Woburn High School - Innitou Yearbook (Woburn, MA)

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MARY A. COONEY Framingham State College B.S. Home Economics Hi-Teen Fashion Club BARBARA A. DUNBURY Regis College A.B., M.Ed. Home Economics Coordinator — Senior-Junior High Schools Hi-Teen Fashion Club Senior Play JOYCE WALES University of British Columbia B.S. Hi-Teen Fashion Club HOME ECONOMICS COURSES ARE IN DEMAND Today the Home Economics courses at Woburn High School include much more than the usual clothes construction and cooking lessons. The various subjects covered are personality development, family life, and child care. Class discussion periods help students achieve an un¬ derstanding of their present and future positions in life. A period of renovation has taken place; consequently, the department area has more than doubled in size. New kitchen units and a living area have been added; also, the spacious sewing rooms accommodate many more students. This course has greatly increased in popularity, as evidenced by the large number of girls taking part in it. Training of this type will always be of great use to every girl regardless of her future occupation. Donna displays her sewing skills. Miss Dunbury’s students are hard at work.

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RONALD W. BROWN Tufts University B.S. Plane Geometry Math 10 Fitness Program MARY LOU DONOVAN Boston University B.S. Algebra 2 Basic Math Senior Science General Physics Future Teachers National Honor Society JAMES FISK University of Illinois B.S. Math 11 Algebra 2 Radio Club JUDITH FLAGG Wellesley College B.A., M.A.T. Math 9,10 Math Club VIRGINIA M. HALL Wellesley College B.A., A.M. Math 11,12 Chairman of Department Math Club National Honor Society CATHERINE A. HERLIHY Emmanuel College A.B., M.Ed. Math 11 Future Nurses FRANK J. LOGAN St. Anselm ' s College A.B. Review Math Science Club and Fair HELEN G. O’SHEA Salem State College B.S., M.Ed. Math 9 Math Club SAMUEL A. RICHARDSON Franklin College of Indiana B.A. Math 9,10 Geometry Math Club HELEN A. SALMON Tufts University A.B. Algebra 1 Geometry Dean of Girls National Honor Society EUGENE E. SWEENEY Boston College B.S., M.Ed. Math 9 Math Club STUDENTS CAN ACHIEVE EXCELLENT MATH B ACKGROUND Under the leadership of a very capable new chairman, Miss Virginia M. Hall, the Mathematics Department is rapidly continuing to achieve its goal — the meeting of the common and specialized needs of the students on both the col¬ lege preparatory and the general levels. Through the correlation of all phases of mathematics, the students are provided with the most comprehensive back¬ ground possible. The current stress on the understanding of basic mathematics is aimed at equipping students with the knowledge necessary to succeed in our scien¬ tifically minded world. An Advance Placement Course, scheduled for the fore¬ seeable future, will be another tool with which to acquire this knowledge. Woburn High School ' s students are certain to find some of the pathways of life easier to travel because they have achieved the necessary math skills. 23

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THOMAS J. KILDAY Fitchburg State College B.S., M.Ed. Mechanical Drawing Pre-Engineering Drawing Science Club and Fair TECHNICAL DRAWING IMPORTANT TO FUTURE DRAFTSMEN AND ENGINEERS Many students are interested in engineering as a career. For this reason the Technical Drawing De¬ partment offers three interesting courses. Technical Drawing I explains the basic principles and fundamentals used in engineering. Technical Drawing II undertakes actual plan drawing. The third course, Pre-Engineering Drawing, furnishes the student with additional knowledge in both of these areas. We all are certain that sometime in the future our graduates will be complimented for the skills they originally developed when taking these courses at Woburn High. Opportunity does lie ahead for the hardworking student. Mr. Kilday explains drawing techniques. WILLIAM J. LEUCI Fitchburg State College B.S. Industrial Arts Metal Shop WILLIAM J. MINI Fitchburg State College B.S., M.Ed. Graphic Arts Science Club and Fair CLIFFORD A. PARKER University of New Hampshire B.S. Woodworking Mr. Mini and Mr. Walsh examine the manual for our new press. OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED BY INDUSTRIAL ARTS Industrial Arts is interpreted at Woburn High as the acquisition of skills ena¬ bling a student to establish an education that may be used in the future. This department consists of four main sections: woodworking, power mechanics, graphic arts, and technical drawing. Woodworking gives the student a basic knowledge of the procedures involved in furniture making, basic wood structures, and wood fastening. By learning about power mechanics, a student gains proficiency in electronics and auto mechanics. A glimpse into graphic arts reveals units dealing with the designing of labels, record albums, and greeting cards. Technical drawing or drafting — a means of communication through lines — allows a person to attain engineering status. Being provided with the latest equipment — a multigraph offset, a blueprint and developing machine, a gas furnace, and drafting machines — students have educational opportunities which are more than sufficient to bring them One of the students takes a proof. success in any of these fields.