Tulpehocken High School - Yearbook (Bernville, PA)

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SHIP'S DUTIES In 1890 the curriculum was thought ol primarily in terms of textbooks, j However, real progress was made at this time because school districts began j to furnish them. Prior to that books were supplied by the children. Of course ; confusion resulted from the diversified texts. Uniformity of texts was a major: achievement in the county. Our parents and grandparents will remember i Harper's or Mitchell's geography, Appleton's readers. Baldwin or Barnes' his- I torics, Lippincott's spellers. Brooke's oral and mental arithmetic. Steele's physi-1 ology. and Spenserian copy books. With Seventy Lessons in Spelling, spellings bees were very common. We may mention too the institutes in reading. At the ; same time books were furnished, writing tools were changed from slates .and : chalk to tablets and pencils. Blackboards were new equipment which all: schools tried to install as soon as possible. Today we think of our curriculum as all the educational experiences the ; school provides for a pupil. To the traditional subjects that were taught at the : introduction of textbooks Bernville added music in 1924-25, Penn in 1929-30.; Art was introduced in 1940-41. The services of a doctor, a nurse, and a dentist 1 have also been included. In 1952-53 a health and physical education program j was organized with a certificated instructor in charge. A course in driver I training was added in 1953-54. A part of the curriculum of our school arc 1 clubs, choruses, the athletic program, and student council.

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GEORGE L. SPOHN Neil Music Club 3 Debate 3 Dance Band 4 District Band 4 State Band 4 Student Council 4 Class Chaplain 4 PENNANT 4 Chorus 1. 2, 3. 4 pres. Band 1. 2. 3, 4 vico pros. Camera Club 1 County Band 1. 3. 4 County Chorus 1. 4 Art 1. 2. 3. 4 Basoball 2 PENNGUIN 2. 4 George came to Penn-Bornvillc with a tuba, played with rare musical skill, which was duly appreciated by Mr. Roberts, who lost no time in dralting Neil.” Starting with seventh grade, he saw much activity in Dance Band and District Band. Most significant of Neil's positions, howovcr. wore his affiliations with the senior band. So engrossed in music was he that he neglected some of the basic requirements of English. Neil. a quiet lad with blond hair and hazel eyes, stands S' 10”' tall and enjoys listening to his favorite song. Oh , or fishing and swimming in one of his father's three private pools. Neil's future hopes are that some day he will be skilled enough to play in the Band of America. Stoudty Art 1 Class Treasurer 3 Nature Club 1. 2 Music Club 3 Camera Club 2 Sports Club 4 PENNANT 4 Stanley is one of the persons who has worn the smooth spots off the hall floor between the science room and the senior homeroom. His interest in chemistry is obviously not the reason, for he is not numbered among the scientists. Stoudty . who has light brown hair and hazel eyes, is 5' 11” tall. Stanley can be heard saying, You don't say! when we talk about his so-called car. His favorite pastime is hunting or driving his Plymouth to a dairy farm, while listening to his most- enjoyed song, With These Hands . Stanley has no definite plans for the future, but he is seriously considering to become a state policeman (driving a Plymouth, of course) or to become a successful farmer. STANLEY MARVIN STOUDT DONALD CARL STRAUSSER Donny Art 1. 2 Debate 2. 3 Baseball 1. 2 PENN GUIN 2. 4 Soccer 1. 3 Music Club 3 Chorus 1. 2. 3. 4 vice pres. Student Council 3 vice pres.. 4 pres. Library Club 2 PENNANT 4 Donald, a handsome lad of 5' 8”. had something tangible to offer and he gave it. thus gaining for himself a place in the annals of the known. Being a newspaper reporter makes it necessary for one to know how to gel around and find out things. Donald has done just that. Ho makes his personality felt in one of the oldest pastimes of women—argumentation. Donny has dark brown hair, brown eyes, and a pleasing personality. When pleased with something, he can be heard saying. Wow! , his favorite expression. Although Donny has many plans for the future, a career in the Navy is predominantly his preference. LYNWOOD CARL SWEITZER Lynwood” Music Club 3 Chorus 3. 4 Audio-Visual Aids 3, 4 PENNANT 4 Some fellows are versatile and some just dangle in a lot of things. Lynwood, a tall senior of 5' 11 with brown hair and brown eyes, joined us from Bethel for his eleventh and twelfth years of education. Although he seldom performs before an audience, he possesses such rare talents as playing the harmonica and the musical saw. He has no other particular hobbies, but he enjoys ju3t puttering around. Lynwood often exclaims, Gee! while talking about his pet gripe, his brother's Fords. While he is setting up some movie equipment, he can be heard humming, Hey, Joe , his favorite song. After graduation Lynwood plans to work in a local textile mill. Sixteen

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Jl a OPENING EXERCISE GRADE 12 Tho class listens intent- ly as Lynwood roads from the eighth chapter of the Gospel according to Saint John, verses one to twelve inclusive. ENGLISH 12 Each year the seniors, for their first unit of creative writing, write an essay entitled I Speak for Democracy . This year Irene Repport was picked as the winner from (he senior class. She then compotod with other schools at Wyomissing. Here she is seen giving her speech at our school assembly. MATH 12 Shirley Hoyer gives Mr. Rohrbach a rest as she explains one of the many graphs studied in math class. The graph she is explaining helps the class to under- stand the United States Income and Consumer Expendi- tures. One of the projects of the class was for each student to make an individual graph concerning some- thing in which he was interested. P. O. D. 12 As part of the Problems of Democracy class. Mr. Spare points out on the world map a country that is in the news today. The class uses Our Times, a cur- rent event paper, to become acquainted with every- thing from baseball to tho Korean War. TYPING 12 Here are the seniors trying to typo by Copy , by not looking at the keys. Sometimes we find it hard to do. About once a month Mr. Cornelius comes down from Harrisburg to check on our typing. We hope to have a few accomplished typists by tho end of tho year. Eigh teen