Binghamton Central High School - Panorama Yearbook (Binghamton, NY)

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Mathematics Did you ever get lost in the mazes of solid geometry, trigo- nometry, or advanced algebra, or are you struggling with plane geometry? It so, you must have met one of the members of Central's growing Mathematics department. The importance of Math has been realized even more as we see the increasing numbers of vet- erans returning to these classes. ln many of today's occupations math is a basic requirement and its higher branches are be- ing studied industriously at Central. Top: Mrs. Letita Snow, Mrs. Blanche Beers, Mrs. Lida Knight lseatedl and Mr. William Hogan, Mrs. Evelyn Ash- ford, Mr. John Galale discuss math problems with Mrs. Beers ldepart- ment headl . Bottom: Mr. Earl Dooley lScience de- partment headl shows the results of some tiration to Miss Kathryn Hyland and Mr. John Grace. Middle: A problem in Geometry accu- pies the attention of a group of live students as they diligently go over their math assignment. Science Two of the most difficult subjects taught at Central are Physics and Chemistry. This charactertistic of these studies does not, however, make them uninteresting or detract from their fascination. Under the in- struction of excellent teachers, science students are constantly realizing the importance of these subjects in an atomic- minded world. The laboratory periods are looked forward to with much anticipation and anxiety. ln these labs the stu- dents are able to see worked out principles which they learned in class. Page Nineteen

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Physical Education 8: Health Among the most popular courses for boys at Central is physical education, better known as gym. Classes are held in Central's gymnasium under the direction of coaches Merz and Buxenbaum. Coach Buxen- baum is a very busy man since he also teaches one of Cen- tral's newest subjects, Health, with Miss Bloom. This latter subject is required for all stu- dents and gives a general hy- giene background. lt features movies on various health topics and teaches the importance of a healthy body. Page Eighteen . Library, Attendance, Administration Assistant Almost every student in Cen- tral comes in contact at some time with one of the Big Three namely the librarians, attendance officer, and admin- trative assistant. All readers and seekers of information are familiar with our well stocked library. Any person who has had the urge to be excused from a seventh period study hall knows Mrs. Wilcox, the at- tendance official. Our admin- istrative assistant is Mrs. Mc- Davitt whose headquarters are the main office and who helps with the details of running our school. Top: lSeatedl Mrs. Grace Kelley, and Miss Sara Burns, librarians. Mrs. Edna McDavitt, administrative assistant, and Mrs. Rose Wilcox, attendance. Bottom: Mr. Henry Mer: and Miss Anna Bloom lseatedl meet with Mr. Harris Buxembaum, lstandingl . Middle: Mr. Harris Buxenbaum pre- pares to show a film demonstrating the proper method of safe guarding health.

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Bottom: Mrs. Lillian Perkins lde- partment headl, Mrs. Ruth Tanner, and Miss Dagmar Wultt examine a display prepared by their domestic science students. Art Another interesting subject is Art which is taught by Miss Holcomb. The students taking art make posters for all kinds of contests and drives. They al- so learn design and representa- tion. The Art Department aids in all productions held at Cen- tral. In addition to these exist- ing jobs the art department al- so teaches the basic principles of drawing. Recently some art classes did portraits of their classmates and self portraits. Many art entries from Central won Scholastic awards. Music The Music Department has been going full swing all year, with two new instructors. Miss Thornburn heads the choir and chorus which have been carry- ing on their usual school ac- tivities, including a Christmas program. The band and orches- tra led by Mr, Nemeth, have played at several evening shows at Central. This department has been given an added lift by the purchase of an organ, a gift from past graduating classes. The organ opens and closes each assembly. Homemaking On the girls' side' of the led- ger their most useful subject seems to be homemaking. This course includes child care, cooking, interior decoration, sewing, and lessons in poise and etiquette. Whether a girl plans to make her career in one of these fields or is just storing up knowledge for future use, anything she learns in this course is bound to be useful. ln the kitchen of the home- making department a girl can learn all the fundamentals of cooking. Top: Miss Grace Holcomb discusses proper use of color with one of her art students. Middle: Miss Marion Thornburn and Mr. Albert Nemeth prepare a duo of music pupils tor an assembly pre- sentation. Page Twenty