Brookville High School - Echo Yearbook (Brookville, PA)

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Robert Buchanan, Frank Caimi, Mrs. Maxine Stephens The Commercial Department has the job of preparing students for various types of jobs in the business world. Students are also aided in securing jobs after they graduate. This department is responsible for making many graduates of B. H. S. competent office workers. At the head of the Commercial Department is Mr. Frank Caimi, a graduate of Indiana State Teachers College and New York University. He teaches Typing I and II, Shorthand I and II, Business law, and Economic Geography; these last two subjects are recent additions to the Commercial curriculum. Besides his teaching duties, he acts as a sponsor for the yearbook. Another teacher in the Commercial Department is Mrs. Maxine Stephens. Besides teaching Typing I and II, Business English, Transcription, Office Practice, and Exploratory, she sponsors the high school newspaper, the BEAM. Mrs. Stephens was graduated from Grove City College. Mr. Robert Buchanan, who joined the faculty late in the year 1952-1953, has since been teaching Typing I, Bookkeeping I, Business Math, Retailing II, and Consumer Education. His outside activities include keeping the books of the cafeteria and helping the basketball coaches. Commercial Work (j’nDeA iZealiAtic Experience This picture shows Mr. Buchanan and a sophomore class studying the fundamentals of filing. 25

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iauM nce tflcMnight CharleA Phillip A % The School OjjficeA The senior high office is o place of activity most of the time. Let's take a moment to meet our principal Mr. McKnight. Mr. McKnight came to us last year after a varied career in teaching, coaching, and directing of school personnel. He is a graduate of Indiana State Teachers' College with B. S. and M. S. degrees, and he is a member of Phi Delta Kappa, National Honorary Fraternity in Psychology. In addition to his school interest, Mr. McKnight is very active in civic work in the community. All of us regard Mr. Charles Phillips as one of our dearest and best friends. Each of us is aware of his keen interest in us, not as mass education but as individuals. Mr. Phillips attended Waynesburg College and received his Master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh. Aside from being junior high school principal, Mr. Phillips teaches algebra and manages the various athletic programs of our school district. Vancif £chucherA foelftctte Mrs. DeMotte is our Senior High secretary. Her duties are so numerous that the average student does not realize the numerous jobs that face her each day, such things as schedules, permanent records, scholastic reports, absence and tardy records, letters, and a thousand other odd jobs every day. Mrs. DeMotte, who is a graduate of the Wood Secretarial School in New York City, held various secretarial jobs before joining our staff. We certainly thank Nancy for all the hard work she does and for so patiently helping us. 24

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ictHquaqe £kill JJj flluaijA CtAential Science may be the future of some of us, and still others may be mathematically inclined; but no matter what we do in life, unless we have a good grasp on the English language, we shall get nowhere. The English Department is composed of seven teachers. Three of these teachers serve the junior high school. They are Mrs. Marguerite Sharpe, Mrs. Mary Ann Jones, and Mrs. Elizabeth Butler. Although some literature is taught in junior high school, the primary work is done in grammar, sentence structure, paragraph writing, and other basic requisites. There are four teachers of English in senior high. Miss Hall spends her day teaching oral conv munication. All sophomores take speech, and many juniors and seniors continue through eleventh and twelfth grade. Miss Black, Miss Patton, and Miss Ellis continue the study of grammar, written communication, and literature. Seated: Marguerite Sharpe, Mary Ann Jones, Elizabeth Butler, Jean Patton. Standing: Violet Ellis, Bertha Black, Mildred Hall.