Tulpehocken High School - Yearbook (Bernville, PA)

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oCan cj u a cj cS LATIN 9 Mrs. Kline is helping Nancy Henne with what appears to be a difficult but interesting Latin reading. In the reading Cassiopea is a beautiful and proud queen with a beauti- ful but not proud daughter, Andromeda. Cassiopea causes it that Neptune wants Andromeda as a sacrifice, but Perseus kills the monster that is to kill her. This is a sim- ple story of mythology. LATIN 10 In second year Latin Fern Ernst is trans- lating one of the Hercules stories. Hercules became insane and killed his wife and chil- dren. In order to atone for his sins he went to the Oracle at Delphi. There he was sent to the king Eurystheus, who gave him twelve labors to perform. No matter how difficult the labors were, Hercules, a modern super- man, accomplished them all. GERMAN 11 Paul Miller is painting his bench which is his German project. Projects of other Ger- man 11 students include painting Pennsyl- vania-Dutch designs on chests, chairs, small frying pans, benches and trays after which they are varnished. Much interest is taken in this project which gives a break to the usual German grammar. Twenty-five

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HEALTH 7 A few of the seventh grade girls are read- ing The Way We Feel in their health class. With Mr. Matthew's guidance they prepare reports and get many ideas for class discus- sion, which are for the main purpose of help- ing to explain the everyday common prob- lems of seventh grade students. HEALTH 10 The tenth grade pupils are practicing bandaging on each other. The parts band- aged are the head and the hand. The hand is wrapped in bandages and is held in posi- tion by a sling which, in an emergency, can be made out of almost anything that is handy. The head is bandaged as needed. HEALTH 11 Jerre Gehris explains the operation of the heart to the class. The heart consists of fou chambers, left auricle and ventricle and right auricle and ventricle. The heart serves as a force pump which, in turn, forces the blood to circulate throughout the body. The normal heartbeat is seventy to seventy-three times per minute. Twenty-four

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plllfi icci( Educati on 7 8 BOYS Steady now! is the only thing that is heard as Sherwood Himelberger is testing his equilibrium talents. This stunt is one of many performed by the boys during their physical education class. With the assistance of Mr. Matthew they plan to play softball. 9 10 GIRLS Up! Down! The voice you hear is that of Mr. Matthew instructing the girls in their physical exercises. The group meets twice a week, doing various gymnastics. The girls plan to play softball in spring. This sport should provide much outdoor physical activity. 9 10 BOYS Fall in! Roll call! Count! Count off from right to left by four! Open order! March! , are phrases which become familiar to the gym classes of the high school as Mr. Mat- thew begins the twice-weekly calisthenics. There are several kinds of calisthenics. Here the ninth and tenth grade classes are doing the spread eagle. 11 12 BOYS As a part of their physical education pro- gram the eleventh and twelfth grade boys are seen building a pyramid. They also do tumbling and dancing as a part of their gym course. The purpose of tumbling and their other gym activities is to give the pupils better body co-ordination and also for exer- cise and fun. 7'wen hj-ftix