Abington High School - Oracle Yearbook (Abington, PA)

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ive gm fo jlfd Qowedd Xerus XS eayer Nlerun Gottshall and L Lester Shade of the music depaltment look oyer a new piece of music students will work on shortly 1 ,aj 8 fy i 1 1 ls! R011 R Xlberto D Struhlc NI Xrcns X Boctsch NI CIDDOUI NI Ewox L Nloore C futher I Boyer nd Roi NI Sa1gc11t I NX1ll1a111s C Palmei XI lxronmiller S Woodward N C1a11t H Boyer A Diesmgtr k Ramscx NI lLIHlllllS 31d Rau J Peaccy X Lhler D Durst J Braun C Romberg j Reyen I Xlct ranc I Nick acl1er11 H jacquelm J Clipplnger 1' Xlurray H11 Rot R Xllfillliillll Rementcr KN Snyder R Pierson B Pike C, Brackm Loursts oflcrcd Ill lllilflllllellldl music this year are hand 11141 orchcstia is 111a 1015 with thc cxtla c11r11c11l1r dance band. A11 interesting lact 15 thc presence of faculty II1CI1llJCI'S i11 our dance band cornmonly known as the Abingtones. Mr. Nerus Weaver heads the band while Mr. Lester Shade directs the orchestra this year. A new ClCYClOIJIl1CI'lI in the school is the OIAg'il1ll'iIlOI1 of a true sy1n- phony O1'LllC5ll i 'md making orchestra a 111'1jor credit and '111 '1ctu'1l class is hc big sttp towird that goal.

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66 fed n mic eloarfmenf lamina ce e cw gytodffi Nenior members of X Lappella fhoir, 5lCXC Reso Bill Hawes. Sue Jenks, Bill Barth. Carol Nack and .Xlice llpting, wait lor joan Fetter's intro- duction. Our accomplished senior musicians llst rowj linda Wilex. Neil Lemon, Ray Daxidson. Ralph Hard. 12nd rowj Bob lJel'orter, Sharon Nlont- gomery, Louisa Slay, Bob Swift, lflrd rowj liarl l lililllCl'. and Rich Nlaleienda combine their talents to entertain with a lixely tune. 4 I vilibsxrm A lx' lst Roux' Nl. lfmilius. .-X, Xkiltlritk, C.. l rnis. J l.ippx. L. latques, Steienson, ll, Noting. I.. lloranl, ll. llanis. l'. Rudolph, l.. Kline. 21111 Ifu:1'.'Y. l'1'llUll. Bangs, Nletl. ll. XN'exler, B swift, I., Hai, ll. llcnlel, B. Shupp. j. Larson, R. llaxidson. ll. lludson. B. Wuest, D. Clharno, j. Smith. R. Bobb. 3111 lions: Nl. lailor, l llaxies, l-. Bridge, N. lemon. R. XS'at'd, IJ Bechtel. I-. Ruoll. l'rit1. 41h linac: XY. Miller Nl. I.ee. K. Miller. ll. Clradwicls. ll, sthenkman S. Lhrislianson. lr.. Palmer. .N - ,i The Vocal Music Department of the high school occupies an active location in its own wing of the administration building. The curriculum includes .lunior-Senior Chorus, Music Apprecia- tion, Orchestra, and Harmony-which carries ma- jor credit designed for advanced music students interested in musical theory and structure. A Cappella Choir. also a major credit, is composed of juniors and seniors chosen from their sopho- more vocal music classes. Furthermore, small groups are formed which perform at assemblies, concerts, dances, and other engagements during the course of the year. Prominent among these groups are the senior, junior and sophomore quartettes and the senior quintette. known lor their popular versions of traditional ollerings. U gl 22

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ymncwfff gui!! pdydica Qfnedd THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT-Ist Row: Anton Stanis, Gertrude Herzog, Glenn Snodgrass, jane Oswald, Hazel Christman. 2nd Row: Donald Conrad, Sanford Secor, Wil- liam Naumann, and Joseph jurich. Will that ball go through the basket or not seems to be the predominate question in the minds of sophomores as they play a game in gym. One of the first things a visitor at Abington notices is the great hangar-type dome that dominates the horizon. This and the adjoining building house our physical education department. The physical education classes teach students the rudiments, and eventually the finer points of basket- ball, badminton, volleyball, golf, swimming, football, and social dancing. These improve the sportsmanship, coordination, and general physical fitness of Abing- tonians. Health education, also part of the course, instructs future citizens in the proper attitude toward the life they will face once they graduate. lVith Mr. Naumann, Miss Margerum, and the swim- ming aides teaching, much progress was made in swim- ming class. The swimming aides, a recent innovation at A. H. S., volunteer to instruct students and to dem- onstrate swimming skills. Some of them have passed their junior and senior lifesaving test: and others have passed their water safety aid course and are capable of handling classes without teacher supervision. They willingly give up their study halls to help other stu- dents. The swimming aides include: Pat McNeal Tom Little Peggy Andersen Frank Davey Barbara Smerke Andy Dieseinger Carol XVagner lane Lyon Bob Schwinger Students kick up a storm while going through basic instruc- tion in the necessary art of swimming.