Woburn High School - Innitou Yearbook (Woburn, MA)

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BARBARA A. DUNBURY Regis College A.B., M.Ed. Home Economics Coordinator — Senior- Junior High Schools Hi-Teen Fashion Club Senior Play Extensive Program for Future Homemakers MOLLIANNE OSBORN University of Massachu¬ setts B.S. Home Economics Hi-Teen Fashion Club JOYCE WALES University of British Columbia B.S. Home Economics Hi-Teen Fashion Club Within the past few years, the Home Economics De¬ partment has seen many changes. The department has been completely renovated and now provides its students and teachers with the best equipment and facilities possible. Also, a new Home Economics teacher has been added to the staff, Miss Mollianne Osborn. Aside from teaching the basics of cooking and sewing, many other phases of successful homemaking are taught in depth, such as nutrition and meal planning, fashion and design. Yes, the department is a very active one. It spon¬ sors the Hi-Teen Fashion Club for seniors taking the Home Economics course and offers these girls a field trip, as well as occasional speakers and interesting programs. Then, nearing the end of the school year, Miss Dunbury’s annual fashion show produces an evening of information and pride as the girls demonstrate their sewing abilities. The philosophy of the department states that home eco¬ nomics is needed by every girl. It provides preparation and psychological understanding of one’s self in forming worthwhile relationships in society. In total, home eco¬ nomics prepares a girl for independence and marriage, with a psychological foundation for self-understanding. Lorraine Pepin tries to be as accurate as possible. Miss Osborn aids the girls in preparing for a luncheon.

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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

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JUSTUS P. ALLEN, JR. Boston University A.B., A.M. World History Ancient History JOSEPH F. CURRAN, JR. Boston University A.B., M.A., C.A.G.S. A.P. American History U. S. History Yearbook Advisor RAYMOND P. DALEY University of Vermont A.B., M.Ed. World History English 9 JAMES J. FOLEY Boston College B.S., M.Ed. U. S. History Problems of Democracy Junior Class Advisor Asst. Basketball Coach Student Council (Asst.) JAMES T. FOYE Salem State College B.S. Ancient History World Geography Student Council (Asst.) Pep Club WILLIAM A. ROCHE Boston College A.B., M.Ed., C.A.G.S. Problems of Democracy Driver Education GERALDINE A. SOLES Emmanuel College A.B., M.A., C.A.G.S. Chairman of Department Problems of Democracy Student Council National Honor Society PAUL K. SWEENEY Boston College B.S., M.Ed., C.A.G.S. U. S. History Senior Class Advisor Baseball Coach BRUCE D. TWYON Northeastern University B.S. World History U. S. History Student Council (Asst.) MICHAEL A. VALERIANI, JR. Boston College B.S. Ancient History World History PETER C. VAROUTSOS Suffolk University A.B. World History Sophomore Class Advisor Key Club Advisor New Approach to Historical Problems Under the direction of Miss Geraldine Soles, Woburn High School’s Social Studies Department implemented new and varied programs this year. Courses were offered to help the student understand the heritage of his country and to become aware of his responsibilities as a citizen and future voter. To these ends, courses in Ancient History, World History, United States History, and Problems of Democracy were offered. In addition, an Advanced Placement Course in American History, concen¬ trating upon developing the ability to analyze controversial and many-sided ques¬ tions, both orally and in written form, is available to selected students. The Social Studies Department, aware of its broad, ultimate aim to help young people learn to carry on their precious heritage of a free society, is always looking for new ways to stimulate studepts’ interests. Therefore, this year the Social Studies Department took the lead in setting up a plan for teaching in which the instructions of Social Studies, English and other disciplines co-operated in presenting related subject matter. The teachers met with large groups of students for lectures, then broke up into their assigned sections for study and discussion of lecture material. Students and teachers are enthusiastic about the program and are very proud of past results and optimistic about future improvements. 28