Hamburg High School - Echoes Yearbook (Hamburg, NY)

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Small, Draudt, White. HEALTH Sound health is essential if a student is to benefit fully from the extensive educational opportunities oftered at Hamburg High. Local physicians and the Physical Education Department together aided our Health Department in providing our students with the best possible health protection. The result was an efticient health care program which included immunization clinics, dental care, and hearing and vision tests as an integral part of its procedure. Each student was given a physical check- up, and athletes were thoroughly examined before participating in in- terscholastic contests. Swift and com- petent emergency services were ren- dered in cases of iniury or accident. A better understanding of the responsibili- ties and rewards of home and family life is an important objective of the Homemaking Department. ln Family Living classes, students studied democratic ways and prepared for problems and decisions of personal and social life. Clothing and food groups developed managerial abilities and achieved satisfaction from the creation of attractive garments or appetizing, nutritious meals. Learning through experience is the best preparation for meeting the responsibilities, problems, and demands of society. Varied and valuable remuneration opportunities are avail- able to today's homemaking students. To live rather than to exist is a challenge they are prepared to meet. HOMEMAKING Individual skills and abilities I ll Vt Grigsby, Thomas.

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capable counseling and modern guidance techniques. in W-eq, it Seated: Ratcliffe, MacAlIister, Owen. Standing: Hale. Meeting the requirements of an ever-growing, ever-demanding world is becoming increasingly diffi- cult. New fields, never known before, are becoming vital and integral parts of our everyday life. Interesting new iobs have been created. Accordingly one must know both his environment and himself. Through counseling, members of the Guidance Staff have helped us to use information about ourselves and about available opportunities so that we could make wise choices, appropriate decisions, and realistic plans. Toward this end also conferences were sched- uled with college and employment representatives. College information and applications were handled with expert care. GUIDANCE Many career problems were solved by discussing them with a counselor, Wright. ' fit' 1.1.1.1 s Us Sf., .,.., .. . . I , S ,, ' If' H-Iwi ' s College-minded iuniors and seniors found it advantageous to sign up for interviews. Stachowiak, Endress.

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A well-equipped art room, coupled with the best in art courses, helped students with art ability towards careers in many fields. In Basic Art a foundation was provided for all other art courses. Drawing and Painting, a study in techniques could be token following this. Other courses made available were Ad- vertising Design, Fashion lllustration, and Modeling and Sculpture. Not only did these courses provide positive preparation for the student who plans to follow a career in art, but they also gave many students the great personal satisfaction of the creative exper- ience. ART are not overlooked in our daily training. Groth, Demmerley, MCNCIII, Seated: Hagelberger, Hadzick, Panczykowski, Loring, Fournier. Standing: Rooney, Porpilia, Van Dusen. VISUAL AIDS Though often unheralded, this de- partment had a large and functional part in our education. Directed by Mr. Robert Ulrich, it performed many necessary duties including the prep- aration of lunch menus and bulletins. The department secretary, Mrs. Linda Smerka, this year inventoried all films and film strips and distributed copies ofa catalogue of them to all depart- ments so that teachers were able to utilize the materials to better ad- vantage. The work of these people deserves much credit, both for the large part they played in furthering the objectives of our educational sys- tem, and for their perseverance in broadening and improving their op- erations.