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Boys' Vocational School
917.10
1,000.00
School Janitor Service
447.39
450.00
School Hall Rentals
240.00
250.00
Miscellaneous:
Instruction Supplies & Textbooks
53.99
50.00
Practical Arts
126.08
100.00
Telephone
1.05
2.00
Insurance
681.30
Miscellaneous
16.10
15.00
$136,890.97
$132,017.00
* Not included are receipts on account of lunch counter operation or athletics. Legislation requires that these accounts are to be handled as revolving funds.
TABLE II TEACHERS EMPLOYED
1943
Sept.
1944 Sept.
1945
1946 Sept.
1947 Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Senior High
28
28
28
33
32
32
32
321/2
32
32
Junior High
28
27
26
25
25
24
24
221/2
231/2
261/2
Vocational - HOP
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Vocational - Boys
40
42
41
41
40
40
40
40
41
51
Elementary
41/2
4
5
7
Kindergarten
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
7
7
6*
Specials
....
....
...
....
...
*Includes: Supervisor of Art; Instructor of Instrumental Music; and Division of Special Services (4)
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1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
Sept.
141/2
121/2
121/2
121/2
121/2
121%
121/2
1212
131/2
4
198
TABLE III
ENROLLMENT FOR TEN-YEAR PERIOD (June Enrollments)
Year
Kindergarten
Elementary
Junior High
Senior High
Vocational
Boys
Girls
Total
1942-43
1,023
547
593
72
2,235
1943-44
977
558
544
88
2,167
1944-45
1,000
559
525
97
2,181
1945-46
963
498
455
17
114
2,047
1946-47
932
458
502
27
123
2,042
1947-48
903
454
517
23
90
1,987
1948-49
197
962
430
495
29
84
2,197
1949-50
194
1,011
416
516
30
77
2,244
1950-51
177
1,076
431
496
24
60
2,264
1951-52
303
1,165
468
512
29
78
2,555
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TABLE IV SCHOOL POPULATION TRENDS (October Enrollments)
JHS
Total Elem.
Junior Senior High High
Vocational Boys
Ttl. All Schools
1943-44
269
219
223
56
199
966
553
534
96
2,149
1944-45
259
209
228
54
189
939
540
492
109
2,080
1945-46
241
217
233
49
222
962
507
490
113
2,089
1946-47
249
216
217
50
205
937
473
496
17
111
2,062
1947-48
268
204
229
46
185
932
458
500
27
97
2,040
1948-49
325
269
290
51
254
215*
1,189*
437
506
23
90
2,265
1949-50
337
287
278
47
255
199*
1,204*
417
492
29
78
2,251
1950-51
347
307
252
42
265
176*
1,235*
419
473
30
82
2,269
1951-52
463
355
299
55
272
331*
1,444*
460
498
24
77
2,533
1952-53
504
441
292
55
289
140
361*
1,721*
550
500
28
91
2,890
..
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Year
Balch Callahan Shattuck West Winslow Elem. Kinder.
Girls
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TABLE V
EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATES ISSUED DURING 1952
Type of Employment Certificate
Boys
Girls
Total
EDUCATIONAL CERTIFICATES - issued to minors between the ages of 16 to 21:
Full Time 16-18 years of age
42
35
77
Full Time 18-21 years of age
101
83
184
Part Time 16-18 years of age
117
127
244
Part Time 18-21 years of age
38
30
68
Cooperative Permit 18-21 years of age
1
1
(The differences with respect to the two age groups relate to kinds of employment and hours.)
EMPLOYMENT PERMITS - issued to minors
14 to 16 years of age:
Full-Time Employment
1
I
Part-Time Employment
38
10
48
Total ....
338
285
623
Total Number Issued in 1950
584
Total Number Issued in 1951
672
Total Number Issued in 1952
623
All Schools
AGE - GRADE MEMBERSHIP
October 1, 1952
GRADE
*4
5
6
7
8 9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
TOTAL
Kdg.
Boys Girls
55
131
171
1
Boys Girls
74 67
83
1
141
2
Boys Girls
34 24
77
8
2
121 89
3
Boys Girls
22
77
16
5
120
32
70
5
107
4
22
74
16
1
113
27
60
6
93
5
Boys Girls
46
68
14
3
1
132
38
61
4
103
6
Boys Girls
29
45
13
2
1
90
27
47
5
79
7
Boys Girls
25 23
43
18 7
82
8
Boys Girls
22
51
12
2
87
18
46
8
4
76
9
Boys Girls
27
60
18
5
2
112
31
57
14
3
105
29
48
29
9
115
28
63
17
2
110
29
49
7
1
1
87
30
65
17
5
1
118
15
42
9
4
70
26
66
11
1
104
Vets. P.G.
Boys
3
1
4
Girls
6
10
I
2
19
TOTALS
108
390
211
200
209
241
212
159
156
183
196
208
| 209
154
37
8
2
2883
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201
and over
186
53
118
162
70
4 4
61
4
-
Boys Girls
--
87
52
10
Boys Girls
11
Boys Girls
12
Boys Girls
1
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REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE NORWOOD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
I have the honor to present my seventh annual report as Principal of the Senior High School.
Meeting Pupil Needs
All graduates of the Class of 1952 who took the usual college preparatory work in high school and who applied for college admission were successful in meeting entrance requirements. The excellent record of the School in the matter of pre- paring students for college continues to be a source of pride for us all. Another indication of the extent to which pupil needs were met during the year is the fact that less than 4 per cent of the students who registered for school membership in September of 1951 discontinued schooling during the following year. A low drop-out such as ours may well be taken as indicative of a happy and purposeful school.
Significant Curricular Experiences
(1) In many of our English classes play readings were used during part of the year as a substitute for the customary oral reports. Four or five class members participated in each of these productions. Students showed remarkable ingenuity in using blackboard diagrams and the ordinary equipment of the classrooms to create the settings necessary for their presentations. In rehearsals, enunciation and pronunciation were stressed as well as adequate interpretation of the various roles. This use of play readings proved to be immensely popular with students. It was rich in learning values, and it will be continued.
(2) Our foreign language classes presented one of the year's most interesting and unusual assembly programs. Approximately two hundred students from the Latin, French, and Spanish groups participated. The Twenty-Third Psalm was read in French. French, Latin, and Spanish songs were sung in the original. A skit was presented in Spanish, and the program ended with a colorful and entertaining Mexican Hat Dance.
(3) Representatives from our Latin classes also participated in a "Know English" contest at Boston College in competition with students from more than one hundred other New England high schools. Norwood students on this occasion won individual and team honors.
(4) Of the many excellent offerings in the various commercial classes of the School, none, it is believed, has more practical value for a greater number of individuals than typewriting for personal use. All students not enrolled in other typewriting classes were urged last spring to include typewriting for personal use in either their eleventh or twelfth-grade programs.
(5) Science classes during the year placed increased emphasis on the project as a learning process. The Norwood High School Science Fair presented annually is an outgrowth of the project method of teaching science. On the occasion of our
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Science Fair last April, thirty-five students exhibited and explained to visitors (and judges) the projects they had developed.
(6) In recognition of the current emphasis on science and mathematics, cor- relations between geometry and physics and navigation were continuously demon- strated in our mathematics classes.
(7) New and improved techniques were used in social science classes to develop better understandings of important social problems. The NEWS MAGAZINE OF THE SCREEN - a monthly motion picture record of current world events - a series of of monthly film strips with study guides prepared by the NEW YORK TIMES, frequent panel discussions, and daily group conferences - all contributed to make social studies experiences during the year increasingly valuable and interesting.
Typical Curricular Activities of the Extra-curriculum
(1) Senior Student Council members this year for the first time met with the entire Sophomore Class during the first week of school in September to explain the Norwood High School citizenship plan to the incoming group. This innovation proved to be valuable for all concerned.
(2) During the year the Registrar of Motor Vehicles in cooperation with the School's Driver Training program issued licenses to 138 Norwood High School students. Norwood was one of five Massachusetts high schools invited to participate in a public demonstration of driver training methods given at the Metropolitan Speedway in Brighton.
(3) More than 125 members of the Class of 1952 took part in the Senior Class operetta "The Pirate's Daughter" presented with at least semi-professional skill at the Junior High School in April. It is difficult to be less than enthusiastic about an activity of this kind which permits so many young people to participate in such a variety of ways.
(4) The recent decisive victory of our football boys over Dedham is now a matter of happy and historical record. Of even greater significance is the fact that not only in this particular game but in all their athletic activities during the year Norwood High School representatives were outstanding in fair play and good sportsmanship. The ethical standards and the qualities of leadership of those in immediate charge of our athletic programs here at the High School may well be a source of community pride for us all.
(5) Another activity which affords excellent learning experiences is the pro- duction of the Senior Yearbook. It enlists the efforts of many students and is a composite of all their contributions. The Yearbook of 1952 was awarded second place in the Columbia University competition. To attain such an honor (as Nor- wood has now for several years) is an accomplishment in itself, but the honor becomes doubly significant when it is realized that in many high schools the cost of the yearbook to the individual student is two, three, and even four times as much as it is here in Norwood.
(6) On the last school day of the year, the Sophomore Class presented for the School a Christmas Pageant of unusual dramatic conception, complete with
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angels borrowed from the occasion from first grade classes. The beauty, the dignity, and the solemnity of this production, depicting as it did the first Christmas, made it one which will be long remembered. Many teachers and other friends of the School contributed in various ways to the success of this undertaking. It was truly a cooperative enterprise and a fitting climax to a year of substantial progress.
Parent-Teacher Association
A new Da-Lite motion picture screen was purchased for the School last June with P.T.A. funds. Teachers are pleased with the new instructional situations which this special type screen makes possible. During the year, attendance at P.T.A. meetings showed a steady increase. Nearly 150 visitors came to the School on the occasion of our recent Parents' Night. This was an encouraging new high in our P.T.A. attendance and augurs well for the future.
Awards to Graduates
Scholarships and similar awards made to Norwood High School graduates are listed at the end of this report. In addition it should be known that graduates of the School in need of money to further their education often may receive interest- free monetary help from the Alice H. Plimpton Educational Trust. I am happy also to acknowledge the financial assistance of Mr. Walter F. Foss, a citizen of Norwood, in the matter of underwriting the cost of the Lane Medals presented annually at the Senior High School graduation. As a result of increased costs, the Lane Medal fund last year was virtually exhausted, and a substantial revision in the number and design of the medals was contemplated. Due to Mr. Foss' public- spirited generosity, the traditional Lane Medal awards will be continued. Many young people at Norwood High School and many others as well are grateful.
Table No. 1
Enrollment as of October 1, 1952
12th grade
Boys
Girls
Total
High School
64
79
143
Boys' Vocational
5
...
5
11th grade
High School
74
93
167
Boys' Vocational
12
12
10th grade
High School
97
97
194
Boys' Vocational
11
11
9th grade
Boys' Vocational
2
2
Unclassified
2
2
...
536
1
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Table No. 2
Estimated Enrollment as of September 1953*
To be Seniors 144
To be Juniors 174
To be Sophomores 191
509
*not including transferees to Peabody School and/or Boys' Vocational
In Prospect
All our needs have been carefully catalogued and are known to the Super- intendent of Schools. Most of them unfortunately involve money, and this, in a well-administered system, is understandably in relatively short supply. Reference to previous reports will indicate suggested improvements, some of which have not yet been made, but all of which will be undertaken in due course when circum- stances permit.
At the senior high school level, it is sometinies difficult for us always to remem- ber that satisfactory academic progress is no more important than satisfactory growth in emotional adjustment and in physical health. Indeed, academic progress in the long run is probably of less significance than either of the other two. During the coming year it is hoped that the implicaton of this principle may be translated even more fully into our own school practice.
In Conclusion
All who recognize the potential of education in the American way of life and who speak and act on their convictions strengthen the hands of those who are striving through education to make the better tomorrow a reality. To them and to all others who in any way have aided our educational efforts during the year I am indeed grateful.
Particularly am I grateful to Superintendent Lynch and to the School Com- mittee for the careful consideration which has been given to all matters affecting the High School and for the cordial and unwaivering support accorded me in everything I have undertaken.
This report will conclude with a statement of the recipients of scholarships and other awards announced at the graduation exercises and with the program followed on that occasion.
CHARLES A. HAYDEN
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Graduation Awards
Berwiek English Prize - Carol E. Kenefick
Leighton Sumner Thompson Memorial Trophies - Lcona M. Brady, Edward F. Shaughnessy
Edward S. Costello Memorial Trophy - William J. Frates
Teachers' Club Scholarship - Carol E. Kenefick
Norwood Women's Club Scholarship - Fay E. Butler Norwood Mother's Club Scholarship - Marilyn R. Johnson
High School Scholarship Awards - Philip W. Riley, Peter P. Saunders, Cath- crine C. Noon, Frances L. Healy, William J. Frates, Margery E. Crosby
Norwood Rotary Club Scholarship - Julia R. McCarthy
Norwood Mother's Club Award - Lucy A. Scholz
United States History Medal - Ernest W. Carlson, Jr.
Margaret Nicholson Memorial Award - Peter P. Saunders, Emily D. Walton Charles R. Donnell Memorial Trophy - Edward F. Travers
John C. Lane Medals
Fay E. Butler
Linda A. Marinelli
Marilyn R. Johnson
Phyllis M. Duquette
Carol E. Kenefick
Maric J. Montisano
Emily D. Walton
Dorothy M. Lovell
Peter P. Saunders
Philip W. Riley
Frances C. Healy
Patricia A. Whelan
Joanne C. Bullock
Mary L. Troilo
Catherine C. Noon
Marilyn J. Davis
Claire M. Noon
Joan P. McNally
William J. Frates
Carole M. Bagley
Elizabeth A. Lydon
Jeanette M. Coolidge
Margery E. Crosby
Jean C. Barbarick
GRADUATION EXERCISES OF NORWOOD HIGH SCHOOL Class of 1952
Tuesday Evening, June 10, 1952 Junior High School Gymnasium
PROGRAM
PROCESSIONAL - "Dignity and Pride" Henry Wadsworth
High School Orchestra
INVOCATION
Rev. Richard F. Walsh
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"Light"
Stuart B. Hoppin
Chorus and Orchestra
"New dawns have glorified the world And never two the same; In varied glory each unfurled Its magnitude of flame The great, the primal miracle Came forth when first was light, And morning stars sang loud to quell The silent pride of night.
O Light of lights revealed to men In Thy resplendent sun, Give eyes to see beyond our ken A vaster, brighter one. Tho' dark is slow to be withdrawn,
And shadow slow to move,
Pour down on earth Thy mightiest dawn, The living flame of love.
Ascending those celestial beams, Our songs like angels go; Till light and music's blended streams Disperse the dark below. As sunlight from the wintry day Brings forth the year's increase
Beneath that radiant flame of day Our souls shall bloom in peace."
ADDRESS
Stacey B. Southworth, Ph.D. Chairman, Massachusetts Library Commission
"Graduation Hymn"
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 1952
Joseph G. Howard
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ACCEPTANCE OF THE GIFT FOR THE SCHOOL
Richard J. Bunker
AWARD OF MEDALS AND PRIZES
Mr. Lincoln D. Lynch, Superintendent of Schools
Berwick English Prize Leighton S. Thompson Memorial Trophies Edward S. Costello Memorial Trophy Teachers' Club Scholarship Norwood Women's Club Scholarship Norwood Mother's Club Scholarship
High School Scholarships Norwood Rotary Club Scholarship Norwood Mother's Club Home Economics Award
United States History Medal Margaret Nicholson English Awards Charles R. Donnell Memorial Trophy John C. Lane Medals
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS Mr. John F. Reynolds, Chairman of the School Committee Mr. Charles Hayden, Principal of Norwood High School
"Norwood" Wheelock '13 Arranged by Walsh '13
Chorus and Orchestra (The audience is invited to join)
John Smith "The Star Spangled Banner
Everyone
RECESSIONAL --- "Heroic March" J. J. Rodolphe High School Orchestra
Music under the direction of Professor John V. Dethier The audience is requested to remain seated while the graduates march out.
GRADUATES
Richard James Abely Thomas W. Alty Barbara A. Anderson Barbara Joan Anderson Francis Thomas Anderson James Joseph Armstrong, Jr.
Paul B. Badger Carole Marie Bagley Jean Charlotte Barbarick Sally Ann Bernier Catherine Elizabeth Bilotta Frank M. Bilotta
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GRADUATES-Continued
Joanne Elizabeth Bonner Lorraine Elizabeth Bowes
George Francis Fitzgerald, Jr.
Mary Gertrude Folan
Leona Mary Brady John E. Broadley
Paul G. Foster
William Joseph Frates
Joanne Catherine Bullock
Francis R. Fruci
Jane Carol Bunney
Raymond A. Gearty
David Leigh Burke
Olga Caroline Gill
Maureen Ann Burke
Florence Joan Gnecco
Fay Elizabeth Butler
William M. Golden
Lucy Margaret Cappuccino
Joseph Goodwin Thomas Francis Greenwood
Barbara Arlene Carlson
James Paul Groh
Ernest William Carlson, Jr.
Francis P. Gugliotta
Diane Merritt Chamberlain
Ann Marie Guido
Carolyn Adele Chelstrom Shirley Ann Cisternelli Anne Elizabeth Collins
John K. Hardy Gerald Kenneth Hart
Joan Louise Condron
William Alfred Hart
James Francis Conley Barbara Ann Connolly
Janet S. Conroy Jeanette Marie Coolidge
Frances Louise Healy Thomas M. Heikkila D. Joan Hertzberg Nancy May Hertzberg Ellen Christine Higgins
Jane Louise Corcoran
Mary Alice Cormier
Paul Henry Cronan Margery Elizabeth Crosby
Dorothy Louise Hillman
Richard Gorham Crosby, Jr. Diane Maureene Crowley Martha Ann Crowley Donald Leon Crummet Lourine S. Cyr Margaret F. Danahy
Joseph George Howard Richard M. Hughes Carl A. Hultman Elinor Louise Jewkes Edward S. Jezulewicz Carolyn Christine Johnson Marilyn Ruth Johnson
Robert Carl Johnson Frances Ann Kavolius
Joan Louise Keady
Carol Ellen Kenefick Anna Winifred Kerr Jane S. Kijanowski Patricia M. King
Marilyn Janet Davis Barbara Ann Deeb Salvatore John DeRose Dorothea Elaine DiGiorgio Jane Elizabeth Donlan Mary Ellen Drummey Phyllis May Duquette Elizabeth Ann Eckhardt Jane Elizabeth Eckhardt Robert Herbert Eklund Milda Mae Elias Eugene Everett Erickson Joan Elizabeth Erickson Richard Ralph Esper William Francis Falconer Arlene Mary Feeney
Ronald M. King Roger A. Laakso
Wayne L. LaFlamboy, Jr. Judith Carole Lane Mary Susan Laverick
Eleanor Lucille Leighton Beverly Edith Lewin Dorothy Marie Lovell Joan L. Lucas
Francis Xavier Carchedi
Nicholas V. Gulla
Raymond J. Hall
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GRADUATES-Continued
Elizabeth Ann Lydon Joseph Edward Lydon Janice Ford MacIntyre Richard Dale Maclean Janet Ella MacLeod Robert C. Mahoney
William Francis Mahoney
Charles Robert Ryan
Laura Jean Marinelli
Mary Ann Sadoskis
Russell Clyde Sandblom
Richard J. Sansone
Janet Elizabeth Mattson
Louis R. Santoro
Sylvia Barbara Mattson
Robert Satkiewicz
Peter Paul Saunders
Lucy A. Scholz
Jerome Francis McCarthy
Cornelius J. F. Seastrand
Edward Francis Shaughnessy
Mary Louise Shepard
Eleanor May Slaney
Anne Teresa Smith
George Herbert Smith
James F. Smith
James Joseph Socci, Jr.
Dorothy Ann Soderstrom
John Edward McGrath
Mary Elizabeth McKenna Robert M. McLeod
Joan Patricia McNally
Joan Eleanor Metcalf
Eva Catherine Michienzi Marie Jean Montisano John Herbert Mosses, Jr.
Shirley Joan Surette Lorraine Marilyn Survila
J. Kenneth Sykes Ronald K. Sylvester Barbara Ann Thibedeau
Marie Anntoinette Thomas
Robert Newell Tibbetts Edward Francis Travers Mary Louise Troilo
Patricia Jean Vescio
Roberta Anın Vozella
Maureen Janet O'Sullivan
Edmund Joseph Padden Cyril J. Pendergast, Jr. Mary Virginia Pendergast Margaret Teresa Piraino Marie Elizabeth Praino Josephine Mary Jane Pingitore Shirley Ann Radei
Shirley Ann Rafuse Barbara Denise Riley Philip William Riley
Kenneth Doten Robertson, Jr.
Nancy Jane Rogers Robert MacLean Russell
Linda Ann Marinelli Sara Elizabeth Martin
Beverly Ann J. Mazzola
Mary Elizabeth McAuliffe
Julia Ruth McCarthy
Theodore Francis McCarthy James Gerard McCarty, Jr. Mary Ann McCorey
Marilyn Helen McDargh
Neal Douglas McElwee
William Joseph McGowan
Elizabeth Louise Stack Richard C. Staples Hugh Jackson Stouppe
Edmund F. Sullivan, Jr. Barbara Jean Sunderland
Eugene James Murphy
Francis Joseph Murphy Albert Donald Natoli Paul Eward Nolan Catherine Cecilia Noon
Claire Marie Noon Clare Ann Norton Francis Novick Mary Veronica O'Donnell
Arnold Francis Ostrom
John F. Walker
Marjorie R. Walsh Emily D. Walton Rowland J. Ward, Jr. Donald W. Wheeler Patricia A. Whelan Wanda Helen Wojdag Alice Mary Zizis
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REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE H. O. PEABODY SCHOOL
I hereby submit the eleventh annual report of the Henry O. Peabody School for Girls.
A spirit of optimism and assurance of continued progress prevails throughout the school this year. The main factor contributing to this encouraging outlook is increased enrollment through broadening of our public relations and advertising programs. The number of applicants for admission in September has been the largest since the school began.
This spring, guidance directors in all the neighboring high schools were invited to bring groups of interested students to visit the school before selecting their programs of studies for the following year. A faculty member conducted each group through the school. After luncheon in the Tea Room as guests of the school, the students spent the remaining time in the departments of their choice. Many of these students are now enrolled with us. Transportation is still a major drawback in our development, insofar as convenience for out-of-town students is concerned. We feel after a study of the situation that, in the light of present demands, no better arrangements can be made than now exist.
In the interest of still furthering our public relations program, our teachers have accepted invitations to be "career-day" speakers in other high schools. Several members of the faculty have also presented programs in their special fields before educational groups or women's clubs.
The aims, objectives, and offerings of the Henry O. Peabody School were presented to the members of the Women's Community Committee of Norwood by the Director of the school and three of its faculty members at a meeting held at the school this fall. Lunch was prepared and served by the Senior food class. As a special feature of the program, Senior dressmaking students modeled winter coats of their own design and making.
The results of the advertising campaign conducted by Gerard Burke, Inc., were satisfactory and met with the approval of both the Norwood School Committee and the Henry O. Peabody Fund, Inc. A unanimous recommendation was made that this service be continued another year. The outstanding feature of the program was the publication of the new 1952 catalog of the Henry O. Peabody School, through the combined efforts of Mr. Gerard Burke of Gerard Burke, Inc., and those of the Director, faculty, and students at the Peabody School. Our smartly designed, colorful brochure has met with much favorable comment, and we have received 230 requests for the catalog from 93 different towns.
On May 22, Open House was held in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the school. Students and teachers worked together to carry out a very successful undertaking befitting the occasion. We are also proud to give credit to the Alumnae Association which took a very active part. The May 15th edition of the NORWOOD MESSENGER published an excellent historical account with many photographs and letters of congratulations upon the completion of our first ten years.
Miss Julia McCarthy, a graduate of the three-year course of the Commercial Food Department, June, 1952, was awarded the Rotary Club Scholarship. This
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