Perry High School - Perryscope Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Above: Mr. Hoerger, counselor, advises seniors Arlene Sager and Nancy Brezina. ln our school world no one played as big a part as did our teachers who led us to wonder, to understand, and to learn. We improved our use and understanding of the English language under the guidance of enthusiastic teachers. Miss Marydessie Blayney instructed classes in junior English, conducted a speech class, and spon- sored the Perryscope. Miss Jean Boggs taught English 4 and 5. Miss Theressa Matz, Commodore sponsor, taught English 6, 7, and 8. Miss Elizabeth Stormfels taught Latin 3 and 4, senior English, and a college preparatory class of advanced composition. Mrs. Alice Keating taught English and Latin, Miss Bertha Evosevic, English and Ger- man. ln the junior high division, Eng- lish essentials were taught by Mrs. Jane Borland, Miss Mary Ann Burke, and Mr. Paul Shurman. Miss Marie Zych, the librarian, assisted all stu- dents in reference work and in find- ing good books to read. The faculty ofthe social studies de- partment helped us to interpret the new world in which we live. In the junior high school Mr. Michael Da- Dasovich, Mr. George Hayward, and Mr. William Leckenby taught social studies, in the senior high division Miss Ethel Roberts taught world his- tory, and Miss Anna Traubert taught American history and American de- mocracy. Marydessie Blayney Theressa Matz Mary Ann Burke Marie Zych Michael DaDasovich FACU LTY Jean Boggs Elizabeth Stormfels Bertha Evosevlc Ethel Roberts George Hayward Alice Keating Jane Borland Paul Shurman Anna Traubert William Leckenby 'l'l

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Mr. D. R. Douglass, principal office staff Mr. Sutherland comments: The impact of the new Space Age upon our secondary schools causes our eight million young people now enrolled to take a critical look at their future and to make their election of subjects more carefully. Our young people will find that more basic knowledge in the fields of humanities, mathematics, science, and engineering are essential to cope ade- quately with the changing world. Dili- gent pursuit of these basic subjects will give, I believe, sulficient training in the research methods and creative thinking necessary for us to survive as a nation. The American secondary schools have in the past supplied the educa- tional needs of cur young people. They will continue to give both depth and breadth of education to meet the needs cf youth preparing for life in the new Space Age. The wise selection of subject matter and the change of em- phasis therein will enable us to adjust to these new and changing conditions now confronting us, Elizabeth Rathgeber head clerk Lucille Thackeray clerk Bertha Krikston bookroom clerk Margaret Williams library clerk Evangeline Brown dietitian i0

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Werner Buker Robert McClymonds Chester Irons Leland Boord James Dickson FACU LTY Raymond Goodrich Milton Roth Henry McKelvy Norma Ferraro Nicholas Druash Lorraine Johnson Louis Cattley Michael Zukovich Everett McCartney Harry Trautvetter Amex in 12 Above: Mr. Douglass presents February senior Don Fusina with the Bausch 8- Lomb award Instructors in the math department taught students to understand the mathematical fundamentals on which the new world of space and atomic power is built. Mr. Raymond Good- rich, Mr. Robert McClymonds, and Mr. Milton Roth taught classes in general math. Miss Lorraine Johnson taught both math review and algebra, while Mr. Werner Buker conducted classes in algebra, geometry, and trigonometry. ln science classes we learned more about ourselves and the physical na- ture of our new world. Mr. Michael Zukovich taught general science and biology, Dr. Chester lrons, biology. Strange odors of chemical experiments came regularly from room 106, where Mr. McKelvy taught chemistry, biol- ogy, and general science. Mr. Louis Cattley prepared tomorrow's scientists in a newly equipped physics labora- tory. The business-minded were pre- pared for the world of business in Mr. Leland Boord's and Mr. Everett McCartney's commercial classes. Ot- fice bound girls were trained by Miss Norma Ferraro in typing, shorthand, and transcription. Boys learned the skills of industrial arts in Mr. James Dickson's woodshop, in Mr. Nicholas Druash's electric shop, and in Mr. Harry Trautvetter's metal shop and mechanical drawing class.