Abington High School - Oracle Yearbook (Abington, PA)

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N - 'XJ 7. RA' THE ENGLISH IDI-1l'.-XRTNIENNI'-5e'r1ted: Isabel Yerry, Mary Standing: Paul Beaver, William Lucian. Marv Grace Ambler, jack Wintle, .Xllan C-latthorn, Alberta Lang, Nan Taggart. Joyce Hensley, William Young, and Charles Schneller. is 9 E K 1: A 4 58 fllrlfrl YM IIIUJ Additional members of the English department are Edward .,i,t,. gmt The English department of Abington presents broad opportunities to our fu- ture writers, actors, and radio and tele- vision stall members. In addition to the regular required English courses, which provide sound background in grammar, composition, and literature, such diver- sihed subjects as creative writing, dra- matics, public speaking, journalism, and radio and television workshop have been innovated recently. The creative writing course partici- pants have submitted some of their best Seltzer, Suzanne Jacobs. and Thomas Fitzsimmons. xl X T'i'1 3 Q1 ,3 ,ff -tr- 'QT f Q., TAL, 'Q 4 leap ,.,- ,tx ' .1,f V13fi ' ,,. ,- . ,-1 ,I ff - - , - sf' ,uf ,,f' . Busy preparing the set lor assetnbly are stagecraft workshop stu- A favorite plate for industrious students is our attractive dents, Bill Ripley, Sue Hallam. Phil tlolltner, and Bob Baltler- library. son, while Mr. K-autt gives tiual approval to work completed,

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ju! jgcrefaried JQZIQ app? .fd cf gmctenf 1 4 secretary Roberta Higgins on the health problems of students 'S Taking a short break are the secretartes ws ho are so necessary to the effluent run of our school Barbara lrarmer Xlary Nloore joan Nlorton Betty Dascher and Rose Saunders 9 3I'l Mrs Eltzabeth listrln looks encouragmg and Lynn Brad bury looks surprised at the results on the scale No large school can function wtthout an adequate nursmg staff Abmgton more than meets thts requrrement Wvllh Mrs Izstrtn as chief htgh school nurse thts department IS vtstted by all students at one txme or another NVhether ll be a toothache or appendlcltts everybody IS vsel comed wtth sympathetic eflict ency The department also ollers tree dental and medxcal examma tions to all Juniors and semors u ho destre them In addltlon to these exanunattons they have health conferences ruth sopho nlores and semors on their week ly agenda Thls year as an add ed servtce they helped supervlse the tuberculosxs Xrays From early m the mornmg wlth the on rush of absence ex cuses unnl long after the regu lar school day ends the nurses toll ruth untmng enthusiasm ever alert to the welfare of our s1xteen hundred strong 2 H' A 3 P F H 3 A 1 , y ',' ,f I , 1 I I 1 '1' i , fi e Q J R , ' x ll . , ' .Q ' V ' - , ' ' A ' ' ,' . xt wt, ' I s . 1 u Abington's nurses, Pauline Carroll and Elizabeth Estrin, consult with their Carroll 35 5UP9rVi50r and Mrs- 6. ' l 9 l I ' . f .U 4' A . i V i ' Q n Q a ,

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-1' Fi l si .f f w if if if f' E A 1,-:S-5 fuss-.V 01555 of Our Cjugure pieces for professional judging. Among the other examples of out-of-classroom instruction are the radio and TV class trips to New York, to studios, and to college radio stations. These elective courses have proved themselves well calculated to further spe- cial talents in those students interested in enhancing their linguistic heritage. It will be evident to anyone familiar with our effective English program that the department is as varied in interest and technique as it is large in number. l Z ,X I 0 jim Shields, Norm Spangenberg and juds Tia- den use mechanical help to improxe their read- ing skill. il Earl Vance, Debbie Nloskovitz, Linda Goldenberg. and Judy Kellerman rehearse for the morning program while Bob Metigar tests the mike. 2' 741 Quiet efficiency is displaxed by librarians Martha Nici-'arland and William Bierlx as they go on with daily thores designed to aid the students' library needs. ll l l..,..... :bl s J ,gg--M Seniors Louisa May, Sylvester Siexers, Fred Robbins and anc Rt-nn ponder about their future line of work in home Iixi I . y r