Governor Mifflin High School - Archive Yearbook (Shillington, PA)

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Mr. Carroll Hartline, organ instructor, gives individual lessons to students wishing to learn to play the organ. Diane Hornberger practices a musical composition as Mr. Hartline looks on. s if P Harrisburg. 74'5f40td Governor Mifliin's fine arts program provides in- struction in music and art to encourage the appre- ciation of these subjects. Creative use of a students artistic abilities results in talents which may be put to an entertaining use in his leisure time. ln every art class, which consists ot both part- time and fulltime art students, the caretul use of art materials is stressed. A wide selection of proiects and materials is available to part-time students. Fulltime art places special emphasis on various phases ot art during the year. The course, planned for a period ot three years, offers instruction in drawing, crafts, water colors, oil paints, sculpture, Chorus . . . Spring Swing, Junior Class CARLTON F BOYER fili l'10Vfllllllll Mlfl:l.lN C Art , . . Art Club.. . . Kutztown S.C., B. ., hiladel ia useum School of Artli T.T. ph M V gs, DA' The Art Department displays several art proiects of its full- time students in the hallway of the State Educational Building at 0 O ROBERT J. COOPER Music, Stott Leader, Band, Male En- semble, Dance Band, Mellotones, Girls' Sponsor . . . Indiana S.C,, B.S., Colum- px l 5 r .. fp . we 0 commercial art, and color harmony. The Music Department encourages individual par- ticipation in its musical groups. Vocal Music includes the Mixed Chorus, Girls' Chorus, Girls' Ensemble, Male Ensemble, Mellotones, and the Mixed Ensemble. These groups sing at school and public attairs. Music Theory is intended for students desiring to pursue music as a vocation or a hobby. Consumer Music is primarily a music listening course. The instrumental student participates in Marching Band, Concert Band, Concert Orchestra, Dance Band, or other ensembles. NICHOLAS G. GERACIMOS Vocal Music, Music Theory, Strings , bia Univ., MA., Bucknell Univ .... Dramatics, Collecting records. S.C., B.S,, Columbia Univ., M.A. . Photography. Concert Orchestra, Mixed Chorus, Girls Ensemble, Spring Swing . . . Indiana

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Mrs. Geraldine Cheri and Mr. James Troutman of the Bell Telephone Company of Reading demonstrate with the use of tapes and sketches the various voices one hears on the telephone. Operating the school's switchboard is one important phase of business training aFlorded our prospective oflice workers. . pap-.. Eitective use of bulletin boards in the Business Department is shown in this attractive poster. Representing each student's typing speed, the rockets race to reach the moon. Our students develop proficiency and responsibility in their classes and through experience in handling ma- chines and equipment. MRS. MARY l.. DIETRICH Bookkeeping, Typing V. . . Senior Tri-Hi Y Club, Printers . . . Bloomsburg S.C. B.S .... Traveling. ' 704464 MRS. HAZEL H. GERACIMOS Shorthand, Typing . . . Receptionists, Snappy Stenogs, Gov-Lin Typists, Senior Class Play Director . . . Univ. of Pitts- burgh, B.S.Ed., M.Ed .... Oil painting Reading, Swimming.

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MRS. ALICE M. SELL Girls' Physical Education and Health . . . Girls' Athletic As- sociation, Cheerleaders, Girls' Gymnastic Club . . . East Strouds- burg S.C., B.S .... Sports, Sew- ing. One, two, three, tour . . . re- sounds from the gymnasium walls as these girls spend part of their physical education pe- riod working out a calisthenic drill. 71 cmd? ' ' ?Z4qW6z'aZ?aZe The purpose of the Physical Education program is to teach today's youth leadership, good sportsman- ship, a fundamental knowledge of the seasonal games, physical skills, and activities which may be- used in leisure time. Girls' Physical Education classes learn the basic skills and rules of such sports as field hockey, basket- ball, volleyball, and softball. Feats in tumbling and apparatus work progress in ditticulty from the sopho- more to the senior years. Other activities included in the course required in grades lO, ll, i2 are danc- ing and drills in calisthenics. The Boys' Physical Education program acquaints the student with the fundamentals of football, basket- ball, volleyball, wrestling, track, and baseball. All students are encouraged to join athletic teams, either as a team member or manager. On the boys sports program there are the football, cross country, wrestling, basketball, swimming, tennis, track, base- ball, and rifle teams. The girls participate intramu- rally in both field hockey and basketball. Health Education is taught in grades i0 and 12. Personal adiustment, marriage, and family living are discussed in senior health classes. First aid, systems of the body, and human relationships are taught in tenth grade. I WILLIAM H. FIRING Boys' Physical Education and Health . . , Head Coach, Track, Cross Country, Boys' Gymnastic Club . . . Albright College, B.S., Univ. of Southern Cali- fornia, Penna. State Univ., West Ches- ter S.C .... Fishing, Hunting. They're off and runningl ln the early spring at young man's fancy turns to track, these boys are placing an emphasis on achieving the correct running form.