Tulpehocken High School - Yearbook (Bernville, PA)

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HOMEROOM In this picture the senior class is having a weekly class meeting, in which they discuss matters that con- corn not only themselves but the rest ol the school as well. Fern Berger, who is the president of the class, is asking for suggestions concerning the Yearbook and the Merchandise Club. The class of 54 is striving to roach a first-class rating on their Yearbook. They are also suggesting ways by which they can got more financial returns from the Merchandise Club. CHEMISTRY 11 12 Eugene LaFolletle, Jcrro Gchris, and Garvin Binga- man are working and studying an experiment on carbon dioxide in chemistry class under the supervision of Mr. Sell. After completing the experiment, the class writes the whole demonstration for their notebooks. If a chem- istry student comes reeling down the hall, you can be sure ho has probably gotten a smell of some experiment. GERMAN 12 Subjunctive, passive voice! My. what grammatical terms to speak the language of many of our ancestors! says Grace Hinnershitz as she and seven other class members put an exercise of conditional sentences on the blackboard for correction. In the course, besides reading and conversation with fairy-tale and novel texts, is at least one project. The class this year has chosen to do aluminum bowl and tray etching. GIRLS' 11 12 PHYSICAL EDUCATION The junior and senior girls' physical education class, under the able supervision of Mr. Matthew, is engaged in one of the dances called the 'Gustal's Skoal'. The class periods are spent either out-of-doors with calisthenics and games or indoors with exorcises or dances; such as, folk, natural, or social dances. END OF DAY With another day of hard work on the year- book behind them, the sen- iors leave for home and for preparation of the next day's work. Nineteen

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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

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ART 9 The ninth grade art class has engaged in making repeated designs, a largo number of which were dis- played in their homeroom. They have also been en- gaged in figure drawings, abstract designs and drawing of faces. Christmas Cards were made by the class in that season, but there is no season for lettering, which can be done at any time. They also did some lettering. In this candid some members of the class are busily making decorations for the Crystal Ball”. ART 10 David Sweigart is touching up a part of the large decorations which had boon drawn and sot up in the Christmas season. Marilyn Balthaser points out a few small details for retouching while Glenn Boidlor, Jane Klopfenstein, and Earl Bond look on. The art ten class also had made similar drawings for decorating the school on other holidays. MUSIC 7 Reading the Key Board Junior is one of the many interesting activities in which seventh grade students participate. The Key Board Junior is a magazine which is read mostly for music appreciation. After this, re- ports are given to the class under the supervision of Mr. Roberts. MUSIC 8 The music class consisting of the eighth grade, with Mr. Roberts supervising, has weekly reports from the KEY BOARD JUNIOR. This week Linda Bare is reporting on Tho Premier's Minuet , which is about Ignace Paderewski, a famous Polish pianist and com- poser. The class also onjoys singing various songs and listening to good records. Twenty