Brookville High School - Echo Yearbook (Brookville, PA)

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William Moore, Charlotte Reid, Myra McFadden, John Chillcott, Charles Phillips fttatkematicA Prepare for fiuAine and Science Mathematics for the Brookville High School has been planned with the idea of filling the needs of two groups of pupils; those who have ability and interest but have little thought of its future use; and those who desire it as the basis for future work in science and mathematics. Teachers try to relate the work as closely as possible to the normal activities of the social and business world. Mathematics has often been called the Queen of the Sciences and is even more important in our every day lives. Ever since man has wanted to know the number of his livestock, mathematics has grown broader and broader, till it includes every field and business there is. Our high school faculty contains five teachers in the Mathematics department. Mr. Chillcott teaches math to the seventh and eighth grades, and he also coaches football and basketball. Mr. Phillips teaches algebra in the ninth grade and is the ahtletic sponsor for our school. Mr. Moore teaches both algebra and General Math to freshmen. In Senior High, Senior Math is taught by Mrs. Reid. Miss McFadden teaches Algebra II, Plane Geometry, Trigonometry, and advanced Algebra. She is also a sponsor of Tru Blu, Student Council, and a member of the student Loan Fund. John Korb, Roy Bowley, and Tom Aiken stud the complexities of a giant slide rule. 29

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Bertha Black, Katheryn Smith, Jean Patton 'Jweigh ianquaqeA fire Practical and Cultural Foreign Languages rank very high in Brookville Schools. French and Latin are the only foreign subjects taught but student participation in these subjects is great. In our French department, we have our capable French teacher. Miss Black, who teaches Francois I and II and is sponsor of Le Cercle Francois. Her aim in teaching French is to get students to learn the fundamentals of the language and then use them in speaking French. She emphasizes that speaking French can be useful and that pronunciation of the words properly is important. In the Latin department, we have Mrs. Smith and Miss Patton as instructors. Mrs. Smith is Guidance Counselor as well as the Latin I and II teacher. Mrs. Smith's problem is to see that the students learn the formation and derivation of Roman words and learn to use them in a sentence. The grammar part of Latin is very important in the first two years of Latin. Miss Patton, who teaches Latin III and IV, spends most of her time in seeing that the students know how to read Latin. Cicero and Virgil are two of the selections she might choose for a student to read. In addition to teaching Junior English and Latin III and IV, Miss Patton is also sponsor of the Argonauts. When speaking of French and Latin, it is known that people can learn to speak French fluently while Latin would be hard to speak. Although many people take French for the purpose of learning to speak it, Latin is not a commonly spoken language; it provides a background meaning for many of today's words.

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Marlene Park, Margie Michael, Anna M o r r e s, Emogene Delp, Sandy A!!geier, Molly Butlers, Ncncy Cook, Sue Buzard, Sue DeMotte. PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEVELOPS MANY DIFFERENT SKILLS A tjftind Weed A Scdif The Physical Education Department of our school system is one that gives much satisfaction. It gives the students a chance to get exercise when they otherwise have no way of obtaining the amount needed. More than that, gym gives us a break between class periods, but usually we are more tired when we leave class than when we go. The heads of this department are Mr. Benjamin Jones and Mrs. Eleanor Ewing, who have listened patiently to all the excuses: I forgot my gym suit, or I lost my locker key. Mrs. Ewing teaches her health classes from grades seven to ten and physical education classes all through the system. She is a very good and patient worker as she helps our faithful cheerleaders to get their cheers to perfection. Mr. Jones also teaches his physical education and health classes. He has helped the boys very much through all the football season. One of our annual events, which comes through the hard work of both Mrs. Ewing and Mr. Jones, is the gym exhibition. Just the senior high students participate in this. Here, the public is invited to see the students show the different things they have learned throughout the school year.