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LEIGHTON S. THOMPSON.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Graduation Exercises of Norwood High School Class of 1945 Tuesday Evening, June 5, 1945 Junior High School Gymnasium Program
PROCESSIONAL - March Charles J. Robert
INVOCATION
Rev. Christopher P. Griffin
"Dawn"
J. V. Dethier
Chorus and Orchestra Words by Mr. J. J. Gormley
When the Dawn breaks through,
Life begins anew.
Let us bear our joys and sorrows
With a heart that's true!
When dark clouds appear
O'er the path of Life,
We must hold this truth in mind:
Nothing without strife!
Friendships we have known,
Seeds of culture sown,
Striving for the highest goal,
Wisdom light our soul!
Onward day by day,
Courage in the fray,
Finding peace and honor,
In God, the Light, the Way!
Prince of Peace shed down Thy Light
Guide our faltering steps aright.
Keep us blessed in Thy sight.
Lead us to Thy mansion bright!
ADDRESS
Philip G. Cashman Supervisor, Special Schools and Classes Massachusetts State Department of Education
"Pomp and Circumstance" E. Elgar
Chorus and Orchestra Words by J. J. Gormley
Lord guide our nation, justice ever our goal, Strengthen hearts that are weary, foster, nourish, each soul Lord guide our lives, each day so we pray, Lead us into Thy Kingdom, Thy Kingdom come! Lead us into Thy Kingdom, Thy will be done!
GIFT OF THE CLASS OF 1945
Edward Butters
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ACCEPTANCE OF THE GIFT FOR THE SCHOOL Thomas Frates
AWARD OF MEDALS AND PRIZES
Mr. Lincoln D. Lynch, Superintendent of Schools Plimpton Art Prize Berwick English Prize
Edward S. Costello Memorial Trophy
Teachers' Club Scholarship
Norwood Women's Club Scholarship
High School Scholarships
Lane Medals Music Prize
Henry O. Peabody Medals Norwood Mothers' Club Home Economics Award Washington and Franklin History Medal
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS
Mr. Harold Young, Chairman of the School Committee
"Norwood" Wheelock, '13 Arranged by Walsh, '13
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Chorus and Orchestra (The audience is invited to join)
"The Star Spangled Banner"
John Smith
Everyone
RECESSIONAL - "March" High School Orchestra C. H. Vance
All music under the direction of Professor John V. Dethier
The audience is requested to remain seated while the graduates march out.
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GRADUATES
Kenneth Joseph Ahearn Roy Joseph Anderson Josephine May Bader Helen Katharine Bailey Beatrice Mary Balboni Dorothy Irene Bennett Kenneth Harlan Berkland
Therese Bianchini Mary Rose Bilotta
Christine Emily Bissell Stephanie Bonica Romeo Joseph Bortolotti John Richard Bouchard
Doris Eileen Margaret Bowles
Mary Evelyn Burke Richard Winslow Burr Edward Andrew Butters
Kenneth William Cavanaugh
Robert Haines Chamberlain Robert Xavier Chandler Lawrence Paul Chubet Phyllis Ione Cohen Nancy Leah Colby John Harold Collins
Patricia Ann Connolly
Frances Virginia Costello
Eleanor Anne Hefferan
Richard Allan Henry
Barbara Mary Coughlin Ruth Anne Coughlin Joan Ann Curran Margaret Anne Curran Mary Esther Curran Thomas Patrick Curran Timothy James Curtin, Jr.
Donald Henry Holman Evelyn Aurore Jodoin
Gertrude Josephine Jodoin
Shirley Emma Johnstone
Shirley Mae Cushman Stephen Herbert Davol Shirley Day
Anthony Edward DeRoma
Mary Lorraine DeSouza Anna Elizabeth Devine
Louis Alfred DiGiandomenico Leo Kenney Dolaher Rachel Ann Domet John Michael-Donahue Richard Francis Donahue William Henry Donlan Melvin Joseph Doucette Catherine Loretta Drummey Jean Phyllis Durning Victor Henry Dyer Arline M. Fairbanks
Elizabeth Louise Falconer Francis Allen Fitzmorris Ann Theresa Flaherty Mary Teresa Flaherty
Robert William Fleck Catherine Anne Folan Martin Peter Folan Helen Theresa Foley Isabelle Louise Frost Paul Edward Fulton Helen Marie Fyfe Jack Clifton Garner Michael Peter Georges Domenic John Giampa Gloria Malvina Gilbert Elizabeth Gleichauf Lorenda Catherine Grasso Francis Michael Greaney Barbara Ann Greenwood Margaret Louise Guilderson Isabel Louise Hanscom Francis Henry Harrington Margaret Eleanor Hart Ruth Evelyn Hartshorn George Joseph Hawley
Francis Nicholas Jordano Mary Ann Karshis Vincent John Kasauskas William Christopher Kendrick, Jr. Dorothy Louise King Mary Catherine Knapp
Florence Koval Ann Patricia Kulbok Joyce Mary Laverick Therese Tarte Lazelle Harold Edwin LeBlanc Carolyn Mary LcClair William Ellsworth Legge Elizabeth Ellen Lydon Kenneth Eugene MacDonald Catherine Theresa Maguire Robert Ernest Maini Zigmund Anthony Martowska Lillian Marie Mastrianni
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Graduates - Continued
Elizabeth Ann McCarty
Janet Marie McColgan
John Michael McDonough
Robert Joseph McGrath Mary Theresa Mckeown
Pearl Gloria Sandblom
Elizabeth Winifred McLean
Mildred Catherine Shimsky
Mary Agnes McNulty
Ann Sidlauskas
Marion Edith Meeker
Ruth Helene Singleton
Edward Joseph Mondor
Carolyn Louise Stimson
Mary Elizabeth Moriarty
John Patrick Tarpey
Nancy Carol Morrow
Edward James Tarutis
Mary Alice Murphy Aldora M. Nasuti
Leah Thomas
Fred Thomas Tomm
Mary Kathryn O'Brien
George John Oelschlagel, 3rd
Ronald Venterosa
Ruth Rose Versackas
Genevieve Anne Vitaitis
Shirley Mae Walker
Dorothy Louise Wallace
Dorothy Ann Walsh
Roger Francis Walsh
Donald Francis Warde
Mary Justine Warnke
Stanley John Wasilauskas, Jr.
Edward John Petrovick
Jean Patricia Welch
Bernard John Wenstrom
Roberta Alice Ann Willette
Robert Ernest Wohler
Barbara Louise Woodberry
Albina Anne Razulevich
Roger Hixon Woodworth
Anthony Joseph Yelapi
Elizabeth JoAnn Yelapi
Leslie John Richardson, Jr.
Frances Dorothy Zinko
Elizabeth Ann Palmerini
Lola Genevieve Paolucci
Charles Frederick Parker
Clare Morse Payne Vito Frank Pennacchio Nell P. Petraitis
Muriel Louise Pierrepont
Phyllis Marie Pothier
Ralph Edwin Pyne
Pauline Florence Quattrucci
Eugene Francis Reynolds
Constance Marie Richardson
John Joseph Ronci Audrey Ann Rowe Elizabeth Ann Ryan
Katherine Ann Sam
Ellen Valma
Ruth Marie Ostrom
Agnes Marie O'Toole Vito John Palilunas
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REPORT OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE HENRY O. PEABODY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
I herewith submit the fourth annual report of the Henry O. Peabody School for Girls.
War years do not seem favorable to the establishment of a new school, especially one which trains for peacetime pursuits, but if we consider the advantages of organ- izing the Peabody School at this time, it may prove to have been opportune.
Progress has been made only as prevailing conditions allowed. Employment has affected our enrollment, as it has that of all secondary schools, but in spite of this, our growth has been gradual and wholesome. In three and one-half years, there are graduates from all existing departments of the school doing successful work in their chosen fields.
The major advantage coming out of these years has been the unusual opportunity for placement. The success of a vocational school is measured in terms of placement, and it is most essential to keep alert to current trends of employment and to improve the quality of training. During the emergency, our graduates have had entrée into establishments, which, as graduates of a school yet unknown, might otherwise have taken years.
The school already has many fine contacts and is constantly widening its circle, thus aiming to place well-trained students in positions which will offer advancement. Favorable reports from employers and continued requests for graduates each year point to a successful future.
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Table I ENROLLMENT AND PLACEMENT BY GRADES AND COURSES January, 1945 - June, 1945
Total Enroll- ment
O.T.+
IX
X®
XI
XII
P.G.
Graduates O.T. Norwood P.T.
F.T.
Beauty Culture
22
9
. .
..
7
13
2
4
9
13
Business Education
23
2
.
·
21
2
21
20
Dressmaking .
44
11
4
20
14
2
4
2
5
1
Foods ..
26
2
14
7
3
2
3
9
2
Retail Selling
4
. .
. .
. .
. .
.
. .
. .
Total
119
24
4
34
28
43
10
4
39
14
40
tOut-of-town. #Part-time.
Full-time.
Distribution of out-of-town pupils as to courses:
Beauty Culture
Dedham, 2; Franklin, 3; Walpole, 3; Wrentham, 1
Business Education
Franklin, 1; Walpole, 1
Dressmaking .
Franklin, 3; Norfolk, 1; Walpole, 4; Westwood, 2; Woburn, 1 Franklin, 1; Norfolk, 1
Foods ...
Total
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4
4
.
4
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Table II ENROLLMENT AND PLACEMENT BY GRADES AND COURSES September, 1945 - December, 1945
Total Enroll- ment
O.T.t
IX
X
XI
XII
P.G.
Graduates O.T. Norwood P.T.#
F.T.|
Beauty Culture
24
13
. .
. .
10
8
6
. .
. .
. .
. .
Business Education
24
2
. .
. .
. .
17
7
. .
. .
. .
Dressmaking
44
15
10
18
9
7
. .
. .
. .
Foods
31
8
4
11
12
4
. .
.
..
. .
Total
123
38
4
21
40
38
20
..
. .
..
1Out-of-town. #Part-time.
Full-time.
Distribution of out-of-town pupils as to courses:
Beauty Culture
Dedham, 1; Franklin, 4; Needham, 1; Walpole, 3; Westwood, 2; Wrentham, 2
Business Education
Walpole, 2
Dressmaking
Foods
Total
Franklin, 6; Holbrook, 1; Medfield, 1; Medway, 1; Walpole, 3; Westwood, 2; Woburn, 1 Dedham, 3; Medfield, 1; Norfolk, 2; Walpole, 1; Westwood, 1 38
Total Enrollment from January, 1945 through December, 1945 - 181
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3
6
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The following statistics from the Business Course may be of interest this year:
Initial placements to date from June, 1943-June, 1945. 69
Major promotions reported to date. 20
Initial placements for year 1944-45 20
Certificates issued in National Clerical Ability Tests, sponsored by the National
Office Managers' Association and National Council for Business Education 16
Civil Service Examinations passed in Typewriting and Stenography 15 Production jobs for clubs and townspeople 38
Production jobs for High School and Peabody School. 219
We must cease to think of the Peabody School as serving only high school pupils on long-term programs. While it is possible for students to obtain a high school diploma for a complete course, this school should also serve those who can profit by the training offered and should constantly seek to establish new courses in fields of work profitable to young women. These may be short-unit courses, long-term pro- grams, technical or non-technical, and may fall within the range of ninth grade and post-graduate level.
School enrollments will grow, and there must be more vital planning for long- term programs of training, with guidance in the selection of pre-vocational subjects comparable to that given to students who are preparing for college.
One of the most extensive fields where we can be of assistance in this period of reconversion is that of training competent people for Distributive Occupations. At a recent meeting of a National Retail Dry Goods Association, the main theme was "Selling Distributive Occupations as a Field of Employment." Past experience shows that training in this field cannot be done successfully on the high school level. Consequently, we plan to reorganize our course, as is being done elsewhere on a post- graduate level.
Retailing for both young men and women on a cooperative plan of combined work and study is proving very successful in many large organizations. Schools are likewise offering courses in the fundamentals of retailing, factual information about products to be sold, store management, and human relations. Jobs range from selling to management, offering higher wages than have formerly been paid in re- tailing, with many positions allowing commissions on sales as well.
There soon will be quantities of consumer goods to be sold. Why not train a number of good salespeople to help distribute them?
The service trades always offer more positions in peacetime. If recreational possibilities of New England are further developed, there should be good employment possibilities in the food trades and hotel business.
We hope to open the School Tea Room this year, but so far, food shortages and the small number in the senior food class have prevented our doing so.
Beauty Culture attracts a steady number of new members each year. Last month, a senior boy in the Norwood Senior High School, applied to enter the course. As hairdressing is a very remunerative business for men as well as for women, and as he had well-defined reasons for choosing this work, I felt he should be allowed to enter. So far, he shows a fine attitude and is making good progress. This course would have cost $375 in a private school, exclusive of books, supplies, transporta- tion, and incidentals. It is encouraging to find a young person with an appreciation for present values.
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Dressmaking, so far, has the largest enrollment of any one course in the school. This is due to the interest of young women in clothes and changing fashion. This year, we will graduate four girls who have completed four years of training. They are now employed part time with well-known tailors and in exclusive Boston Salons. All four will have full-time employment in these positions after graduation. Mem- bers of the three-year course to be graduated this June will be placed in part-time employment before Easter.
Recently, a woman from a neighboring town, who, through adverse circumstances was obliged to support her family, enrolled in our Trade Dressmaking Department. After three months of intensive training in fitting and alterations, she was placed by the School in the alteration department of a Boston store.
There is renewed interest in homemaking and urgent need for more homemaking education emerging from the disrupting effects of the war. This prompts me to sug- gest that homemaking on a vocational basis in our all-day vocational school could serve those girls who have little interest in formal schooling and who are undecided about choosing a trade and who soon will be unable to obtain ready employment.
Most of these girls will be homemakers at an early age, and their education should be centered around the home. The need is not wholly local but far reaching, and I feel that in establishing such a program we will be rendering a service in this area. Money is available for this purpose from the George-Deen Fund.
It is often the case that vocational homemaking serves as pre-vocational training for the service trades as well as preparing for actual homemaking. Placement may be made directly from these courses in such positions as housekeeper in a small institution, hospital worker, or child attendant. This training can also be a de- cided influence toward raising standards for domestic service.
Vocational homemaking has more specific objectives than those courses given in the practical art field. It teaches the girl to take direct responsibility in a home. Home projects serve as work experience for homemaking students, just as employ- ment in industry serves students in the trades. More school time is allotted to this program which consists of full courses of training in foods and nutrition; home nursing and hygiene; clothing; home management, including budgeting and accounts; and child care and training; as well as family relations and consumer economics. It is set up, as the trades are, with fifty per cent of the time in vocational work and fifty per cent in related classes, including English, art, social studies, and science.
It may not be practicable to establish such a program at this time, but as Di- rector of the girls' vocational school, I feel it my duty to bring its possibilities to your attention.
Student Activities and Public Relation Program
The following student activities have been held this past year: Spring and Fall Style Shows (entertained all Senior High School Girls); Peabody Senior Spring Formal; Student Cooperative Association "Step party" and luncheon for Seniors (June, 1945); Vocational Days when pupils from the Senior High, Junior High, and St. Catherine's schools visited and were entertained at luncheon; and Junior Red Cross activities and stamp sales. A Mother-and-Daughter Christmas Tea and Sale; and a Christmas Formal were sponsored by the Student Cooperative Association.
Our public relation program included the following: Peabody School "Open House"; Luncheon to members of the Education Committee of the Massachusetts Federation of Women's Clubs and State Supervisors of Vocational Education;
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Exhibition and Tea for Evening School members and friends; luncheon to Directors of Girls' Trade Schools in Massachusetts; dinner for Norwood Solicitors of the Greater Boston Community Fund; luncheon for Women's Community Committee.
All these activities are worked out as class and school projects giving the students experience in organizing and carrying through their own programs. This helps girls to develop poise and confidence in themselves and offers young people an opportunity to take responsibility.
Field trips, theater parties, and symphony concerts have been attended as usual, and this year, Miss Ruth L. Page taught several of our Costume Design classes in the Museum of Fine Arts, making use of the museum first hand.
We endeavor to utilize the cultural advantages of the neighboring city of Boston in our effort to develop personal growth in students, as well as occupational compe- tence.
Dr. Frederick A. Cleveland Award
At the June meeting of the School Committee, it was voted to grant an award of proficiency to students of the Henry O. Peabody School.
It has since been voted by the School Committee to name the award the Dr. Frederick A. Cleveland Award in honor of Dr. Frederick A. Cleveland who has contributed so much to education in Norwood and whose personal efforts have helped make the Henry O. Peabody School a reality.
The following graduates of June, 1945, received the award:
Food Trades
Isabel Hanscom
three-year course
Leah Thomas
three-year course
Roberta Willette. three-year course
Beauty Culture
Anne Sidlauskas
two-year course
Faculty
Miss Miriam Walsh, teacher of Related Science, resigned March 1st to be married. Miss Priscilla Patey was appointed to this position.
In April, Miss Ann Switzer, teacher of Social Studies in the Academic Depart- ment, was granted a leave of absence to enter the service of the American Red Cross. She is stationed at Mason General Hospital, Long Island, New York. Mrs. Isabel Curran served as substitute until June. Miss Blanche Holman was appointed as teacher of Social Studies, September, 1945.
Miss Josephine Parkhurst, teacher of Retail Selling, resigned in June to accept a position as Teacher Coordinator in Distributive Occupations at Norwich Free Academy, Norwich, Connecticut. Mrs. Dorothy Weeks was appointed to this position on a part-time basis.
Adult Homemaking and Crafts
Increased interest in the Adult Homemaking and Craft Program is manifested by the registration and enrollment this year. Opening the school for late afternoon
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and evening classes makes it possible to serve two groups. Besides serving the very practical purpose of making instruction available to those interested in homemaking and crafts, there is no better way to stimulate interest in a new undertaking than allowing people to become part of it. Many townspeople and some from neighboring towns had expressed a desire to attend the new school, and enrollment and attendance have proved this desire to be real.
The following courses have been in operation this year from October 14, 1945, through December 19, 1945, and will be resumed January 28, 1946, through April, 1946:
Dressmaking
seven classes
Millinery
two classes
Slip Cover Making two classes
Tray Painting and Furniture Decoration three classes
Hand Weaving
one class
Registration - 397; Enrollment - 230; October 15, 1945
Additional courses will be added as teachers and equipment become available.
The following are suggestions for new courses:
Childrens' Clothing Interior Decoration Jewelry Making Refinishing Furniture Rug Hooking
A student in the adult class in hand weaving is a volunteer Red Cross worker at the West Roxbury Veterans' Hospital, where, due to her training at the Peabody School, she was able to organize a group in hand weaving. At present, there are fourteen boys interested in the work, several of whom are bed patients. At a recent exhibit of arts and skills, four of the boys won prizes for articles produced.
Conclusion
I should like to thank the School Committee, the Trustees of the Henry O. Peabody Fund, and all town officials who contribute much to the functioning of the school. The members of the faculty have my appreciation for their coordinated efforts, making for educational progress as well as a very pleasant school atmosphere. I am also aware of the cooperation shown by the Principal of the Senior High School and the Superintendent of Schools who are ever alert to our development and of those townspeople whose friendly interest lends encouragement to us all.
This has been another very enjoyable year.
BLANCHE L. MARCIONETTE.
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REPORT OF THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
I take pleasure in submitting my sixth report as principal of the Norwood Junior High School.
The school must provide that each child be given the best possible education, and that provision be made for individual differences. We must do all we can to provide better instruction for each child. This is a matter of constant concern, and to this end we make use of various tests throughout the year so that we may hold each pupil to his best work and that we may better see our own weaknesses and thus plan, through emphasis on the weak spots, that they be eventually eliminated.
A new course in First Aid, sponsored by the American Red Cross and taught by members of our faculty, has been introduced in grade nine. This course is taken by all ninth grade pupils, and is held one period each week during the regular school day.
Our pupil magazine, under the direction of Miss Byrne, has again won national honors. The Junior Narrator has been published nine years, and did not enter national competition that first year. During each of the last eight years our student magazine has been honored by Columbia University. In our class we gained the third highest award for general excellence in our first year of competition, the first award three years ago, and the second award each of the other six years. We have each year won special awards for outstanding work in various departments, but this · year, in addition to our second prize for general excellence, we received more All- Columbian awards, indicating outstanding merit in certain departments, than we have gained in a single year. The Junior Narrator was judged to be the best in its class in poetry writing, editorial writing, and creative literary writing.
It is apparent that the training received by the students on the various staffs of our consistently superior magazine is a good example of the value of one of our many extra-curricular activities. Clubs, carried on during the school day, are ex- tremely worthwhile. Intra-mural games, conducted after school by our gymnasium teachers, have proved especially successful. The annual ninth grade parties, with the teaching of dancing and the direction of etiquette, are a desirable social activity. Various war drives were held during the year and the pupil response, always en- thusiastic, continued through the last bond drive when we sold enough stamps and bonds to equip three units in the United States Naval Convalescent Hospital in Springfield, Massachusetts.
A sound motion picture projector is needed, and we expect to obtain it soon.
I wish to thank you, Mr. Lynch, for your cooperation in matters pertaining to school and for your advice which is always appreciated.
JOHN J. CORCORAN.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF HOME ECONOMICS
I herewith submit a report on Home Economics Education for the year ending December 31, 1945.
Home Economics and Post-War Education
The objectives and philosophy of Home Economics Education have been set forth in much detail from year to year for readers of these reports. Also, educational practices and procedures by which we hope to attain our ideals and goals for Home Economics Education in Norwood are familiar to many. Consequently, it seems timely to stress the changes in policy which may be required to meet the immediate educational objectives occasioned by this era of vast readjustment to a global war.
Much of our teaching will of necessity be concerned with the development of right attitudes toward a rapidly-changing way of life. A pupil explained recently "But we are so happy, with the war over and many boys back - we just can't help being excited!" Thus our problems in teaching present themselves. Our challenge in this instance was to direct this superabundance of nervous tension to usefulness while the opportunity to guide our pupils into right channels was present.
Economic conditions of the past years have brought the problem of lack of suitable materials for creative work. Increasing unemployment has been felt. We have met these and similar conditions by giving attention to the general practice of thrift and development of resourcefulness. In clothing classes the pupils have found the problem of making-over garments surprisingly interesting. They are much pleased with their results and have sensed the feeling of satisfaction which accompanies effort of this nature. Public interest in better nutrition has been aroused as a result of rationing and our teaching will be influenced by and adapted to newer theories and practises in this phase of our work. At the same time lessons in wartime economy will not be forgotten.
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