Curwensville Area High School - Echo Yearbook (Curwensville, PA)

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tg FACULTY J. Bonsall, B.S. G. Wright, B.S. A. Ardory, BS Business Education Business Education Business Education Essential to the business world of today are these people training for that future. The department is to be commended for its adequate training which enables its graduates to accept excellent positions. Those determined students you see with their noses in their shorthand books are from Mr. James Bonsall's classes. As head of the Business Education department, his capability in the classroom encourages his students to strive for high standards of attainment. As Athletic Director, he is the man behind the scenes , Mrs. Grace Wright is known for her fascinating earrings, Her students find that her business-like manner and efficiency are helpfully contagious. What we learned in our salesmanship class will be beneficial in applying for a job. That music you hear floating through the building is not re- sounding from Symphony Hallg it originates in Mrs. Alma Ardary's typing class. A picture from VOGUE, she influences her students to be more conscious of their appearance. She directs the Press Club in the publication of The Pattonite. 17

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FACULTY A. Johnstone, M. Ed. B. Bonsall, B.S. An understanding of and an appreciation for the fine arts is MUSC l bm'lcn essential to the development ot a well-rounded individual. An opportuniiy to be an active participant in these arts is open to all. Mr, Arch Johnstone obtains excellent results and full cooperaf tian from his choral groups, A hot trumpeter and immacu- late dresser, he is greatly admired. His annual Christmas Cantata receives wide acclaim. Whenever you visit the library you will find Mrs. Betty Bonsall, Our helpful librarian. She is noted for her preciseness in all her activities. She gives much ct her time and energy in help- ing us tc publish our ECHO. I Our art supervisor, Mrs. Lois Stone, is often seen scooting cround in her jeep. The outstanding originality she displays in her work awes many of us. She has shown her proficiency ' as art advisor for the ECHO. Mr. Gerald Rupert, our band director, is noted for his congen- iality with the students. After hearing him play the piano, many budding pianists aspire to be virtuosos. He is kept busy teaching young would-be instrumentalists. L. Stone, B.F.A. G. Rupert, B.S. Art Music Looking in cn an arts and crafts class we see Clarence Brick' ley, Mary Irwin, Jcneen Wilt, and Steve McCully adding that last touch ot paint to their clay models. Trying to increase their words per minute, Peggy Caldwell, Don Hoover, Edie Wright and Margie Riddle work overtime in typ- ing practice. Ardent shorthand students Shirley Greslick, Donna Swanson, Dorothy Rowles, and Grace Snyder check their work for errors and compute their own accuracy ratings. John Radzieta explains a bookkeeping transaction, as inter- ested classmates Audrey Brown lapologies to Audrey for such a poor picturej and Norma Caldwell check his work. 16

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Bob Rebon and Jim Dale prepare the hypsometer for an experiment Dan Strickland explains to John Elenslxy, Beatrice Raf- ferty, and Lucy Passarelli the use of a trigonometric function in solving a problem. O 1 Apt students Jack Gordlock, Tom Ritz, Eva Mae Neeper all know the answer to this one. The fields of math and science form the backdrop of modern civilization. These departments contribute much toward the development of an analytical mind, an asset which will be beneficial in solving future problems. Mr. Alton Miller, as head of the science department, is a very efficient instructor of biology and academic phy- sics. His students have quite a game trying to buck his unique system of grading and trying to figure out how he became a walking newspaper. Very much interested in his subiect is excitable Mr. Carl Bordus. Many graduates return to loud him for his science and chemistry instruction, His extra-curricular assignment is that of ECHO photographer. Our guidance counselor, Mr. Leslie Leach, is well re- membered by his students for his subtle sense of humor. Instead of being complicated, geometry and trigonom- etry are made more challenging and interesting by him. He also is an ECHO photographer.