Bedford High School - Echo Yearbook (Bedford, PA)

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moved over to the biology laboratory. Finally, we see this instructor in another department, explaining the fundamentals cf sophomore English. HCl + NaOH=? Just chemistry. Test tubes, beakers, burners, acids, and all sorts of equipment go to make up Mr. Croft’s laboratory. Here too, we find equipment used by this instructor in teaching the problems of physics. “It has been shown that the exponent of any letter in the product is equal to the sum of its exponents in the two fac¬ tors; and now boys and girls, I will show you that the same rule applies when the exponents are fractional.” That voice belongs to either Mr. Sproul or Mr. Wise, but we are not certain which because both of them teach algebra. Mr. Wise in¬ structs also in shop work, and Mr. Sproul instructs in geometry and trigonometry. “Who are the common carriers?” No, it’s not biology; it’s Commercial Law with Mr. Tritt as Lawyer in Chief. Here commercial students learn to debit and credit in bookkeeping and all about bank¬ ing in arithmetic. Miss Border trains those fine stenogra¬ phers and typists you hear talking so much about the “kays” and “gays” and the difficulties they present. She also in¬ structs in Commercial English. “Whistler painted the picture ‘Mother,’ and it is beautiful,” explains Miss Dona- Upper Group ri 5 ht: Miss Baker Miss Koontz, Coach Hubisak. Like the Village Smithy. Hitting the iron while it’s hot. Middle Group Left to right: Mr. Koontz. Miss Harnard, Miss Morse, Lower Group Left to right: Miss Bell, Mr. Wise, Miss Garbrick. Page Fourteen

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I ■■■ to discover a way by which all poverty may be obliterated. His junior students say that he leads them a merry tour through all the trials and tribulations met in setting up a government in Amer¬ ica as well as through all the problems met since its formation. After two years’ work with Miss Brice, the girls look forward with pleasure to the time when they will have complete charge of a home. To learn how to cook and to sew well are only two of the many things the girls learn in the Home Eco¬ nomics department. If every boy could study for four years under the guidance of Mr. Townsend, head of the Vocational Agriculture de¬ partment, there would be a great “back to the land” movement. To see those boys testing milk, eggs, seeds, or what have you? is enough to convince all of us that very few farmers know all there is to be learned about farming. Take a look at that big 2700 egg incubator if you think the Future Farmers of America are not doing things in a big way. And did you see that large flock of broilers just before Easter? That was a splendid project, boys! “Exit, Maggie,” directs Miss Baker to an earnest student in dramatics. “Be sure your are cutting the right end of the worm,” directs the same voice, but we are no longer in dramatics; we have Upper Group • Left to right: Mr. Sproul, Miss Litz- inger, Mr. Sheely. Middle Group Left to right: Miss Brice, Mr. Croft, Miss Donahoe. Lower Group Left to right: Mr. Towns end, Mr. Tritt, Miss Border. Here we see our future dressmakers at their various tasks in the sewing room. Page Thirteen

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We love to visit Miss Dona- hoe’s art classes, and how they improve as time passes. hoe to her art class. Miss Bell drills her Freshman classes in “sum, esse, fui,” de- clention of nouns and conjugation of verbs. She also instructs in Caesar, Vir¬ gil, and Cicero. Mr. Koontz may be heard any day ex¬ plaining the telephone to his general sci¬ ence classes, or attempting to have his community civics class tell him how the community may aid in t he health of the individual. “What is raised in a tropical climate?” Miss Harned asks in her geography classes. In the violin class Miss Gar- brick informs John that his instrument is out of tune; and in her sophomore Eng¬ lish class she tells John it is not best to end a sentence with a preposition. Miss Koontz instructs the boys and girls in vocal music. Miss Morse attempts to keep the students in good health and ren¬ ders assistance when they become sick or injured. Mr. Hubicsak instructs in prob¬ lems of health and physical education; he is also the best athletic coach in seven states! We wonder if Bob did have a sore finqer, oi if he likes the atmosphere of the murse ' 6 clean sunny room. Learning the art of cookery is a pleasure in this ideal kit¬ chen. Page Fifteen