Norwood annual report 1945-1947, Part 57

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


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2. During the year the Student Council has continued its fine record of service to the School. The Council is composed of representatives from each of the home- rooms in the Senior High School building as well as delegates from the Peabody School. Perhaps the most significant contribution of the Council during the year was in the publishing of the Norwood Senior High School Student Handbook. For the first time there is now available in booklet form for each new student complete information with regard to courses of study, marking standards, athletic opportuni- ties, social activities, absence and tardiness rules, scholarships, cafeteria procedures and similar phases of school-community life. This handbook is but one of many projects of these young people who have demonstrated again and again that, given the essential ingredient of competent guidance, teen-agers can successfully carry on activities in which they are interested with a degree of freedom and self-direction once believed wholly impractical.


3. When school reopened in September, a formal course in Highway Safety was for the first time included in the curriculum. Incontroversible statistics with regard to young people of high school age indicate all too clearly the need for this type of instruction. Figures of the National Automobile Association show that based on the number of miles driven per fatality, sixteen-year-old drivers as a group have a record more than nine times worse than drivers in the forty-five to fifty years old class. It would indeed be costly if society were to continue to permit young people to acquire attitudes of highway caution and a sensitivity to highway danger incidentally and/ or through the medium of bitter experience. To meet this problem, a growing number of high schools throughout the state and nation are offering courses in Highway Safety Education. I am happy to report that a minimum of fifteen (15) hours instruction in this field are now required for every Sophomore in the Senior High School, and I am hopeful that in the not too distant future it may be possible for the school to supplement this instruction with actual behind-the-wheel training.


4. For the first time, a course in Consumer Mathematics was included in the Senior High School curriculum last September. During recent years, both here and


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elsewhere, it has become increasingly clear that high school seniors on the verge of graduation frequently possess but little facility in the mathematics of fundamental life situations. This has seemed to be particularly true in the case of those seniors who do not intend to continue their schooling after graduation. It is evident that if these individuals are to learn in school the numerical skills and understandings necessary for intelligent participation in community life, this training must be acquired in the twelfth grade. The present curriculum offering of Consumer Mathematics gives large promise of answering this need. The course is being offered currently to seniors on an elective basis. Another year, it may well be required of all seniors who cannot demonstrate a satisfactory competence in this important area.


5. When the program of studies was arranged for the present scholastic year, schedule improvements were effected in two of the usual school offerings. Much has been written about the potential values of Health Education. To facilitate instruc- tion in this subject, group meetings formerly assigned to the gymnasium were scheduled to classrooms. In addition, steps were taken to eliminate irregular and shortened periods which tended to reduce instructional time.


Required Home Economics for junior girls was also rescheduled so that more classroom time plus visual education room facilities might be available. Both of these innovations have thus far proved to be eminently satisfactory.


6. With the delivery of a sixteen millimeter Bell and Howell projection machine in September, our new audio-visual education program was able to move beyond the drawing board stage. Staff members were quick to take advantage of this teaching aid. Primary faculty attention was given to a consideration of the techniques recommended for optimum instructional results. Under the capable administration of Mr. Learnard, with his assisting corps of student projectionists, sound films are now being used almost daily in connection with classroom teaching. The results already attained through this program have been excellent and the prospect for the future is indeed most encouraging.


7. The uniform success which our graduates meet both in securing admission to college and after admission in pursuing their studies on a collegiate level is a con- tinuing satisfaction to all of us. It is believed that wihout exception all members of last year's graduating class who seriously planned college entrance were able to gain admission. It is also worthy of note that four members of this class were awarded scholarships to four different collegiate institutions, in each case on bases involving competitive examinations. There is ample evidence to indicate that excellent train- ing is available, not only in the college preparatory field, but in all departments of the school. There are devoted teachers in the school who give unstintingly of their time and effort and who strive constantly to raise the level of their own professional competence. To these teachers must be credited whatever success is achieved, whatever distinction is attained.


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REPORT OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


STATISTICS


Table I


Enrollment as of October 1, 1947


Class


Number of Pupils


Veterans (unclassified)


3


Seniors


High School.


152


Vocational School (Boys).


4


156


Juniors


High School


181


Vocational School (Boys).


8


189


Sophomores


High School.


191


Vocational School (Boys).


6


197


Ninth Grade


Vocational School (Boys).


8


8


...


Statistics Table II


Enrollment by sex October 1, 1947


Class


Boys


Girls


Total


Veterans


3


-


3


Seniors.


89


67


156


Juniors.


90


99


189


Sophomores.


102


95


197


Ninth Grade.


8


8


292


261


553


None of the data include Peabody School enrollments. However, there are thirty- eight girls now at the Peabody School who expect to receive Senior High School diplomas next June. There are also twelve students listed as juniors in Tables I and II above who because of their technical mid-junior status may graduate in June, 1948. Hence the possible number of candidates for graduation in June 1948 including Veterans is 209. This figure may be compared with 185 graduates including 15 veterans in June 1947.


Table III


Estimated Enrollment for September 1948 (Peabody School not included)


Seniors.


165


165


Juniors


185


185


Sophomores


From Junior High School


140


From St. Catherine's Parochial School


50


190


Ninth Grade.


8


8


553


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Personnel


The year has seen relatively few changes in personnel. Mr. Steven Levanitis, temporary military substitute in the Mathematics Department and assistant coach of Football, terminated his service with the school on June eighteenth. No appoint- ment was made to cover the teaching duties of this position. On September seven- teenth, Mr. Martin O'Donnell, Submaster at the School, was appointed an assistant coach of football.


Miss Ruth Peterson was added to the staff on a temporary basis from February through June to assist in the instructional phases of the work of the Home Economics Department. In October, Mr. Everett Learnard resigned his coaching duties in hockey, and on November twenty-fifth, Mr. Peter Amirault was appointed on a part- time basis as coach of this sport.


Recommendations


1. It is recommended that improvements be undertaken in the stage, seating, and loud-speaking arrangements in the Senior High School gymnasium. The prospect of the construction of a permanent auditorium at the Senior High School appears to be distant. However, it is believed that most of the educational values of an auditorium could now be realized if the gymnasium were more adequately equipped for school assemblies. This, of course, could be accomplished at a relatively small cost, and, it is believed, would be an excel. lent investment.


2. It is hoped that additional teacher time may be made available to sponsor a student news and literary publication in the school. Experience elsewhere indicates that a school paper published semi-monthly affords valuable learning opportunities to all students who are in any way concerned with its production. At the same time such an activity could do much to promote a better under- standing by students and parents alike of various school problems which are of concern to all. It is believed that a school paper would be a most valuable adjunct to present school activities.


3. If the school library is to fulfill its proper function in modern secondary education, substantial improvement in its facilities will have to be effected. Library reference materials at present are seemingly meager and inadequate- It is recommended that ample funds for the purchase of necessary books be made continuously available. In addition, new attention should be directed to the physical appearance of the library. Temporary storage arrangements installed during the war could now be replaced with more concern for the esthe- tic than was formerly possible. Finally, in lieu of the services of a full-time librarian, an alternate supervisory plan should be implemented to permit a measure of library administrative control not now possible.


4. More adequate skating and hockey facilities should be made available for high school students. It is noteworthy that virtually every other school with which Norwood High School competes provides better practice facilities for hockey than are found here. The success of our athletic teams is a matter of no small account in the thinking of these boys and girls. While exceptional talent may occasionally overcome the present hockey handicap, it is believed that steps should be taken now to assure our boys at all times a fair chance in hockey competition with other schools.


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Lane Medal Recipients


The following pupils in the Class of 1947 were awarded Lane Medals:


Florence Chase


Ernest J. Wohler


Helen J. Blasenak


Mary E. O'Connor


Audrey A. Nead


George L. Boyden


Richard B. Sager


Bertha Trusauskis


Bernard G. Sykes


Vanita J. Egge


Irene S. Perniola


Gloria S. Pearlman


Patricia M. Costello


Marion L. Curran


Patricia A. Macleod


Dorothea E. Hawley


Joan T. Dwane


Anne M. Falconer


Jeanette A. Rabinovitz


In Conclusion


Throughout the year, the friendly cooperation of parents and other townspeople has been of inestimable assistance to us all and should not pass unmentioned at this time.


I wish also to make grateful acknowledgment of the professional interest, friendly counsel, and unwavering support of Superintendent Lynch and the School Com- mittee.


This report will close with the presentation of the program of the 1947 graduation exercises.


CHARLES A. HAYDEN.


Graduation Exercises of Norwood High School Class of 1947 Tuesday Evening, June 10, 1947 Junior High School Gymnasium


Program


PROCESSIONAL - March. Charles J. Roberts


INVOCATION


Rev. G. Rowell Crocker Grace Episcopal Church


"Pomp and Circumstance"


Edward Elgar


Chorus and Orchestra


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.


ADDRESS


Dr. William H. Marnell Boston Latin School


High School Orchestra


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"Alma Mater"


J. V. Dethier


Chorus and Orchestra Words by J. J. Gormley


I am your Alma Mater. Come! Grasp my hand tonight


Ne'er shall I grow weary


Shedding my sacred light.


Join hand with mine tonight, O Comrades dear.


Raise up your hearts in song; shed not a tear


Because, no more your footsteps echo down my hall;


I have your hand! I'll harken to thy call!


High flies the Flag, Before my portal wide,


You gazed at her; take her for your guide!


Proudly you bore her colors - white and royal blue. Gaily to you she waved them when the breezes blew.


GIFT OF THE CLASS OF 1947 Bernard Sykes


ACCEPTANCE OF THE GIFT FOR THE SCHOOL Joseph Uzdavinis


AWARD OF MEDALS AND PRIZES


Mr. Lincoln D. Lynch, Superintendent of Schools Plimpton Art Prize


Berwick English Prize


Leighton S. Thompson Memorial Trophy


Edward S. Costello Memorial Trophy


Teachers' Club Scholarship


Norwood Women's Club Scholarship


High School Scholarships


Lane Medals


Frederick A. Cleveland Awards


Music Prize Norwood Mother's Club Home Economics Award


PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS


Mr. Anthony F. O'Donnell, Chairman of the School Committee


"Norwood" . Wheelock '13 Arranged by Walsh, '13


Chorus and Orchestra (The audience is invited to join)


"The Star Spangled Banner"


John Smith


Everyone


RECESSIONAL - "March" High School Orchestra


J. J. Rodolphe


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


Edward Theodore Adamonis Aldona Mildred Antonitis George Michael Assim Helen Mae Baker Sophie Theresa Baker


Helen Elizabeth Balfour Marion Frances Bertucca


Edward Michael Barylak


Ann Wilma Benjamin Jane Elizabeth Bergman Richard Algot Bergman Vincent P. Bilotta Jeannette Marie Blais Helen Janet Blasenak Richard Ralph Boch Mary Boulis John Robert Bowles


George Lewis Boyden, Jr. Richard A. Budahl


Paul Peter Camelio Theodore R. Campisano Catherine Mary Carchedi Domenic A. Carchedi


Joseph Anthony Catalino Frank R. Cekovich


Florence Chase Edward Guy Cisternelli I. Stanley Cobb Dorothy Helen Cody Thomas P. Cody Eleanor Teresa Concannon Miriam Patricia Conley Michael Francis Connolly John Joseph Corcoran, Jr. Regina Cormier Patricia Mary Costello Patrick Edward Costello Patricia Ann Coughlin Helen Teresa Curran Marion Louise Curran Timothy Patrick Curran Gerald Bruce Davis Ethel Charlotte Davison Thomas M. DelSignore Marilyn T. Docar James J. Domenica Helen Frances Donovan Theresa Marie Lacasse Patricia Lamb Mary Latham


John Joseph Drummey Joan Therese Dwane Dorothy Earle Vanita June Egge Elizabeth June Eklund Sylvia L. Eysie Anne Michele Falconer H. Patricia Field Ida Elizabeth Fietz Helen Louis Fitzgerald John Edwin Fitzmorris Nancy Jane Fleck Margaret Frances Flood Nancy Marie Flower Virginia Irene Forrest


Richard Edward Frates Betty Ann Frizzell Deidre Leslie Frost


Paul Francis Galano


Robert Charles Garland Paul Charles Gay Arthur William Gearty Herbert V. Gearty


John Lawrence Glynn Marie Therese Golden Joseph Grasso James Richard Hanley Barbara Mae Hanscom


Dorothea Eleanor Hawley Stephen Thomas Hefferan Francis Patrick Henry Muriel Florence Higgins Mary Jane Hillman


Eleanor Catherine Howe Dorothy Elene Hoyt Madeline Ann Hyland Paul Roger Hynes William C. Jankowski, Jr. Joan Therese Jasionis Jeannette Christine Johnson Carol Lorain Johnston


Samuel Kallgren, Jr. John Joseph Kavall, Jr. Ogenia Ann Kavolinas Kathryn Ann Keady Clifford F. Keeler Mildred Alice Keizer Robert E. Perkins Irene Stella Marie Perniola Grace Theresa Puopolo


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Graduates - Continued


Elaine Lucille Lombardi Stanley M. Lukawecki Lincoln David Lynch


Jeanette Ann Rabinovitz


Veronica M. Raymond


Richard A. Reynolds


John M. Riley


Robert L. Rizzo


Muriel Bernadette Rowen


John Peter Rudvilovitch


Richard B. Sager


Lina C. Marinelli


Marion Salloom


John Joseph Maroney


Raymond R. Masce


Mary Ellen Santoro


Robert Mattson


Francis W. Seastrand


Margaret Ann McGrath


Sylvester James McNeil


Christine Elizabeth Sironka


Joseph F. McNulty


Ann Marie Smith


Charles Edward McTernan


Edward Stacey


Mary Anne Meade


Lorraine Mary Stafford


William Louis Meissner


Margaret Ann Stevens


Jane Ione Milliken


Marilyn Irene Stimson


Helen Mary Mills


George Francis Sullivan


Frank Joseph Miloszewski


John Joseph Sullivan


Bernard G. Sykes


Robert William Tauber


Marie Louise Mucciarone


Pauline Frances Mucciarone


Philip Daniel Muehlberger


Margaret Anne Valerio


Romeo Peter Valerio


Rena G. Venterosa


Mary Elizabeth Naughton Audrey Ann Nead


William James Walker


Paul Joseph Nicholson


Anastasia Nikituk


Jane Lucille Nordblom


Eleanor M. Weatherbee


Marilyn Van Orman Webster


Claire Marie Welch


Mary Ellen O'Connor


Dorothy Anne O'Donnell


Margaret Mary O'Donnell


John Joseph O'Kane Eileen O'Sullivan


William Francis Wragg


Andrew Joseph Yelapi, Jr.


Walter Joseph Zacofsky


Theresa Ann O'Toole Joseph Eugene Palazzi Gloria Shirley Pearlman


Francis P. Wall Joseph William Wall


Caryl A. Norton


Bertha Trusauskis


Teresa M. Mulkern


Jacqueline Elizabeth Narducci


Florence G. Walker


Charlotte Barbara Oakes


Barbara Theresa Wenzel Janice Evelyn Wheeler


Payton Randolph Williamson Ernest Joseph Wohler


Phyllis MacDonald Patricia Anne Macleod


Elizabeth Ann Maguire Jane Martha Mahony Lelia C. Marinelli


Anna Santoro


Joanna Helen Sideropoulos


Jean Theresa Minkevitch Christina Morgan


Jean Ellen Travers


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


June, 1947, marked the completion of the first five years of the Henry O. Peabody School for Girls. The realization comes anew that the school is an entity, fulfilling its purpose in this community and it environs. When a school maintains the loyalty, interest, and enthusiasm of graduates, employers, teachers, and pupils, it is felt by all concerned that the school is truly meeting the needs of those whom it is trying to serve.


We have set our goals to establish and maintain a vocational school on a higher plane than that usually considered in the public mind. We have developed a program of public relations with our community, neighboring towns, schools, industries, service clubs, advisory boards, and industrial and educational associations. We have widened our contacts in the light of placement possibilities. We have tried to inform the public of the services which we can render to the individual and the community. Indirectly, through our very existence, we are contributing to a more genuine understanding of the meaning of vocational education.


It is our responsibility in directing the future growth of the school to be alert to current problems and trends, seeking to broaden our course offerings when war- ranted. Educators predict that the vocational school of the future will include more cultural training. Convinced of this need since our beginning, we have integrated courses and school activities to provide this background, always keeping in mind the primary purpose of vocational education - preparation for earning a living.


It was very gratifying to receive this year a resolution passed by the Henry O. Peabody Corporation expressing appreciation of the "high quality of work" accom- plished since the beginning of the school. The resolution continued, "It is a great satisfaction to the Board to know that the wishes of the donor are being so faithfully carried out."


This year I wish to feature in my report the development of the Business Depart- ment.


The Office Machines program of the Business Department has been functioning since the opening of the School in 1942. The department's Stenographic program did not get underway until September, 1943. Since its inception, the department has increased its course offerings.


Training is available to those who are interested in earning a livelihood in the field of business. Seniors of the high school are accepted in the Business course, as well as high school graduates at any age level, provided the student attends the entire day, five days a week until placement standards have been attained.


The department prides itself upon its personal service to individuals of Norfolk County who seek to take short-unit courses in business subjects. Special courses are arranged to suit the needs of these individuals and excellent placement results have occurred.


The business curriculum is a one-year program for seniors of the high school. It is planned on a level with that of business schools, and the program becomes more concentrated for those who are post-graduates. The following courses are offered:


Office Machines, major Stenographic Advanced, major Stenographic Beginners, major (Post-graduates)


General Clerical, Office machines minor


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FIVE-YEAR STATISTICS September, 1942 to December, 1947


Years of Training


1 112 to 2


21/2 to 3 4 Totals


54


51


52


96.2


Beauty Culture. . ..


112 to 2


5


49


.


. .


121


87


32


118


98.3


Business Education.


1


121


ยท


5


59


23


17


32


54.2


Trade Dressmaking.


1


to 3


12


15


14


4


45


18


16


24


53.3


Retailing (Co-operative) ..


1


23


1


. .


. .


. .


. . .


.


-


Total.


182


83


29


9


303


199


197


250


*Part-time placement. Full-time placement.


A few interesting statistics derived from the employment survey completed in January, 1946, show:


1. Average number of jobs held since graduation in the various


Departments:


Beauty Culture. . 1.7%


Business Education. 1.4%


Trade Dressmaking. 1.7%


Commercial Foods. 1.6%


Retailing. 1.4%


2. Percentage in each department desiring refresher training for


further education in their field:


Beauty Culture. . 20%


Business Education. 20%


Trade Dressmaking. 38%


Commercial Foods. 9%


Retailing . 28%


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% Placed in Trade for Which They Trained


Number of Years Attended


Certificates Granted


Placements P.T .*


F.T.


.


1


to 4


21


18


15


Commercial Foods. .


24


24


100


24


20


108


Pre-Christmas Training 10 hours


-


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Placement is undertaken by the School of those students who have demonstrated proficiency in their work. The results of follow-up on our placements have shown that our graduates are meeting with success on the job. As is to be expected, 98% of the graduates work in the field for which they have been trained. Marriage seems to be the prime factor for graduates' leaving the field of business.


Employers approve the training which graduates of the Henry O. Peabody School receive in the Business Department. Many very favorable comments have been made by them. An indication of their satisfaction is the number of "repeat" calls for additional placements. Because of many factors, the enrollment of the department has always been low, and we are, therefore, unable to meet many of the placement calls.


The Business Department graduates are themselves the most enthusiastic ad- vertisement that any school could have. Every year a follow-up is made of the girls, and the reports from them have indicated that they have progressed intelligently on the.job and are pleased with the kind of training. and office atmosphere which was theirs while in the School.


To encourage future development, a job analysis is being made this year over the five-year existence period of the Department. This analysis will show:


1. The type of position in which the graduates have been placed;


2. The kind of business in which placement has been made;


3. Whether or not the type of training in school is comparable with the work on the job;


4. It will stress the possible need for revision of curriculum offerings.


Commenting briefly on the other departments, graduates of our Beauty Culture Department have had very high grades in the State Board examinations. Ninety-six per cent are working in the trade for which they were trained.


There has been a large turnover in placement on the part of graduates from our Dressmaking and Foods Departments, with a smaller percentage working in the trades for which they were trained than is true of other departments. Much of this is due to the fact that both trades were materially affected by war conditions. Dress- making is now holding its own, and the food trade is expanding rapidly. We look for more and better placement in both of these trades.


The following is a list of firms which have employed graduates of our Business Department since 1943:


BOSTON


American Mutual Liability Insurance Co. Atwell, Vogel and Sterling, Inc.


Automobile Legal Association Besse, Osborn and Odell, Inc. Boston: First National Bank of (Mass.) Boston: Wildey Savings Bank (Mass.) Dun and Bradstreet, Inc. Estabrook and Company Farley-Harvey Company Gillette Safety Razor Company


Hancock, John, Mutual Life Insurance Co. Household Finance Corporation


Liberty Mutual Life Insurance Company Massachusetts Dental Porcelains Lab- oratories, Inc.


New England Mutual Life Insurance Co.


New Amsterdam Casualty Company


New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company


Percival, D. C. and Company, Inc. Stacey, Henry R. (Stamp Exchange) Sturtevant, B. F.


Sykes, Inc. Towle, A., Company


United Drug Company United States Government


.


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Treasury Department Employment Service Western Union Telegraph Company Westinghouse Electrical Corporation White, Weld and Company


CANTON


Draper Brothers Company Plymouth Rubber Company, Inc. Tobe Deutschmann Corporation Wiggins Airways


DEDHAM


Norfolk County Court House


NEEDHAM


Carter, William, Company Needham: Norfolk County Trust Co. (Mass.)


NORWOOD


Bendix Aviation Corporation Berwick and Smith Company Browne, Fred C., Company Fleming, C. B. and Company, Inc.




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