Abington High School - Oracle Yearbook (Abington, PA)

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X my llwxcr Bob lJCllxCll and judy Nlckinley pausc to tdimie the att: ictne language depart- -. 1 1 2 N Catharine Iobach Barbara l.auterhach, Dominic Lessa, I-idna Powell, Donn Teal, Ilelen Black and kathryn latter of the language department. inciuinftld .ibeuekp ar Ar if if Under the able leadership of Nliu. Ldna Powell, the language department has enjoyed a most progressive year. Besides the classical language ol Latin, the modern languages of French, German. and Spanish are of- tiered. 'Iihrough the study of a lan- guage. students also acquire practical knowledge of the cul- ture and customs of foreign countries. Although the language depart- ment has traditionally sponsored many activities, this year they inaugurated a costume hall with the theme ol Nlarcli Gras. An- other noteworthy actiyity spon- sored is the exchange program with Kant Gynmasium and the Lily Braun Schule in Germany. CC8l'Lf 49' XX .-man. Betty Ruc nick. and Carl Berlingei lixten to records.

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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

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if it 4-1 The Nlembers of the math department Seated Shawlor YN oodruff Robert Rettz E A Brunner Samuel Penfreld Standmg Xlarttn Hubley fhomas Hamtll Harrtson Nace The mathematlcs department thrs rear conttnued to gne Abmgton students the finest rn a mathematlcal educatlon The formulas of algebra tnterested mam stu dents uhlle others tx ho lean toward higher rnathcmattcs became rmolxed rn trlgonometrx The rntrrcactes of both plane and solrd geometrw held the atten t1on of a large portron of the students lk 1th green ttnted challtboards and graph models supplemented bs excellent texts Xbmgtontans le a r n e d mathematxcs through three rears of hlgh school rn hung proof that some hrgh school stu dents are well wcrscd tn the held of htghcr tnathemattcs so often lauded ln the press Thts sort of enthusrasm xull brlng Xmertca up to date In space com putatron fA l'Lf0l :5 6Zl'LLl9lftf6l fe W06Z:5bl,l 9 TJQ! E HI! Shamberg studies math agalnst a background of the de partment prror to gomg to class rn geometry Barbara Carny works the sltde rule as john Burroughs, ken Drlzen, and Scott Dowmng gnc her pornters I3 Q1-i...,..,.- Q - - v i y 1. ,. . 1 TWG . . . . 1 . . ' Q ,. . Y 1v , -Z N, A f vl r ' I '7' A . .tu . ly ' - ef ' -.J t wth l Illlllli X , E - u I JU- ' y . . I LN