Plainfield High School - Milestone Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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P. H. S. is raising its atomic scientists in the chemistry lab. SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Standing: C. Dunavan, A. Otto, G. Smith, H. Kistler, K. Ball, E. Nel- son. Seated: H. Hubbard, N. Hastings, L. Beers, head; G. Moodey, H. Moore. gy Lovet O develop students’ ability to reason and think logically is the aim of the Mathematics Department. The general mathematics courses stress problems met in everyday living—purchas- ing, selling, banking, and insurance. College math- ematics classes are taught elementary and ad- vanced algebra, plane and solid geometry, and trigonometry. Mr. George W. Garthwaite, de- partment head, holds classes in advanced math- ematics for students wit h exceptional ability. If X equals Y, and A is one-half of B, what does M Ned (MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT Standing: C. Bogart, R. Lewis, G. Paul, V. Liske, A. E. Smith. Seated: R. Baily, G. Garthwaite, head, F. Lord. 2H ome plus D add up to? Why, the Mathematics De- partment, of course! What's an amoeba? Is air a mixture or a com- pound? How can an electroscope be charged? Such questions arise in Science Department class- es, where students study living organisms, visible and microscopic; learn the composition of matter; and are taught the changes undergone by energy and matter. By the use of models and experiments, the Science Department gives P. H. S. pupils a general background in several branches of science. for this geometry class. S. A. S. = S. A. S. That's the problem

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Students of French 3 see the world from the classroom. LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT Standing: E. Stubbs, |. Fries, A. Hauck, R. Carr, E. Horn, C. Whitford. Seated: L. Bissell, W. Held, head; E. Henderson, head. HE Language Department , headed by Mr. Warren H. Held and Mrs. Eleanor Henderson, teaches students of French, Span- ish, Latin, and German the practical grammar and the customs and national characteristics of the people of those lands. As the nations strive for peace, what is more vital than understanding our world neighbors that we may live in harmony together? Under the supervision of Miss Olga Achtenhagen, the English department staff guides the student to an appreciation of literature and helps him to increase his vocabulary. It teaches him to express his thoughts with clarity and efficiency. With the aid of the English staff he becomes a well-spoken person of whom the com- munity may be proud. ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Standing: J. Beakley, G. Aitchison, W. Sette, A. Egan, E. Hage- man, J. Berman, C. Bomberger, R. Heminway, ©. Strub. Seated: V. Mixer, E. Horn, L. Bonney, O. Achtenhagen, head; D. Sturtevant, M. Demarest, D. Smith. Martin, Marjorie, Edythe, and Barry mount CYRANO clippings as the Eng- lish 4W group watches.

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CRBS: ox Tha Cpesciss of JUSTICE ont Law - . Teacher Bill Berrier demonstrates jus- tice to his attentive pupils, Lorrayne and Mona. USINESS men of tomorrow and their secre- taries train under the tutelage of Commercial Department instructors, directed by Acting Head Carl Persinger. After-school jobs offer students opportunities to put into practice typing and shorthand skills developed in the classroom, and to demonstrate their familiarity with business ma- chines. After graduation, commercial students will be found in offices on Park Avenue or Front Street, or perhaps they'll join the Commuters’ Club to New York. COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT Standing: H. Banta, V. Liske, M. Smith, W. Kops, M. Westpfahl, E. Johnstone. Seated: J. Barile, A. Podesta, H. Bond, head; J. Cooley, J. McCurdy. Strikes — elections — world peace —the atomic age. As up to the minute as this morning's head- lines is the subject matter taught in the Social Studies Department. Miss Helen Bond heads a group of teachers who believe in practical consid- eration of the problems of society and govern- ment. Remember the trip to historic shrines in Philadelphia? The view of the judicial in action in a visit to court? The World Fellowship at Shaw- nee? for the Commercial Department. Dolores Coletta and Shirley Zeckendorf have more fun rolling out mimeographs Standing: M. Millican, A. Wotherspoon, M. Maurel, Seated: N. Cona- hey, C. Persinger, hpad; R. Wyer. ——