Athens Area High School - Athenian Yearbook (Athens, PA)

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WILLIAM ALLFORD B.S. Mansfield State College M. M. Ithaca College Instrumental Music 7th-12th Music Theory Junior High Band Music Education 7th-8th Senior High Chorus Senior High Glee Club MRS PHYLLIS ELDER B.S. Mansfield State College Music Education 7th-8th Junior High Chorus Ninth Grade Chorus Instrumental Music 7th-8th JOHN SWANK B.S. Edinboro State College Junior and Senior Art Art Club RICHARD SWETLAND B.A. Mansfield State College M.M. New York State University Instrumental Music 10th-llth-12th Senior Band Stagehand MRS. GLADYS WESTBROOK B.S. Mansfield State College Music Education 7th-$th Roacfs lo ( Culture The primary purpose of the music and art departments is to give students a basic understanding of and ability in these specific fields. A student is required to take a half a year of each in seventh, eighth, and ninth grades. During this time, he is given experience in these fields and is taught something of their history. A student who wishes to, may continue on in either of these fields during senior high. The music department has several clubs. The junior and senior choruses and the junior and senior bands put on several concerts a year. The senior band plays during half-time at football games. There is Glee Club for particularly good singers and Stagehand for enthusiastic musicians. In art class, the students are taught about perspective and shading and the other techniques which make drawings seem realistic. They find an appreciation for what goes into art. The primary purpose in teaching art is to make the students more observant and more aware of their surroundings. 20

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 7 iro The Athens High School business and home economics departments are designed to prepare students for their chosen fields whether they be secretarial or homemaking. These courses are taught with the most modem equipment in the area. The business department teaches senior high students the fundamentals of shorthand, business arithmetic, and typing. These courses are so designed that these girls are ready to go to work as secretaries immediately after graduating. Home Economics is taught in all grades from seventh up. This course is required in seventh, eighth, and ninth, and may be taken in tenth, eleventh, and twelfth, if so desired. Home Economics teaches sewing, cooking, child care, and all other basics in homemaking. MRS. ELEANOR BIALEK B.S. Rider College Shorthand I II Office Practice 12 Bookkeeping I Sc II Refresher Math Typewriting 10, 11, 12 LEONARD GABRIEL B.S. Bloomsburg State College Bookkeeping I Sc II Business Law 12 Business Arithmetic 10. 11. 12 MRS ARLENE L. PICKERING B.S. Indiana State University Personal Typing 10. 11, 12 Typing I Business Arithmetic 10 MRS. MARY BROUGHTON B.S. Mansfield State College Home Economics 7. 8, 10. 11. 12 MRS. MARIAN C. MAC DONALD B.S. Mansfield State College Home Economics 7. 8. 9 19

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PHILIP L. BUTLER B.S. Math and Science Mansfield State College Woodshop 7-12 JAMES R. CALLAHAN B.S. Mansfield State College Industrial Arts 7-12 EUGENE T. CERUTTI B.S. M.Ed. Pennsylvania State University Mechanical Drawing 7-8-9-11-12 EDWARD J. DRABINSKI B.S. Mansfield State College Industrial Arts 7-12 ALLYN LEONARD B.S. Pennsylvania State University Vocational Agriculture 9-10-11-12 F.F.A. J at uvays ' Jo J royress To introduce the students to the world of machines, electronics, and technical drawing, Athens High offers a w’ide industrial arts course. The junior high boys are required to take the shop course designed to acquaint them with hand tools. In senior high the course is optional. If the students choose to go on, they learn to use power tools and to repair automobiles. Technical drawing is the study of mechanical procedure and the element of sketching. The material ranges from elementary drawings to aerographic projections and to forms of pictorial drawings and architectural drawings. In the industrial arts program, the emphasis is on trying to help the boys decide if they wish to continue their technical training. Offered as an elective in senior high is a course in agriculture. The boys in this class spend their freshman and sophomore years studying basic farming. In their last two years they take agribusiness—the study of how farming affects the economy. Included in this field are such topics as marketing, management, and cooperatives. Upon completion of this course the boys have a basic understanding of agriculture and its relationship with other fields. 21