chine room to supply students with the lat¬ est equipment in that field. This new electrical equipment has defi¬ nitely given a “new look” to this department. Mr. Marashio has an attentive audience ? ? ? 12 New equipment makes typing more pleasant.

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Seated, L to R, Miss Doris Hershfield, Mrs Department Head, Miss Rosemary Kehoe, Jean P. Houde, Miss Joanne M. O’Brien, Fercoci. W. H. S. Produces W.H.S. is turning out many talented peo¬ ple lately. Among them are recording art¬ ists. Surprising? Not really. They are foreign language students who are making good use of the new language laboratory facilities. This laboratory was recently installed to reinforce the new approach to language teaching which emphasized speaking rather . Mary B. Starratt, Mr. Ernest J. Mazzone, Standing, Miss Joanna S. Kalinowski, Mr. Mr. Bernard Rosmarin, Mr. Anthony V. Recording Artists than reading and writing. What equipment is used to carry out this method ? Thirty booths, each with individual tapes, recorders, and earphones, provide the necessary drill. Students may make their own recordings and compare them to the master tape. Who knows? We may find another Frank Sinatra in our class. Mrs. Thompson supervises a recorded lesson.