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

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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

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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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,kwa l The North High faculty not only teaches but it gives help after school to those who need it. Miss Ellen Mangan, a Latin teacher, is correcting a tesr paper while Alice Van Derbeck looks on. Miss Mangan is well known throughout Binghamton, having lived here all her life. MQW Mr. Harold Desnoyers, electrical en- gineering teacher, is explaining one of the new 'GE generators to three pupils, Bob Brooks, john Podony, and Bob Ives. Mr. Desnoyers, a graduate of Notre Dame, comes from upper New York State. l'Remember a predicate adjective al- ways follows a copulative verb, says Miss Rita Eisenberg as she corrects Jean Cole's paper. Miss Eisenberg, having graduated from Syracuse Univesity, last year began her first term of teaching here at North High.