Norwood annual report 1945-1947, Part 38

Author: Norwood (Mass.)
Publication date: 1945
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1008


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Henry O. Peabody Medals Norwood Mother's Club Home Economics Award


PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS


Mr. Harold T. Young, Chairman of the School Committee


"Norwood" . Wheelock, '13


Arranged by Walsh, '13


Chorus and Orchestra (The audience is invited to join)


John Smith


RECESSIONAL - "Heroic March"


"The Star Spangled Banner" Everyone J. J. Rodolphe High School Orchestra


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


Mary Alice Adams Jane Marie Adelmann Phyllis Allen Joan Elizabeth Bailey Phyllis Irene Baler Bertil Thor Berglund


Warren Billingham


Margaret Theresa Flaherty William George Flaherty


Louise Bonfatti


Mary Agnes Folan Agnes Claire Foley


Richard Edward Bonney John Paul Breen Elizabeth Ann Brennan


Nancy Ann Brock


Thomas Edward Foley


Ruth Ann Burns


Thomas Mark Frates


Charles Patrick Fulton Claire Vianney Fyfe


Frank Walker Garner, Jr. Shirley Elizabeth Garner


Edward Francis Giampietro


Alan Wardwell Gifford


George Ernest Goodwin Helga Linnea Gottberg


Thomas Francis Grady Arthur Gregory, Jr.


Mary Ann Grusheski


Barbara Ann Gullich Barbara Elvira Hall


Martha Rose Hamilton


Ralph Kenneth Hansen


John Collin Hawley Margaret Patricia Hennessey


Edward Edwards Hills


Donald Joseph Hobson


Herbert Arnold Holman Shirley Judith Holmes


Mae-Louise Horn Frances M. Ivatts


Bronislaf Edwin Jankowski


John Edmund Johnson


Gladys Muriel Jones Louis Joseph Jordano Lillian C. Kasauskas Rosita Josephine Kelly


Harry Joseph Korslund, Jr.


Walter Norman Kroll Marjorie Jeanne Lane Peter P. Long


Mary Margaret Lydon Emily Mary Lynch Richard Charles Lyons


Marion May Esper Janice Emily Everett


Congetta Mary Fabiani James Joseph Falconer E. John Ferrara Robert Walter Ferreira Catherine Frances Flaherty


Margaret Rita Flaherty


Carmela Eleanor Bilotta


Eileen Kathryn Foley John Edward Foley


James Henry Butler III Elizabeth Ann Butters Christine Veronica Byrne Pietro Carchedi Fred A. Carlson, Jr. Dorothy Louise Carr Faith Coakley Catherine Frances Condon


John Damien Connolly


John Roger Connolly Catherine Ann Connors


Ruth Ann Conroy Joseph Conti


Elizabeth Lorraine Corcoran Anne Marie Coughlin Edward Patrick Coyne


Janice Helen Crowley Phyllis Marie Crowley


Carmella Gloria Dangelo


Wendell Stanley Davis Madeline Deeb James Ralph DeGerolamo Paul Joseph D'Espinosa Jean Anna Docar Joseph Kenney Dolaher Mary Margaret Donahue


Alice Patricia Donovan


Mary Evelyn Donovan Thomas Robert Driscoll Doris Olive Dube Doris Emily Eisnor Mary Patricia Ennis Helen Jeannette Erickson Martha May Erickson


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Graduates - Continued


John Paul Maleiko James Austin MacAloney


Celso Joseph Macari, Jr,


Mary Ann Puopolo


Phyllis Marion Rafuse


Mary Ralkavich


Josephine Antoinette Malacaria


John Daniel Regan


Marion Louise McCall


Mary Vincentia Riley


Marjorie Aldana McDonald


Robert Allen McLean


Theresa Bernadette McNulty


Roy Wesley Meears


Betsy Elizabeth Ross


Dorothy Evelyn Ross


Elizabeth Laurine Rouillard


Jean Eleanor Sansone


Helen Mary Savage


Emily Mary Scampini


Joan Carol Seekins


David. Alvin Shaw


Margaret Kathleen Sheehan


Despina Sideropoulos


John Albert Silvestri


Evelyn Ruth Slaney


Marna Louise Spencer


Alfreda Antonette Statkiewicz


Dorothy Anne Parsons


Marjorie Elizabeth Tanner


Michael John. Thomas


Dolores Marie Tomm


Olga Lillias Tomm


Laura Frances Tracy


Blanche Marie Walker


Georgette Marie Pelletier


Winifred Rita Wallace


Jane K. Webber


Charles Wohler


William Randolph Zettler


Marion Ann Praino


Claire Ann Rogers


Lucy Melino


Mary Elizabeth Michienzi Helen Rose Miecko Edward John Mike Mabel Mike


H. Bennett Murray, Jr.


LeRoy Herman Nordstrom


Richard J. Nugent


Virginia Maud Nuttall


Olga Frances Olsavitch


Marion Louise O'Neil Mary Margaret Palmerini


Arthur Francis Paquette


Jean Lorraine Patterson


Anthony Roy Paul


Frank John Paul Irene Payne


John Francis Pecararo


Francis Robert Pink


Dorothy Irene Praino


Jennie Mary Puopolo Josephine Ann Puopolo


Dorothy Elizabeth Mackie Gerald Everett Mahoney


Miriam Ristom


John Robertson


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REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE HENRY O. PEABODY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS


I herewith submit the fifth annual report of the Henry O. Peabody School for Girls.


The school is now rounding out its fifth year, and I feel it has held its own through the difficult first years of becoming established, three of. which were war years. We can only feel gratification that in the pioneering days of a new educational venture for Norwood, we perhaps have passed the first milestone - have made a slight im- pression in tradition - and our graduates have been helped to make their own vocational adjustments. May these graduates, their employers, their parents, and the community be the best judges of our efforts!


In considering the possible growth and direction of the Peabody School, let us not lose sight of its purpose. Vocational education is not confined to any one school, but should enlist the best efforts of all schools for the benefit of the individual. It is a continuing process even after employment. Through scientific testing, and wise counseling and guidance, it must be determined at what age and at what level the student is to begin specific training for his life work. Statistics show that 85% of jobs in industry are filled by non-college personnel, and of this percentage about 10% are employed in skilled and technical fields leaving 75% for semi-skilled jobs. Thus, the vocational or trade school of less than college grade can make a great con- tribution to this majority group.


The United States Office of Education in its latest bulletin Vocational Educa- tion in the YEARS AHEAD says, "For a considerable period of years, vocational education for the professions has been well provided. The select few who were quali- fied for professional careers have been taken care of in the public schools in college preparatory courses. However, as not more than 8% of all the people who work are needed in professional occupations, it becomes the responsibility of public edu- cation to provide for the other 92% of the people the kind of education that they need in order that they may become economically efficient as wage earners, salaried employees, and businessmen. When viewed from this angle, vocational education cannot be regarded as a fad or a frill or as something extraneous to public education. It is a field of education which must be intelligently dealt with by the American people if the Nation is to prosper." The Report of the Harvard Committee in "General Education in a Free Society," published in 1945, pages 10-14, also recog- nizes this need.


Norwood offers a splendid opportunity to share in serving this group of stu- dents, not only from Norwood, but also to act as an area school for surrounding towns in which such programs are prohibitive in cost. This coming year, additional appropriations of $28,500,000 will be made by the new Congress to further equalize vocational opportunity under the Vocational Education Act of 1946, otherwise known as the George-Barden Bill. Norwood will be granted its proportionate share if the vocational programs warrant it. With the combined facilities of the High School, the Henry P. Oeabody School for Girls, and the boys' vocational program, we should be able to do a masterful job in this direction.


Society has become more than ever education-minded. Every type of school is striving to put before the public the advantages of its particular program. Adver- tising reiterates the social advantages of education. Significance is put upon a high school education, at least; in particular, a high school diploma as a requisite to almost any occupation. Recognizing that the vocational school today should enjoy the


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same prestige as a high school to attract those pupils who have interests and apti- tudes for occupations which require a high degree of skill, the Henry O. Peabody School, through its affiliation with the Norwood Senior High School, is the first girls' school of its kind in Massachusetts where it is possible for a graduate to obtain a high school diploma. In addition to the Norwood Senior High School diploma, a certificate is granted by the Peabody School for proficiency in occupational skills.


The Frederick A. Cleveland Award for Proficiency in Skills was granted to the following graduates in June, 1946:


Congetta Fabiani Emily Scampini


Ruth Murray Mary Ralkavich


All courses are approved by the Massachusetts Department of Education, and at the present writing all courses have the approval of the United States Office of Education. We are continuously striving to build a program which will broaden and enrich the lives of our students as, socially and occupationally, competent in- dividuals and citizens. Junior colleges have inaugurated fine vocational programs and there is no reason why, with the aid of the Peabody Fund, additional courses on a junior college level cannot be added to our curricula, thus offering opportunity for further study to those who have the ability. Our vocational school has been established on a high plane. We try to develop in the student imaginative under- standing which may be translated in terms of the best in living, placing proper em- phasis on intrinsic values and an appreciation of the dignity of work. The school cannot do it all, but it is obligated to these young people to help them off to a good start in the right direction.


Table I ENROLLMENT AND PLACEMENT BY GRADES AND COURSES January, 1946 - June, 1946


Henry O. Peabody School Certificates Granted June, 1946


Enroll- ment


*N.R.


IX


X


IX


XII


XIII Norwood *N.R.


P.T.1


Placements F.T.2


Beauty Culture


22


11


. .


. .


9


8


5


5


5


10


Business Education


23


1


. .


Dressmaking


44


10


10


19


10


5


9


2


11


Foods ..


30


7


4


9


10


7


2


1


10


3


Total


119


29


4


19


38


43


15


37


9


10


46


=


==


=


*Non-resident.


1 Part-time placement during 1946.


2 Full-time placement following graduation.


Distribution of Non-Resident Pupils as to Courses :


Beauty Culture


Business Education


Dressmaking .


Foods .


Dedham, 1; Franklin, 3; Islington, 2; Walpole, 3; Wrentham, 2. Walpole, 1. Franklin, 4; Medfield, 1; Medway, 1; Walpole, 3; Woburn, 1. Dedham, 3; Norfolk, 2; Walpole, 1; Westwood, 1.


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. .


1


22


18


5


21


. .


.


. .


. .


-


=


=


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Table II ENROLLMENT AND PLACEMENT BY GRADES AND COURSES September, 1946 - December, 1946


Enroll- ment


*N.R.


IX


X


XI


XII


Henry O. Peabody School Certificates Granted XIII Norwood *N.R. P.T.1


Placements F.T.2


Beauty Culture


20


8


. .


.


7


11


2


.


. .


. .


·


Business Education


15


3


. .


·


.


Dressmaking


38


13


10


13


14


1


.


.


. .


. .


. .


Foods .


37


10


1


12


10


13


1


.


..


. .


1


Total


110


34


1


22


30


43


14


. .


. .


. .


=


-


*Non-resident.


1 Part-time


2 Full-time.


Distribution of Non-Resident Pupils as to Courses:


Beauty Culture


Business Education


Franklin, 1; Islington, 3; Walpole, 2; Wrentham, 2. Franklin, 1; Medfield, 1; Walpole, 1. Dedham, 2; Holbrook, 1; Franklin, 5; Medfield, 1; Medway, 1; Walpole, 3


Dressmaking


Foods .


Dedham, 6; Millis, 1; Norfolk, 2; Westwood, 1.


. .


. .


. .


1


5


10


. .


.


-


2


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Faculty


We have been fortunate, especially during the war years when the best teachers were at a premium, in having to make few changes in our faculty, other than those required because of teachers leaving the profession for other positions or marriage. Our trade teachers meet the standards for instructors in specific trades. Only the mature teacher who has spent many years in his or her trade is a competent judge of the important phases which must be taught students learning a trade. Teachers who have these qualifications as well as personal qualities fitting them to be special- ists, and who can determine the specific need of the individual in relation to her job meet our requirements. We are constantly trying to procure the best, and we hope in the near future to attract others to our staff. (Since there is a scarcity of competent trade teachers, we are constantly on the alert to discover potential teacher material in our own pupils. At present, there are three graduates of the Henry O. Peabody School advancing in their occupations, with teaching as their ultimate goal, who are furthering their academic education while acquiring adequate experience in their respective trades.)


Guidance and Placement


Pupils in the Henry O. Peabody School have been given the advantage of the testing service inaugurated by the Norwood School Committee. Primarily, these tests should be used to help the student choose the field of work in which his apti- tude and interests lie. For the most part, students in the school have already made their choices. However, the results of these tests are valuable for individual coun- seling and for conferences with trade and academic teachers. Much of the guidance is the responsibility of each teacher in the school, and a great deal is done by the Director. With the appointment of a Director of Guidance in the Norwood Senior High School, there is already a fine relationship between the two schools which will become increasingly effective as the program develops. This should be of great advantage in presenting the existing opportunities offered in the Peabody School, and it can be especially helpful to us in planning for future courses as employment needs present themselves.


Placement of our graduates is the direct concern of the senior teacher of trade or business who has detailed and accurate information on requirements for the. specific job, as well as whether or not the girl is suited to the type of job. Will she be happy in her work, will it be satisfying to her, and will it offer advancement?


The relationship between the school and employers is very good, and becomes increasingly better as we continue to place well-trained workers and as our training becomes recognized. Personnel managers from firms of sound reputation, with whom it would be well for any competent girl to locate, continue to select graduates from our business school. We have many more requests than we can fill.


All the graduates of our Beauty Culture Department continue to pass the State Board Examinations by outstanding margins and are in demand both locally and in Boston.


Graduates of the Department of Trade Dressmaking are doing well. One large ready-to-wear store in Boston employs six of our girls, and one girl has already advanced to be a fitter. It is interesting to note here that many girls who have not remained in jobs trained for, due to the unusually high wages paid in war indus- tries, are now returning to their trades.


Permanent placements from the Foods Department, although few, have been good. Summer placement has been excellent. One recent graduate was placed as


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assistant to the cafeteria manager in a prominent Boston bank. The class of June, 1947, will be the first group of any size to graduate from the Foods Department.


Returning graduates of the Henry O. Peabody School spoke in a Vocational Day Program on April 10, 1946, to a selected group of juniors and seniors of the Norwood High School. The purpose of this meeting was to advise present juniors and seniors of the business training opportunities available within the Norwood public school system. Employers of the graduate-speakers were unanimous in their approval and endorsement of the program by arranging time for the girls to be absent from their positions to make a personal contribution. Most of the graduates emphasized the importance of making wise decisions in choosing courses and pointed out that high school graduates will be competing with experienced men and women veterans trained at the expense of the government.


Mr. John R. Russell, manager of the Norfolk County Trust Co., Norwood, and Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Business Department in the Peabody School, introduced other members of the board who were present: Mr. Arthur P. Allen, Plimpton Press, Norwood; Mr. Thomas F. Meagher, New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., Boston; and Mr. Earl B. Webb, New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., Boston. Mr. Russell highly recommended the type of training the school offers and emphasized that the qualities expected by employers in their per- sonnel were being developed in pupils of our Business Department.


The program closed with a summary of the courses offered by the Vocational Business Department which was presented by Miss Mary Tormey and Miss Mar- jorie E. McCready, teachers in the department. It was announced that an addi- tional course would be offered in beginning stenography the following year for college-course seniors and post-graduates planning to enter the commercial field.


Breakfast was served in the Tea Room by the pupils of the Foods Department, since this was an early morning aseembly.


In September of this year, a new one-year shorthand and typewriting course was incorporated in the stenographic section of our Business Department. This accelerated course has been set up for those who have had no previous commercial background. Adults interested in a day-school course for vocational use may en- roll, as well as post-graduate students or high school seniors with a college prepara- tory background. As was the case this year, pupils who expect to enter college may find it impossible or impractical to do so.


A one-year shorthand course, tuition-free to Norwood residents, offers a splendid opportunity to a vocation-minded person with a limited time for schooling. Offered on the basis of a complete school year of forty weeks, from 8:15 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. daily, the course covers the following subject material: Gregg Shorthand Theory, Elementary Typewriting, Business English, Commercial Law, Filing, Record Keep- ing, Review of Arithmetic, Consumer Economics, Speed Shorthand, Transcription Training, and Production Typewriting. Pupils who complete the course in good standing will be eligible for placement by the School.


Through the co-operation of the Guidance Director of the High School, a ten- hour course in pre-employment training for Christmas "Extras" was given after school to Norwood High School girls by the merchandising teacher of the Peabody School for the benefit of the local retail merchants. The merchants reported satis- factory results for this training, and it is planned to increase the hours and broaden the content of the course another year.


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Student Activities


Every student of the Henry O. Peabody School for Girls automatically becomes a member of the Student Co-operative Association at the time of her registration with the school. The Association is an organization by means of which the students govern themselves with the co-operation of the Director and Faculty of the School. The purposes of the Association are to develop on the part of the student the civic qualities characteristic of good citizenship, to provide a means of full co-operation and communication between the student body and the school authorities on matters which concern the students, to encourage and develop high standards of personal conduct, honor and trustworthiness, and to develop and give expression to a better school spirit by undertaking constructive programs within the school and between the school and the community.


The social calendar of the Student Co-operative Association is a very full and gay one. During the year, the following activities are sponsored and enjoyed by the Association and invited guests: the Hallowe'en Party, Thanksgiving Dinner, Christmas Party and entertainment, Christmas Tea and Sale, Winter Formal, Spring Dance, Open House, "Step" Party or Farewell to Seniors, and the June Picnic.


The proceeds from our annual Christmas sales will be used to furnish a room for Student Association meetings and a lounge room for the girls. In holding this sale annually, we aim to encourage girls to produce on their own time articles of quality and good taste which would meet the standards required by a specialty or art shop. This helps the girl to appreciate her own talents and enables her to place a commercial value on her work as well.


Perhaps we may at some future time conduct a shop for this purpose within the School. This would be managed by the Student Co-operative Association. There is always great demand for handwork of high quality, and students might supplement their incomes in this way as part-time jobs become increasingly scarce.


At present, we have superior handicraft teachers for our Adult Program. It might well be possible to obtain their services for extra-curricula classes for our girls by establishing late-afternoon classes in handicrafts on the days the teachers are in Norwood. Learning these handicrafts will not only be economically remuner- ative, but will make worthwhile leisure time activities of cultural value.


Adult Handicraft and Homemaking Program


Our Adult Program has become increasingly popular in its third year of opera- tion. Four hundred and seventy-five adults registered before classes began in October, a large percentage of whom were young married women. Unfortunately, we did not have enough room or sufficient equipment to accommodate all the appli- cants, so that enrollment was limited to two hundred and thirty-two.


Requests for dressmaking instruction are the most numerous. Eight classes are in operation, and more would have been started had sewing machines been avail- able. If machines on order are received soon enough, it may be possible to start a class in children's clothing before the end of the year. The following courses are in operation now: dressmaking, millinery, decorative art, hand weaving, and slip cover making. Courses in jewelry making and rug hooking were added this year. Fine equipment for jewelry making was purchased. If teachers are available, it may be possible next year to add the following courses for which there have been many requests: upholstery, wood carving, furniture refinishing, foods and nutrition, and children's clothing.


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In closing, I should like to pay tribute to Mr. Leighton S. Thompson with whom I had been associated since the opening of the Peabody School. He played a prom- inent part in the planning of the School and demonstrated an active interest after its establishment. His willingness to co-operate, his never-failing encouragement, his genuine friendliness, and his sincere efforts to maintain a harmonious relation- ship between the two schools will be long remembered.


I should also like to thank at this time the Faculty of the Henry O. Peabody School, the School Board, the Superintendent of Schools, and the present principal of the Norwood Senior High School for their sincere interest and co-operation in the advancement of the Peabody School.


BLANCHE L. MARCIONETTE.


REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE NORWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL


I take pleasure in submitting my seventh annual report as Principal of the Norwood Junior High School.


Our testing program is administered to measure as nearly as possible the achieve- ment of the pupils, with a view always to the elimination of weaknesses which may exist. Some of our testing is done so that pupils may be guided toward those sub- jects for which they have more aptitude rather than toward ones from which they will not profit appreciably. In addition to our regular testing program, we pro- vided for the entire eighth grade a battery of tests on fundamentals. These tests were administered and scored by Boston University, and the results were satis- factory.


Throughout each year our teachers meet many times to discuss methods of im- proving the learning situation within their special subjects, as well as any area which might be bettered by increased awareness and remedial work. By such con- stant attention to our special problems, it is natural for us to be at times discouraged with our efforts. It was, therefore, heartening to our teaching staff to receive merited praise when the director of Boston University's testing service told them to continue the good work which they were doing.


We were pleased to have our Junior High School band fully equipped with new uniforms. Mr. Farnham, the director of our band, has continually developed an excellent group of players, and it is fitting that their uniforms be on a par with their music.


Until recently the Junior Narrator, our school magazine, has been published three times a year. Partly due to sharply increased expense, the magazine was issued only once in each of the last two years. It is expected that from now on there will be two issues yearly so that the training which pupils receive will be con- tinued on the same high level. Last year the Junior Narrator was awarded third prize in the national contest sponsored by Columbia University.


A newly formed Junior High School Parent Teachers Association has had two successful meetings in the fall. This organization will enable parents and teachers to become better acquainted so that both may work together for the good of the children in our school.




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