Abington High School - Oracle Yearbook (Abington, PA)

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Social Studues and Vocatlonal Students 4 'want 'Z Nancy Pletscher Bob Chrlstensen and M1ss Krapf show the rest of the class charts on How a law IS made Jean M Lamb Kathryn E Lauer Barbara Lauterbach Helplng Ablngtonlans to understand more fully their country s hlstory, soclety, and economy, as well as 1fS relatlonshlp to other countrles IS the soclal studles department In addltlon to the tra d1t1onal courses the department thxs year requlred W orld Cultures, a new course sharxng the senlor llmellght Wlfh Problems of Democracy -Xmld the flags of many natlons procured from thelr home lands by lntrepld teachers, Ablngton students learn the rudlments of lnternatlonal eooperatlon at the personal level Dorothy L Lemmert Dommlc Lessa wx! 20 Catharme E Lobach II 'ltt' ,, l f 1 my-ii' O .A h ' t 4- me tt ' . I t - . 'A A J I.: N S ' Q- '.- -- t 4 I: 'Z 1. ZZ! .I I - , . 3 s V A-' y ' , ' u ' In , . . at I ' tb.

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Reeognmna the important role of mathematics in exerx walls of life, -Xbington s math department en deax ors to orier xaried courses to meet the needs of ill Nlanx students nnd the rudiments of -Xlgebra I and II, and plane geometrw satisfictorw, while those who lean tow 1rds higher mathem ities and future edu cation in them become involved in the lntricacies of trigonometrs solid geometry and Algebra III the -Xbington student 18 provided with an excellent background of our phssieal world 'ind is glven good preparation to lixe in the Coming space age 3lHSs up to date science department orlers everything from sophomore biologw, lunior and Senior science, to ad vanced bioloqs, chemistrv, and physics Dis ection ot a cat in adx anced biology prox es interesting for im Sullix an who has plans of becoming a doctor Druid Hunt Suzanne T. Jacobs Joseph E. jun-ich 2 Q2 ! I9 'R 9 W. is I Linda Nlcfuire and Heidi Flroad look in on the rats ham- iter' and mice in the animal room and check to see that everything i, in order. Ruth E. Krapf Ruth E. konkle Herbert R. Kerchner fu Q x ' 4 1 -. A-al Form ulate Life ol Tomorrow . . K . XX 2 f . Y 1 . V' ' n - Xf f - , 3 H . K. 4-in . , ' H . Y . a . . . W p 1- i , f I ', 1 . . NIM Q R. A Utilizing every facility in our modern science' wing, 3 . ' s V f r i 'JZ ' ' L - Y, . v C -L . U .V it I v I. . l I. . , A ' I , , I W' . 1 . ag Q .Q fl' p I 6-s

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Seek Practucal Applications The completed vocational department has re cently moved into the new wing ofthe hugh school placing all the shops once agaln under one roof These students now have an addition to their al ready well equipped shops Vocatlonal students devote half of thelr time to academic subjects, wh1ch prov1des them with a well rounded education SCHIOFS who quallfy have an opportunity to participate 1n the cooperative education program This program endeavors to tram the students through havmg them work lh the pOS1t10US whlch they w1ll pursue IU later llfe Charlotte V. Lord William I. Lucian ot I-llstory Chuck Supplee turns the wheel in shop and watches the chips fly as a college preparatory student in one ot the industrial arts elective COLITSCS Fred Ployd and Mr. Grun seem to disagree on the exact measurements of the piece of wood th1t they re working on. Jane G. McDonald Martha McFarland 'Q' '21 ag Kathrynj Martin Dr. Carl Manone