Woburn High School - Innitou Yearbook (Woburn, MA)

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The communications center and the command post of the entire school is the Main Office. Through the switchboard calls are dispatched bv the dedicated secretaries, Elizabeth Doherty and Louise Clark. Their other duties include ar¬ ranging appointments, compiling “The Reflector” and disseminating information to the students and teachers. The Data Processing Center has revolutionized the system of keeping the complex records of over 2000 students. No longer do teachers and administrative personnel have to la¬ bor for hours preparing attendance records, warning cards, and report cards. An IBM computer has been programmed to handle this work. Mrs. Elizabeth Burke, the Data Processing co-ordinator, is responsible for the smooth functioning of this department and is ably aided by the Business Education students who are receiving valuable on-the-job training. HELEN A. SALMON The quality of learning depends on the state of health. Student health is cared for by two very efficient nurses, Mrs. Lillian Kerns, and a new addition to the staff, Mrs. Phyllis Lentz. With Mrs. Lentz’s aid and assistance, the burden of the work for Mrs. Kerns has considerably lessened. Togeth¬ er, these nurses have not only aided in combating illness and injury, but have also provided for the general physical wel¬ fare of the students. This past year, preventive nursing and health counciling have been stressed by both nurses. Mr. Kerns feels that the student must be considered; personally, emotionally, mental¬ ly, and socially in order to provide for his welfare. Thus ev¬ ery student is seen privately at least once during the school year. As in past years, the students’ hearing and vision were tested and the time TB test administered. ELIZABETH BURKE RUTH GILGUN Miss Helen A. Salmon, Dean of Girls, is an important member of the faculty Administration. As a math teacher, an advisor to the National Honor Society, the selector of the Women’s Club represen¬ tatives and a member of the Scholastic Rating Board, Miss Salmon plays a vital role in the academic and extracurricular fife at Woburn High School. Long a member of the staff. Miss Salmon is well known and re¬ spected by both the staff and students. As the Dean of Girls Miss Sal¬ mon oversees the code of dress. Her taste and good judgment enable her to make fair and accurate decisions regarding acceptable fash¬ ions. Friendly interesting, Miss Salmon is always available for ad¬ vice and aid to both the faculty and students at Woburn High School. PHYLLIS LENTZ LILLIAN KERNS

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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1968: The eve of graduation in June, 1968, is a time for formula¬ ting plans and looking to the future. That has always been the pattern of the youth and, happily, it fills us all with hope. Yet this time of parting is also an occasion for reflection and introspection, on our objectives in life after these years of prep¬ aration. The society and culture in which we live is far differ¬ ent from the relativiely simple school days of past generations. The issues of our way of life and the problems of the late six¬ ties have become a part of your training and daily association and not an excercise in the groves of academe. If one characteristic could describe the graduating class in 1968, we would judge it to be its social awareness. This im¬ mediate and deep concern by youth for the future of all hu¬ manity is reflected in its plans for service to mankind. It bodes well for the future. It is a recognition of the ideal that the future of each is bound inextricably with the future of all mankind, so admira¬ bly expressed by John Donne, the greatest of the metaphysical poets: “No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main ... I am involved in Man¬ kind. And therefore never seek to know for whom the bells toll; it tolls for thee.” May the successful achievement of your present goal be a portent of a happy life and a useful one to your fellow man. Henry D. Blake Principal HENRY D. BLAKE, Principal Yale University A.B., M.A., C.A.G.S. JAMES F. BRENNAN, Assistant Principal Fordham University B.S., M.Ed. LAURENCE P. GILGUN, Assistant Principal Lowell State College B.A., M.Ed.

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Mr. Sheehan speaks optimistically about a student’s future. TIMOTHY F. RING Tufts University B.S., M.Ed., C.A.G.S. Guidance Director Secretaries CAROLYN DeLONG HELEN C. SWANTON Guidance Initiates Revolving System Today, more than ever, each student must strive to complete his high school education. Our Guidance Department believes that every student should work to his ultimate capacity. The student’s own energy and initiative are directed by the efforts of the guidance officers. Periodically, the student and his guidance counselor meet to discuss his pres¬ ent status and future plans. Through these meetings the student is helped to identify a goal in life. The counselors then devise a plan leading to the achieve¬ ment of his goal. To insure closer contact with students, a revolving system of counselors has been arranged by the department. This system provides that the same counsel¬ ors accompany the class throughout the four years of high school life. At the present time the ratio of student to counselor is approximately 400:1. This conforms to the state regulation, and added counselors will help to narrow the ratio, further benefiting the student, as each counselor’s talents will be con¬ centrated on guiding fewer students. STEVEN J. CALABRO Suffolk University B.A., M.Ed. Guidance MARY C. DAISY University of Maine B.S., M.Ed. Guidance MARY E. MURRAY Emmanuel College A.B., M.Ed. Guidance ROBERT J. O’BRIEN Tufts University B.S., M.Ed. Guidance JOHN P. SHEEHAN Boston College A.B., M.A., M.Ed. Guidance