Plainfield High School - Milestone Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Standing: H. Bruguiere, J. Liddy, H. Stine, supervisor; Abe Smith, W. Brann. Seated: R. King, M. Snyder, M. Newson. Ti build young people with healthy bodies and minds is the aim of the Physical Educa- tion Department. Besides developing strength, agility, coordination, and sportsmanship, the de- partment stresses the importance of games and sports for recreation and friendship. Through the health and hygiene courses students learn first aid, safety and traffic rules, fundamentals of auto- mobile operation, and standards of personal and public health. By training individuals in both mind 4 boys getting a workout in gym. and body, the Physical Education Department helps young people to serve their community. Puzzled about whether to take Spanish or French? What college to select? How to get a job? See the counsellors. To help students plan for the future by guiding them in academic and vocational choices is the job of the counselling staff. P. H. S. has long had a guidance program known through- out the country for its excellence. The counsellors are the most sought after’ people in the school. COUNSELLORS Standing: H. Banta, E. Henderson, J. Boyer. Seated: N. Hastings. Carcass of beef? No, three P. H. S.

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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.

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The sergeants-at-arms in the library are Miss Catherine Moraller and Miss Jo- sephine Miller. ENERAL business affairs, including direct con- tact with the community, fall into the hands of the able staff of the front office—Mrs. Alice Denton and Miss Phyllis Briggs. Telephone calls, mail, and complaints are answered here. In ong little section, off to the right, is Miss Adria Gal- braith's workshop, where test results emerge rapidly and files of student history are kept up-to-date. Next door is housed the counsellors’ office. For appointments, see Miss Nancy Chase, their sec- retary. Letters of recommendation go out of the Placement Office as Mr. Sierge dictates to Mrs. O'Neill. Miss Reich types the DAILY BULLETIN. B. O'Neill, J. Sierge S. Bodenheimer, R. Igea awaits further orders from the at- tendance office commandants, and Miss Bodenheimer. The quiet nook of P. H. S. is the library. If it's permission to take an excursion or an opera ticket you want, see Miss Caroline Reich. To insert news into the bulletin, see Miss Reich. To meet Mr. Kindig's secretary, that is Miss Reich! The placement counsellor helps one to find a job in the community. Selecting is your job; and ap- proving, or perhaps both, is Mr. John Sierge's. Miss Josephine Miller and Miss Catherine Mor- aller are our librarian and assistant, respectively. Through their efforts our library renders efficient service to the entire school, for it is the center of all research activity. day's work. Mrs. Folk smile consoles Virginia Baker. a pues + Folk, I. M.Whelan DeMatteo With the checking machine, Miss Galbraith The office staff gets a head start on the rapidly grades the Co-ops. Overweight? Miss Marie Whelan's friendly V.Baker