Wyoming Seminary Prep School - Yearbook (Kingston, PA)

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Foreign Language Departrnent The aim of the Language Department is to aid the student in the mastery of spoken and written langu- age. Records, dictation, and conversational exercises are utilized in The modern language courses to in- crease the student's oral proficiency. By studying the tongue itself, the student also becomes acquainted with the customs, history, and literature of the people and the country involved. At The head of This department is Prof. Abbot, who conducts classes in all four years of French study. Who among the French scholars will ever forget Monsieur AbboT's aeolian cry of Silence! or his witty, Gallic proverbs? A student of six languages, Mr. Miller teaches French and Spanish. Prof. Miller's interests extend from European travel to Voltaire, and he has become renowned as the most bohemian of the faculty family. Mr. Quick also teaches French and acts as adviser to the Christian Association. One of the students' favorites, Senora Wainstein holds classes in first through third year Spanish. Mr. Jacob- son, Seminary's sole German professor, is thorough- ly steeped in Teutonic culture by ancestry, marriage, and study. At the classical end of the language department, one finds Mr. Roberts, who teaches first year Latin, Caesar, and Cicero. Mr. Busse conducts first year Latin, Caesar, and Vergil classes, and althong Miss Reichenbacher is primarily an English teacher, she instructs freshman Latin scholars. The value of foreign language study cannot be over- emphasized. Whether the course is classical or mod- ern, the curriculum is arranged to provide a thorough basic knowledge of the language and to develop, subsequently, a keener historical and in- ternational understanding. First row: Mr. Abbot, Miss Reichenbacher, Mrs. Wainstein, Mr. Busse. Second row: Mr. Roberts, Mr. Miller, Mr. Jacobson, Mr. Quick.

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CHARLES LUCAS MARCH Charles L. March was born in Ashfield, Massachusetts, and received his undergraduate Training at Williams College from which hegraduated with a B. A. degree and Phi Beta Kappa key in 1925. After obtaining his Master's degree in Education from Harvard University, he taught English at the Wheeler School in North Ston- ington, Connecticut. ln 19-28 he came to Wyoming Sem- inary, where he taught Junior and Senior English, U. S. History, and Ancient History until his retirement. In the community, Mr. March was a member 'of the Kingston Methodist Church, the Church's official board, and the Dr. Fleck Men's Bible Class, of which he was a 'teacher for many years. He had a preacher's certifi- cate from the Methodist Church and was formerly a supply pastor. ' 3111 Pmuriam In the School Mr. March was a member of the Cum Laude Society and was faculty adviser to the Opinator for twenty-six years, as well as pledge collector for the United Fund and of the Faculty Flower Fund. Prof. March died on February twenty-eighth in the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. He is one who must be ranked with the finest teachers our school has ever had the privilege of engaging. His knowledge and ap- preciation of literature were great, and he had the expert ability to convey these to his students. Above all, it must be stated that Prof. March was more than a teacher, he was a loyal and entertaining friend. His death is an inestimable loss to Wyoming Seminary and to the community.

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Seienee Department First row: Mr. Buntz, Miss Coyle, Mr. Flaherty. Second row: Mr. Hughes, Mr. Lord. The Science Department, centralized in Nesbitt Hall, has a two-told aim: to add each day to the student's working capital and to prepare him for more ad- vanced work in college. ln addition to basic text- book assignments, two periods a week are allotted to laboratory work. The science courses oftered at Wyoming Seminary are general science, biology, physics, and chemistry. Mr. Hughes, head of the department, instructs a class in chemistry in addition to his administrative duties. Thanks to Mr. Lord's human warmth, amiabil- ity, and sincerity, physics classes are enjoyable as well as constructive. Prof. Lord also substitutes for Dr. Decker in Chapel and annually portrays Santa Claus at Christmas Blue and White. Prof. Flaherty is as much at home arguing violently on the benefits ot chamber music, politics, and the advanced theo- ries of Dr. Velecovsky as he is teaching chemistry and physics. The only distaft member of the science faculty, Miss Coyle, conducts classes in biology and chemistry. Prof. Pugh supplements his schedule of social stud- ies with a course in general science. Surrounded by pet hamsters, abundant vegetation and pickled craytish, Mr. Buntz offers a challenging and compre- hensive biology course. Realizing the need tor scientific education in the Sputnik age, the Science Department is attempting to instill in the Seminary students an appreciation for science and a desire to continue similar study.