Plainfield High School - Milestone Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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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. ——

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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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2 INDUSTRIAL AND FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT 3 600°? egloww Standing: C. Detgen, E. Burden, K. Whitehead, W. Gordon, J. Pear- son, K. Ball, J. Wiesmann, F. Firth. Seated: H. Morton, M. Miller, He Oesting, A. Linsley, E. Geiss. ; eS Y S GT) (0 A? F ead y 4 j ft it (eit Fay BF ETE wb d What makes it tick puzzles the technical students. a | LL phases orale from its histo position td choir and the playing of instru- ments, are offered by the Music Department. The P. H. S. band plays at football games. The many choirs, choruses, and ensembles combine once a In the Industrial Department boys become pro- ficient craftsmen, working with wood, metal, tile, machinery, radios and automobiles. Students of the Art Department have designed and painted in the library corridor this year a large mural depicting year to present the gala Spring Festival. Besides assisting in the Festival and at theatricals, the or- chestra presents several entertaining performances in the assemblies. So you see, in P. H. S. there's Music for Everyone! activities of P. H. S. students. This project was undertaken in addition to varied art courses. In the mural are pictured future homemakers who are taught the fundamentals of good housekeep- ing in the Home Economics Department. Music hath charms to soothe the not-so- savage beasts. MUSIC DEPARTMENT | Standing: H. Savage, A. Brown, C. Andrews, supervisor. Seated: M. Hoffman.