Sharon High School - Mirror Yearbook (Sharon, PA)

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V 0 ©I a llo 0 MISS FORREST Language Department Sharon High has a highly efficient and interesting Language Department, well organized, and managed by capable teachers. Latin, the basis of our own as well as many other modern languages, is well known and appreciated by Sharon High students, as there are a great number enrolled in the course. Miss Giblwms teaches first year Latin, Miss Saeger and Miss Forrest have charge of Caesar, while Mr. Raney has Cicero and Virgil. Latin is an invaluable aid to English and modern language students; while, of course, to students of science, it is indispensable. The second most popular foreign language in Sharon High is French. This department is in the capable hands of Miss McBride. In addition to her first and second year classes, Miss McBride also teaches a third year class this year. Miss McBride believes that the surest way to know a country and its people is to be able to speak and write its language. Aside from the cultural value of French, it has a practical value, for French expressions are coming more and more into usage in the English. Miss Forrest has charge of the Spanish Department. Aside from its cultural value a knowledge of Spanish is imt ortant in the commercial world. O. W. Raney—Westminster College, A.M.; Ohio Normal University, B.S.—Latin III-IV. Augusta Gibbons—Allegheny College, A.B.—Latin I. E. Vernicc Saeger—Thiel College, A.B.—Latin II. Esther M. Forrest—Grove City College, Lit.B.—Spanish I-II. Anna McBride—Westminster College, B.S.—French I-II. o • O -3D 3$ O M LYTLE

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 o o 0 a MR. DICKERSON MR. KIRSHNER MR. CURRIER MR. MARKS Science Department Science is a primary factor which instructs and enables one to understand the world in which he lives. For those who do not intend seeking higher education after leaving High School, General Science is taught to give a general” idea of the basic principles of biology, chemistry, and physics. OAs biology is the field of observation, it is a source of our ideas. Studying it, one finds objects for comparison, material for exercise of memory, and data for the formation of judgments. This work will stimulate many to observe the plants and animals as living things. One of our instructors states that although many people may employ simple chemistry processes such as baking bread and burning coal, they do not comprehend why bread rises or where the weight of coal disappears. In chemistry, the instructor endeavors to explain to his pupils just such things. Physics treats with the related phenomena of matter and energy. Many things are taught to the pursuers of this subject which will be of benefit to them in the present and later life. Experiments are made and the pupil, who while learning new things, is thoroughly enjoying interesting things. Then, too, numbers are encouraged to go beyond the limits of the sciences related above, into special fields. Stanley W. Currier—-General Science—Grove City College, B.S. lames R. Marks—Biology—Thiel College, B.S.C. Gale R. Kirshner—Chemistry—Allegheny College B.S.; University of Pittsburgh, M.A. A. W. Dickerson—Physics—Franklin College, B.S.B. Ped.

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MR DUBBS MISS FILER MISS GEICRICH MISS HANRAHAN Commercial Department Four years ago the Commercial Department was organized in Sharon Htgh School. The predominating idea in its organization was service—to the business world and to the rest of the school. Measured in the light of results, the Department has been successful. A survey shows that practically all the graduates of this department are employed; several hold responsible positions. The Commercial Department has endeavored to keep in view the idea of service to the rest of the school; not to be an isolated department, but one which cooperates and is a real part of Sharon High. Each year sees more and more students enrolled in the Commercial Department. Approximately forty per cent of this year’s graduating class are commercial students, the majority of whom have taken straight commercial work for four years. Many academic students take one or more commercial subjects, such as Economics. Salesmanship, or Typewriting. In the annual State Commercial Contest at Indiana, last year. Sharon High won first places in Free-for-AU Bookkeeping and in Rapid Calculation. Charles R Dubbs State Teachers College. Indiana. Fa. Margaret A Giegerich State Teachers College. Indiana. Pa Margaret V Hanrahan—State Teachers College. Indiana. Pa Ruth A. Filer—Grove City College. Grove City. Pa