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At the close of school in June, Miss Mabel Willey, our Bookkeeping teacher, the oldest High School teacher in point of service, and Mr. Harold War- ren, one of our Science teachers for over twenty years, retired. Miss Willey for the last fifteen years has been handling all of the finances of the Ath- letic Association, the Cafeteria, and Student Ac- tivities. This could very easily be a full time job in itself. Mrs. Isabelle Beauchesne was transferred from the Central Junior High School to fill Miss Willey's position, and Mr. Anthony Struzziero was also transferred from the Central Junior High School to fill Mr. Warren's place. Miss Marion Clark was elected in August by the School Com- mittee to fill one vacancy in the Junior High School, and Mrs. Ethel Dominie was given a tem- porary appointment to fill the other."
The Make-up Artist, Head of English Department, Ashton Davis. An "unsung hero" in dramatic productions. Pupils were par- ticiponts in "The Forrest Prince."
Graduates Class of 1952 Saugus High School June 5, 1952 COLLEGE COURSE
Thelma Elaine Berry Barbara Jeanne Lindquist
Gretchen Helen Davis Marjorie Metcalf
Barbara Leigh Hammett Anne Marie Nelson
Carol Ruth LeCain Marcia Hayden Poole
Avis Lucille Rich
SCIENTIFIC COURSE
Robert Frank Broughton
Malcolm Kasparian, Jr.
Samuel Kennedy Brown, Jr.
Richard Thomas Maher
Michael Roy Bucchiere Robert Daniel Meagher
Richard Franklin Emmett
Stanley J. Piwowarski, Jr.
Joseph Edward Emond, Jr. Anthony J. Provenzano, Jr.
Robert B. Forward, Jr. Michael Ernest Reardon
Richard Lawrence Foster John Joseph Sandilands
John Anthony Gratiano, Jr. Anthony John Serino
Morrin Emerson Hazel, Jr. William Blakely Stewart
Wayne Prescott Welch
COMMERCIAL COURSE
Stenographic Division
Lona Marjorie Allen
Lillian Evelyn Mosher
Dolores Rita Emma
Carolyn Elaine O'Neal
Nancy Victoria Gray
Carole Rose Pearson
Marlene Janet Levine
Barbara Ann Peterson
Dorothy Joanne Littlefield
Janice Dixon Popp
Mary Catherine Mihaljan
Audrey Rose Spencer
Bookkeeping Division
Virginia Roseann Ditto Marilyn Theresa Pappas
Virginia Naples Patricia Ethel Richards
Shirley Antoinette Westendarp Basic Business Course
Marlene Hope Amery Dolores Gloria Grella
Frances Anne Cook
Joanne Elizabeth Hagan
Jeanette Charlotte Deveau
Gladys Eleanor Jillette
Barbara Ethel Frieswyk
Constance Alice MacKnight
Marie Jacqueline Irene Gagne Jean Marion Meagher
Mary Ellen Gould Judith Carol Oxley
Carolyn Jean Graham
Donald Charles Rand
Barbara Virginia Green
Catherine Frances Reynolds
Rosemary Theresa Tordiglione
GENERAL COURSE
Walter Joseph Alukonis, Jr. Nina Louise Amabile
Charles Henry Horman, Jr.
Robert Walter Angell
Arthur Frederick Johnson, Jr.
Albert Amedee Oudet
Norma Anne Kee
Kenneth Albert Backstrom
Stephen Raymond King, Jr.
Edward Raymore Bailey, Jr. James Daly Kusch Richard Elliot Barnes
Carolyn Priscilla Kyle
Millicent Florence Bates
Oren Oliver Bentley, Jr.
Frances Lorraine Ludwig
Patricia Mabel Bentley Lena Lucy Bisesti
Richard Joseph Bourque Edward Arthur Brandt
Donald Ernest Burns
James V. R. Caggiano, Jr.
Richard Allen Campbell
Jacqueline Ann McLean Louise Rae Mills William Fraser Moffat Betty-Ann Morrison
Barbara Ann-Marie Casey Martha Anne Clark
Beverly Mclellan Comfort Jacqueline Claire Conery William James Conway Jane Marie Copp Raymond Earl Costey Beatrice Elizabeth Crabtree Richard Earl Creamer Cahrles C. Cunningham, Jr. William Sherburne Curra Clara Agnes Dannbauer Charles Fred Davis
John Francis Hurley, Jr.
Patricia Ann Layden John Joseph Limoges
Alice Laura MacGuire Paul William MacNeil Edward Calvin McIntire, Jr. John Lowell McKenney Patricia Eileen Mclaughlin
Charles Francis Murphy Norma Joyce Murphy Janet Gladys Newbury Herbert Neal Newton Kenneth Freeman Parsons Donald Philip Patti William Harold Peach Robert Lawrence Pothier Ralph Clayton Pugh Marjorie Pearl Rabbitt
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Julia Anne Dean Ralph Joseph DeLouis Robert DeLouis, Jr. Richard Ferdinand Diotti Peter Dirsa Madeline Elaine Dows Barbara Ann Driscoll Richard William Eastman Francis George Falzarano Dana Grant Farr
Henry Allan Gardyna Elaine Patricia Giglio William George Gilbert Juliann Gordon Judith Anne Haley Dorothy Mae Halpin George William Harrington Enid Naomi Hatch Carl Norman Hayes Carl Wilton Herald Richard Paul Hollis John Clayton Holt
Donald Roy Hopkins
Violet Joan Rollins John Aaron Saunders Marilyn Priscilla Schickling
Mary Josephine Serino
Raymond Henry Smiledge
Marilyn Elaine Smith Marion Julia Smith Pauline Gloria Sharon Smith Joan May Stead Florence Louise Stier Constance Eileen Suffreti
Charles Jennings Swenson, Jr.
Ann Virginia Tambeau
Carol Ann Tangredi Alden Trenholm Philip James Veneziano
Nancy Patricia Ventullo Robert Alvin Wade .
George Stanwood Walker
Gail Mary Watson
Robert Chester Weeden
Walter Locke Weymouth Barbara Elizabeth Whitcomb
James Edward Wilson
Name
Diplomas Awarded Other Than Graduation Date
Remarks
William Lincoln Hussey Oct. 10, 1952
In-Service credits
The Junior Red Cross of S. H. S. at working making fovors for Veterans Hospitals. Miss Towle is chairman.
During my visits to the schools I have found prin- cipals, teachers, and supervisors unfailingly anx- ious to cooperate for the welfare of our pupils. Our office staff too, has been a source of great strength. I have recommended to the School Committee that the Principal Clerk in the Office of the Superin- tendent be appointed Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent due to knowledge of the schools and willingness and ability to accept responsibility.
The year 1952 will go down as a momentous one in the history of the Saugus Schools. For that year saw for the first time a definite promise of the fruition of the work of interested citizens, past and present school committees, and super- intendents. Nineteen hundred and fifty-two saw the efforts of twenty years to secure a new High
School crowned with success. The town meeting of October 20, 1952 voted almost unanimously to appropriate 2,200,000 dollars to provide proper facilities for the Senior High School pupils of Sau- gus to be located on the site of the present Town Farm on Route I.
As a matter of record a brief statement of the immediate events leading up to this historic date should be set forth.
The Town Meeting of November 27, 1951 at which the School Committee requested $35,000 for preliminary work was adjourned without action in three minutes.
A Meeting held on December 12, 1951 at which the School Committee again sponsored an article requesting an appropriation for preliminary plan- ning was turned down and a High School Inves- tigation Committee of five was appointed by Mod- erator Alexander Addison. The members were Paul A. Haley, Chairman; Joseph T. Hess; Fran- cis S. Mascianica; Stanley J. Piwowarski; and Dr. John L. Silver. The Committee worked for approx- imately ten months, investigating the needs for a school and the costs. All town boards, committees, officials, and civic groups were invited to present opinions and facts before the Committee and al- most all availed themselves of this opportunity. Public Meetings were held. The Committee finally wrote a detailed report which was disseminated throughout the community through the medium of the Saugus Advertiser and some 4000 newspaper supplements. The work of this committee as to thoroughness, sincerity, open-mindedness and pub- lic relations was outstanding. In the past twenty- five years I have never seen such an effective, functioning, civic Committee.
In December 1952, Town Manager Walter E. Lawrence engaged the firm of S. W. Haynes and Associates of Fitchburg as architects. At a later date a High School Advisory Committee was set up, under the chairmanship of Paul A. Haley, composed of the original Investigating Committee and four citizens, Miss Alice G. Blood, a member of the School Committee; Principal John A. W. Pearce; Mrs. Mary F. Wass; and Rev. Wilbur C. Ziegler. The Superintendent was invited by the Committee to serve as Educational Consultant to the Committee, in which capacity he had served the original Investigating Committee.
The whole Town is to be congratulated for the courage required to take such an important step. Because of the willingness of the people of Saugus to sacrifice, generations of children will go forth into adult life better equipped to meet the chal- lenge of an increasingly complicated social and economical structure and to lead happy and useful lives.
Superintendent of Schools
December 31, 1952
J. J. MORGAN,
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AGE - GRADE TABLE
October 1, 1952
Ages 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Totals
Grade 1 1 9 211 9
399
Ch. 70, as amended Ch. 643 ... $115,849.81 Transportation and Tuition State Wards 3,256.15 Tuition City of Boston Wards. . . 173.58 Tuition out of town pupils 268.92 Shop supplies-Collections 71.29
Sale old desks and irons. 228.00
Rental Veterans' Memorial School Hall
240.00
Rental Sweetser School (Draft Board)
30.00
Misc .; junk; lost books; toll
129.14
Total Receipts, 1952
$120,246.89*
Net Cost, 1952
493,538.84
Unexpended balance
689.37*
Actual Net Cost, 1952
$492,849.47
* Receipts and balances constitute 19.7% of appropriation.
Cost Per Pupil In Average Membership School Year Ending June 30, 1952
Average Grs. 1-8 212.72
Average Grs. 9-12 302.05
II Group II (Towns of 5,000 popu- lation or over)
180.47
279.71
III Group III (Towns of less than 5,000 population maintaining High School) 161.22
296.90
IV Group IV (Towns of less than 5,000 not maintaining High Schools)
184.88
V State Average
187.90
290.30
1
2 3 4
5
6 Sps 7
8
9 10 11 12 Totals VI SAUGUS*
Armitage 37
32 28 33 28 36
194
Ballard 54
39 38 31 57 51
270
Centre
27
50 28
105
Cliftondale 34
34 30 35
133
Emerson 31
24 21 35
111
Feiton 37
29 30 33 25 32 186
Lynnhurst 18 16 15 21 19 15
104
Melrose
216.04
294.17
Lynn
209.99
303.12
368.08
Swampscott
184.95
261.76
328.57
Danvers
188.82
Malden
161.31
275.69
324.58
Reading
182.65
215.38
252.66
Roby
71
36
26 26 33 67
259
Marblehead
184.38
256.07
321.90
Legion
32
32
Sweetser
35
32 103 101 271
Central Jr. High
156 151
307
Saugus High
244 184 178 151 757
Totals
399 351 308 374 328 315 14 259 252 244 184 178 151 3357
Net Cost of Operation, 1952 Funds Available to Schools. Receipts:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
3
87 171 45
4 1 1 116 206 43 8
374
5
328 7 112 162 37 9 1
98 175 28 12 2 315
1
1 81 125 38 5 8 1 259
8
73 124 38 11 1
5 252
9
60 133 31 17 3 244
3 54
94 27 5 1 184
11
35 97
36
9
1 178
:2
41 95 14 1 151
Spec.
1
1
3 3 3 1
2 14
Totals 179 317 317 317 366 309 305 238 241 237 177 188 140 24 2
ENROLLMENT BY SCHOOLS - As of October 1, 1952
GRADES
SCHOOLS
* SAUGUS is a member of Group II, those towns of over 5,000 population maintaining high schools. The ele- mentary costs are $15.37 per pupil below the average for these 95 towns and the Saugus High School is $32.17 lower than the average of the high schools. A comparison with the eleven neighboring towns and cities below shows that Saugus had the lowest school costs in the immediate area:
Town
Grades 1-6 or 1-8
Grades 7-8-9 291.66
Grades 10-12 or 9-12
Revere
239.14
245.40
Memorial 70 68 59 67 68 65 14 411
North Saugus 18
22 17
13 15 16 101
Oaklandvale 29
28 19 27 13 116
Lynnfield
185.00
Wakefield
174.58
279.69
SAUGUS
165.10
-
247.54
106 220 23 351
308
4
calls, etc.
$613,785.73
3357 I Group I (Cities)
165.10
247.54
405.36
Medford
187.38
235.74
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LIST OF TEACHERS 1952-1953
Name
Position
Preparation
Years of Teaching Service in Saugus
Saugus High School
John A. W. Pearce
Principal
Brown University
17
Leon C. Young
Submaster
Boston University
26
Mary E. Anderson
English and Dramatics
Washington State
2-1/2
Isabelle G. Beauchesne
Commercial
Salem Teachers College
5
Walter D Blossom
Commercial
Northeastern University
22
Belden G. Bly, Jr.
Science
Northeastern University
11
*Philip W. Bradbury John J. Burns
English
Boston College
14
*Ashton F. Davis
English
Harvard University
22
James A. Doucette
Guidance
Dartmouth College
1
Ralph B. Earle
Shop
Technical Training
6
Gladys M. Fox
Civics
Salem Teachers College, Boston University 23
2Jane H. Fulton
English, Latin
Brown University
0
Mathematics
Univ. of New Hampshire
23
Social Science
Univ. of New Hampshire 27
Languages
Boston University
23
Social Science, Coach Football, Hockey
Boston College
6
Hubert G Kelley John B. Leahy
Science
Boston College
3
Mathematics, Director of Testing
DePauw University
19
*Hazel C. Marison
Commercial
Bay Path Institute
32
*Welcome W. Mccullough
Social Science
Bates College
22
Math. - Science
Bates College
3
English
Boston University
4
English
Harvard University
10-1/2
Elwood C. Philbrick
English
Harvard University
1
Abraham Pinciss
Commercial
Boston University
23
Albion R Rice
Mathematics
Bates College
25
** John Scarborough
Mathematics. Ass't. Coach
East Texas State
4
Louise Solomita
Social Science
Portia Law
10
Arthur H. Strout
Mechanical Drawing
Technical Training
7
3Anthony Struzziero
Science, Mathematics
Boston College
1
*Tauno O. Tamminen
Shop
Fitchburg Teachers College
7
John A. Taylor
Commercial
Boston University
21
Helen F Towle
Language
Emmanuel
25
Audrey M. Tricco
Commercial
Salem Teachers College
5
*Elmer H. Watson
Mathematics
Bates College
26
Science
University of Maine
7
Harold E. Haley M. Edward Hayes *Bernice L. Hayward John J. Janusas
** George H. McKay Mary J. Mendum Albert J Moylan
*Head of Department
** J. Scarborough-military leave-Jan .- Dec. G. Mckay-transferred to Central Jr. High-Dec.
Central Junior High 4Marion L. Clark Louise M DiBlasi 5Ethel R. Dominie Louise A. Hayes
Literature Literature
Mathematics English
Mathematics
English
Bridgewater Teachers College 5
Salem Teachers College 33
Teachers Course
38
Armitage School
Mary H. Walsh
Principal-Grade VI
Salem Teachers College 24
Elizabeth Enright
Grade IV
Lowell Teachers College 19
Leonara G Jervis
Grade II
Perry Kindergarten 5
Doris Lennox
Grade III
Salem Teachers College
13
Jeannette Muise
Grade I
Salem Teachers College 0
Salem Teachers College
1
Ballard School
Marjorie Wiggin
Principal-Grade I
Gorham Teachers College 25
Edith Cook
Grade I
Farmington Teachers College 5
Eileen Barry
Grade III
Salem Teachers College 1
Sophie Melewski
Grade II
Salem Teachers College
14
Elenora Rice
Grade IV
Farmington Teachers College
14
Selma Rosenfield
Grade VI
Bridgewater Teachers College 5
Edith Sheehan
Grades V-VI
Plymouth Teachers College
1
Mary E. Wood
Grade V
Castine Normal School
24
Centre School
Richard J. Lynch
Principal-Grade V
Boston University 3
&Elizabeth Loeffler
Grade IV
Farmington Teachers College 2-1/2
Marilyn K. Spierer
Grade III
Bridgewater Teachers College 2
Framingham State Normal 4
Cliftondale School
Myra W. Beckman
Principal-Grade IV
Farmington Normal 38
9Patricia V. Anthony
Grade I
Salem Teachers College 0
Worcester Teachers College 4
North Adams Teachers College 24
Emerson School
Ruth E. Farris
Principal-Grade IV
Grade II
Gorham Teachers College 9
Clara M. Hinckley
Grade III
Eastern State Normal 4
Hazel V. Lindsev
Grade I
Washington State Normal 27
Ruth E. Farris
Principal-Grade IV
Garland School 23
Iona E. Britt
Grade II
Gorham Teachers College
9
Clara M. Hinckley
Grade III
Eastern State Normal
4
Hazel V. Lindsey
Grade I
Washington State Normal
27
University of New Hampshire 0
Salem Teachers College 7 Bridgewater Teachers College 0 Salem Teachers College, Boston University 8
Bridgewater Teachers College 15
Helen S. Leyland 0Erdine L. Muise
M. Pearl Peterson Elizabeth B. Taylor Geography
History
Garland School 23
Iona E. Britt
Grade III
Mary D Cronin Marleah E. Graves Grade II
Marjorie P. Walkey
Grade IV
Phyllis J. Wheeler Grade V
Felton School
Sarah A. Curtis Mary T. Lavin Blanche M. Love
Esther C. McCarrier Helen E. Pendergast
10Miriam Stephens
Principal-Grade VI Grade I
Grade IV
Salem Teachers College 12
Aroostook State Normal 29
Lowell Teachers College 3
Salem Teachers College
0
Lynnhurst School
Marie Reynolds Mary G. Nelson Bertha A. Schaefer
Principal-Grades-I-II Grades V-VI
Grades III-IV
Salem Teachers College 6-1/2
North Saugus School
Clara V. Clark Muriel Bacon Marion F. Emmett
M. Pauline Smith
Grades I-II
Salem Teachers College
6
Oaklandvale School
11 Annie Howard Grace L. Myers
Principal-Grades III-IV Acting Principal- Grades IV-V
Grade II
Framingham Teachers College
3-1/2
(Military Leave-Nov.1944)
Lowell Teachers College 16
Grade I
Salem Teachers College 6
Bridgewater Teachers College
3
Roby School
Florence C. Gibson
Principal-Grade VI
Salem Teachers College 28
Louise Daniels
Grade II
Wheelock College
1
Ethel A. Dorr
Grade VI
Washington State Normal 23
Mae W. Johnson
Grade II
Salem Teachers College 16
Janet Lavore
Grade I
Wheelock College
1
Virginia Nason
Grade V
Castine Normal School 27
Vendla E Nicholson
Grade III
Salem Teachers College 4
Harriet B. Pfuntner Elva Thorne
Grade I
Salem Teachers College
6
Sweetser School
Vera C. Wentworth Pearl E. Belonga 13William J. Flanagan Viola MacLaren Vida E. Norton
Gwendolyn Walters
Robert A. Watson Mildred A. Willard
Alice M. Willis
Principal
Geography, Literature
English, Literature
Grade VI
Grade V
Mathematics
Mathematics, Science
History, Literature
English, Literature
Farmington Teachers College 30
Oswego Teachers College 20
Holy Cross College 0
Aroostook State Normal 5
Washington State Normal 25
Salem Teachers College
26
Salem Teachers College 1
Niel Normal School 35
Boston University
28
Principal-Grades V-VI
Univ. of Washington 7
Grade III
Salem Teachers College
6
Grades IV-V
Salem Teachers College
13
Simmons College 6
Slippery Rock Normal School 3
Helen Rippon Florence Sullivan Viola G. Wilson 12Gertrude Wirling
Grades III-IV
Fisher Normal School 31
Salem Teachers College 6
Grade II
Grade III
Grade V
Teachers College 29
Lowell Teachers College 14
Grade IV
Gorham Teachers College 4
Veterans Memorial School
Horace E. Shuff William Burger
Principal
Grade VI
Josephine Chadbourne
Grade V
Farmington Teachers College 26
Salem Teachers College 7 Bridgewater Teachers College 1
Salem Teachers College
1
Salem Teachers College 15
Special Class
Worcester Teachers College 23
Grade II
Salem Teachers College 6
Grade V
Portia Law School, Univ. of Mass.6
8
Grade IV
Salem Teachers College
0
Grade III
Salem Teachers College 18
Grade II
Wheelock College
1
Supervisors and Special 15Helen R. Brownrigg
Elementary Supervisor
Salem Teachers College, Boston University 0
Posse-Nissen School 22
Music
Boston University 4
Anstrice C. Kellogg
Art
Mass.School of Art,
Boston University 30
Ina MacNeill
Reading
Salem Teachers College
7
Band Director
Jerome J. Mitchell
Boston University 3
1. Sept .- Dec.(transferred from Cent.Jr.High)-M.Willey, Jan-June(retired).
2. Sept. - Dec.C. Nute, Jan-June(resigned(.
3. Sept .- Dec.(transferred from Cent.Jr.High)-H.Warren, Jan-June (retired).
4. Sept. - Dec .- I. Beauchesne, Jan-June(transferred to High School). 5. Sept. - Dec. (military substitute).
6. Sept. - Dec .- (transferred from Sweetser Jr.High)-E. Olson, Jan-June(resigned). 7. Sept .- Dec .- D. Wolfe, Jan-June (resigned) 8. Sept. - Dec .- (transferred from Oaklandvale School)-R.Shapiro, Jan-June(resigned). 9. Sept .- Dec .- B. Guild, January.(resigned), H. Rippon, Feb-June. 10. Sept .- Dec .- G. Pike, Jan-June(resigned).
11. On leave of absence-Jan-December.
12. Temp .- Jan .- Dec. for(11)
13. Sept. - Dec .- E. Muise, Jan-June(transferred to Central Jr. High).
14. Sept. - Dec .- M- Welch, Jan-June(resigned). 15. Sept. - December.
Keene Teachers College 10
Salem Teachers College 1
Lillian C. Chickering Walter G. Creedon
Grade I
Grade VI
Grade III
Dorothea B. Hawkins Helen C. Long Mary P. Mullins Lillian Sewell
Grade IV
Gloria E. Solomita Jean H. Sullivan 14 Marilyn Varney Marion Wells Joan Wiggin
Grade I
Boston University
Catherine R. Griffin Elaine Grillo
Physical Education
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THE ATHENIAN OATH
WE WILL NEVER BRING DISGRACE TO THIS OUR CITY, BY ANY ACT OF DISHONESTY OR COWARDICE. NOR EVER DESERT OUR SUFFER- ING COMRADES IN THE RANKS; WE WILL FIGHT FOR THE IDEALS AND SACRED THINGS OF THE CITY, BOTH ALONE AND WITH MANY; WE WILL REVERE AND OBEY THE CITY'S LAWS AND DO OUR BEST TO INCITE A LIKE RESPECT IN THOSE ABOVE US WHO ARE PRONE TO ANNUL OR SET THEM AT NAUGHT; WE WILL STRIVE UN- CEASINGLY TO QUICKEN THE PUB- LIC'S SENSE OF CIVIC DUTY, THUS IN ALL THESE WAYS WE WILL TRANSMIT THIS CITY NOT ONLY NOT LESS, BUT GREATER, AND MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN IT WAS TRANSMITTED TO US.
MILTON T. MARTIN co. ithographers
SAU /
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