Binghamton North High School - Wampum Yearbook (Binghamton, NY)

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DEPARTMENT HEADS Miss Elizabeth Shannon is the head of North's Social Science Department. This department includes History, Economic Citizenship and Economics. Miss Shannon taught in the Social Science Department at Central. She graduated from Syracuse University. If 1 af?-N., Mr.John Reutlinger, Physical Educa- tion Chairman, outlines and supervises the program of the Physical Education Department. All students take the four year course, the classestotaling 500 per day. This department consists offour in- structors for the two large gyms and two corrective gyms. Mr. Reutlinger taught physical education for three years at Central and for n years at East Jr. ,avyf -f Miss Katherine Lundy is one of North's first year Latin teachers. She is very well known in teaching circles throughout Binghamton. Since Miss Lundy is Supervisor of all Latin classes in the city, she is at North only in the morning. She graduated from Brown University and used to teach at Central and West junior. She enjoys all out- door sports and is especially interested in gardening. ,,5fj,,. ff? , ff fl' 5 1

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tax DEPARTMENT HE Mr. Charles Ellis heads North's Commercial Department, one of its largest. Nearly one-third ofthe student registration take the Commercial Course. Among the subjects included are: Introduction to Business, Business Arithmetic, Economic Geography, Shorthand, Typing, Secretarial Practice, and Business Law. The object of the course is train people for positions thought best suited for them in the present world. Mrs. Elizabeth Seely taught in East Junior and Central before coming to North as head of the English depart- ment. As all students take English, this is North's largest department. lt is equipped with an excellent English library of texts, novels, biographies and classics. Mrs. Seely's fourth year English classes prepares students for state regents. English enables the student to communicate intelligently with others. Mate Mr. Warren Taylor head of North's Science Department is shown with several of his pupils during a laboratory period. Mary Hill, Orpha Keat, Audrey Foley, and Virginia Dean are the pupils. Mr. Taylor taughtat Central for six years. After graduating from Binghamton Central he attended College of Wfooster, Ohio and Cornell University. , , ,,,, , . .,,,

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DEPARTMENT HEADS Mr. H. E. Speece is shown instruct- ing Jackson Doane, a pupil, in one of the mechanical drafting rooms. They are examining a detail drawing of a globe valve. Mr. Speece is head of the Industrial Technical Vocational Department. e Kg ff ' rfU+ ll, Northis Homemaking Department is headed by Miss Mildred Weller. Child Care, Home Management, and Advanced Foods are the classes taught by Miss Weller. Ruth Higgs is the student with Miss Weller, in one of the completely equipped unit kitchens. cd i'Any two meridians of the earth form a lune, explains Mr. Harold Gillespie to Foster Beach in a Solid Geometry class. Mr. Gillespie, as head ofthe Mathematics Department, teach- es Solid Geometry, and Intermediate Algebra. Five teachers in the department instruct over 500 pupils each day. 1,1 fin, if -2