Abington High School - Oracle Yearbook (Abington, PA)

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In the early days of Abington High School, students received one music lesson per week from a traveling teacher. In 1898 this teacher was Mrs. B. Jones who rode from school to school on her bicycle. V Mental arithmetic and etymology were the two favorite subjects at Abington in its early days. In 1908 final exams were given by outside teachers, and in 1909 the graduating class consisted of three. L -1 F E

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 The ground on which the original Abing-ton High School is built was once Boucher’s farm and was donated by Reverend C. Eckard, then pastor of the Abington Presbyterian Church. In the year 1901, there were only twenty-five students and two teachers at Abington High School. By the year 1918 the student body numbered 140 and the faculty had increased to ten.

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LAB DISASTERS . . . TAKING LIFE INTO YOUR OWN HANDS I’LL NEVER FORGET THE TIME IN SCIENCE WHEN . . . k I We were dissecting frogs and someone peeled off its skin and threw it. It landed on my cheek. Needless to say, when he was laughing I got him back by throwing it in his mouth. J J Amy Lang, Senior. k k We mixed the wrong chemicals and the whole first floor smelled. Everyone started gagging and a few people went outside. J J Michel Hampel, Sophomore. A k Last year I had Miss Lake for sixth period chemistry. My lab partner and I were the most nervous people in the class. I guess we thought we were going to turn someone into the Fly or the Blob or something. We were using a crucible and Miss Lake told everyone to check for cracks before we started. My lab partner and I dutifully checked and rechecked and then started the lab. We were towards the end of the lab and were heating the crucible when we noticed a crack. We quickly took it off the ring stand and put it on the table where it proceeded to crumble. All around us crucibles were exploding. Pieces of porcelain were flying through the air. J J Wendy Zeitz, Senior. { L I dissected a worm, taped all parts to a paper, took the paper home, and my cat ate the body parts.J J Becky Ferguson, Senior. k k I burned a hole in a lab table. J J Lorine James, Senior. Right: Randy Wittenberg, the biologist? Janean Adamson Special Ed.-I.U. Donald Albert Sheila Allen Foreign Special Language Education Gerald Alpaugh English, Latin Abingtonian Sally Beothy Reading 20 Academic life William Black Chairman. Foreign Language Work Study Howard Boyer Science Robert Burt Chairman, English John Althouse Chairman, Guidance Involvement Day Richard Butler Science Aviation Aero Club 1 Richard Amoroso Music fi t Donnelly Casto Social Studies Charles Baker English Soccer Eileen Cawley Foreign Language Beatrice Barrett Business Education F.B.L.A. Merta Chrin For. Lang. Affiliation Club German Club