Woburn High School - Innitou Yearbook (Woburn, MA)

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LINDA A. FEENEY Emmanuel College A.B. English 9,10 Reading Club ROBERT J. GUMBLETON Tufts University B.A. English 12 NOMAD WILLIAM B. HOSMER Boston University A.B. English 11,12 Assistant Yearbook Advi¬ sor BARBARA A. INTRILIGATOR Syracuse University B.A., M.A. English 11 Junior Class Advisor NOMAD JOHN M. JOHNSTON, JR. Boston College A.B., M.Ed. “English 9 Preliminary Public Speak ing Contest Debating Society Miss Intriligator and her students discuss a play they are read ing. Our cameraman finds Mrs. Hayes happily at work. Mr. Hosmer uses gestures to put his point across.

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MARIE P. BUTLER Boston University A.B., M.Ed. Developmental Reading Reading Club PETER L. DEMPSEY University of Notre Dame A.B. English 9,10 Future Teachers ROBERT P. DORAN Merrimack College B.A. English 11,12 Chairman — Public Speaking Contest MARY D. DUNSFORD Northeastern University B.A., M.A. English 12 Assistant Yearbook Advi¬ sor FRANCIS X. FEDELE Salem State College B.S. English 12 Speech Arts Debating Society john f. McCarthy Boston College B.S. English 10 PAUL G. MURPHY Boston College B.S., M.A., M.Ed. English 12 Chairman of Department SENTORIAN Public Speaking Contest JOAN F. MURRAY Emmanuel College A.B. English 10 Drama Guild Black and Orange Revue NOMAD CATHERINE M. O’BRIEN Emmanuel College A.B. English 9 Drama Guild GERALDINE A. RIZZO Boston College B.S. English 10, NOMAD, Public Speaking Contest Sensitivity to Written and Spoken Word Developed The student of English at Woburn High School is im¬ bued, through the many phases of the program, with an acute sensitivity to the written and spoken word. When his course is completed he is equipped to handle the many sit¬ uations in which a good command of the language is de¬ manded. In the world of work he is capable of understanding business problems, analyzing them, and solving them by means of well-written and correctly spoken language. He is able to plan and organize business messages and has at his command a knowledge of the fundamental uses of business terminology. In the world of books he has been trained to recognize ambiguous words, uncover buried assumptions, draw reason¬ able conclusions, and make supportable generalizations. Through constant use of these analytical skills, he has ac¬ quired the discipline of critical thinking which ultimately makes him a better student, employee, and citizen. Mr. Gumbleton relates one his “famous” stories!

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ALICE M. BADGER Notre Dame College A.B., M.Ed. Office Machines Typewriting Personal Typing Senior Class Advisor Black and Orange Revue MARY L. BOUCHIE Salem State College B.S. Typing Consumer Economics Pep Club Advisor ALICE E. BRADY Burdett College Stenography II Secretarial Typewriting Personal Typewriting Applied Typewriting Office Practice Director of Placement PATRICIA A. COGAN Salem State College B.S. Typewriting I, II Business Math Office Practice Junior Assistants Club ARTHUR A. HARTUNG Northeastern University B.S. General Business Freshman Class Advisor WILLIAM E. HOLLAND Suffolk University B.S. Business Math ARLENE V. LASKY Boston University B.S. Bookke eping I Typewriting I, II SENTORIAN DORIS T. LYNCH Regis College B.S., Ed.M, C.A.G.S. Stenography Typewriting Office Machines Office Assignments Chairman of Department Business Ed Club SENTORIAN I. EDWARD MARASHIO Suffolk University B.S., Ed.M, C.A.G.S. Bookkeeping I, II Faculty Manager of Ath¬ letics ELEANOR M. McCALL Salem State College B.S., Ed.M. Stenography I Typewriting II Personal Typing Office Machines Progress in Curriculum Parallels Progress in Business RICHARD H. SKEFFINGTON Boston College B.S. Bookkeeping I Business Law Basketball Coach Asst. Football Coach This year has witnessed two major changes in the Business Education Department — one aimed at improving the physical facilities, the other aimed at the training of Woburn High School students to enable them to better fit into a competitive and ever-changing business environment. The typing and office machines rooms were renovated to render a more congenial atmosphere to routine business activities. Renovations were especially necessary to accommodate the increasing number of students and the new and more efficient office machines. The extensive courses offered in Curriculum IV include such subjects as secretarial and applied typing, stenography, office assignments, and office machines. These courses train the students in these skills, as well, as in general office machines. To the usual curriculum of office machines, some theory and practice of data pro¬ cessing was added. Familiarity with data processing equipment is now one of the most needed skills in the business field. Most offices, both large and small, now use this new equipment in some way. Here in the high school, marking, taking at¬ tendance and the keeping of records have all been made more accurate and less time consuming by use of these new methods. Students supplement their classroom in¬ struction with exposure to the use of the equipment in the school. The high school benefits directly from the fine training in office skills given to the students, since selected students are assigned to the office to assist with the myriad details necessary to insure a smoothly functioning school. These details include dis¬ tribution of “The Reflector,” the daily bulletin, sorting of mail and messages, filing, and some typing. 26