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

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Hama E Home Economics is an excellent course which is very popular with many students, both boys and girls, no matter what their main course happens to be. The subject is useful and practical as well as enjoy- able. Home Ec students learn about cook- ing, child care, nutrition, interior deco- rating, sewing, personal poise, and eti- quette. Only the most modern equipment is used in our Home Ec rooms. The classes are taught efficiently and inter- estingly in both the regular class rooms and in the special modern homemaking room. Mrs. Lillian Perkins, the depart- ment head, supervises the courses, which are taught by Miss Dagmar Wulff. When students passing throughthe halls between classes detect the delicious aroma of some delightful food, they know that something interesting has been going on in the Home Ec rooms. Those students who are lucky enough to sample the results of the home- making students' cooking classes realize what a wonderful opportunity the Home Economics course offers. OOO The art course, taught by Miss Grace Holcomb, is very interesting. The stu- dents taking art make posters for various kinds of contests and drives. They also learn design and representation. The art department aids in all stage productions held at Central. In addition to these jobs, the art department also teaches the basic principles of drawing. Recently, some exceptionally talented art students took part in an art T.V. program. The students participating in this special broadcast were Jane Russell, Caroline Litchfield, George Denison, Ron Pandich, Jerry Moriarty, Mary Ruddy, Sonya Geder, Tom Phillips, Margaret Tisko, Jean Sedor, Ruth Frederick, and Winifred Thompson. These students presented portrait work, landscape, still-life, abstract designs stencil work, and Christmas designs. Many times the halls of Central boast colorful posters, advertising school events, done by our art students. Enter- ing room 325 is like entering another world. Grotesque masks stare at you from the walls during Halloween and other times you may recognize some of your friends from their portraits hanging on the display boards. Many art entries from Central win Scholastic Art Awards. v Page Elo I 'Y ll

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Seated Mrs Blanche Beers Mrs Ed1th Calvert Standmg Mr W1ll1am Hogan Mr John Gable The pupxls IH Bxnghamton Central Hlgh School are very fortunate 1n havlnga large v'1r1ety of sub Jects IH math from Wh1Ch to choose Plane and sol1d geometry 1ntermed1ate and advanced algc bra trlgonometry and buslness arlthmetlc are be mg offered at the present tlme Intermediate algebra may be taken 1n an 'accelerated course of one term as well as m the normal course of one year The one term course IS deslgned to xllow the above average student who IS golng to college, to take more math Although most of the math IS planned to meet the requxrements of the college course buslness arlthmetlc and some of the other courses 'Ire useful for the student takmg a com merclal course The head of Central s math de partment IS Mrs Blanche Beers Another propos1t1on' I hope th1s works I don't understand step three Seated MISS Kathryn Hyland Standlng Mr Donald Roehm Mr John Grace O Chemlstry and physlcs are the twoscxences Wh1Ch apupll 1n Central Hlgh School may take Chemlstry 18 the sclence that deals w1th the compos1t1on of substances and the changes whxch they undergo phyS1CS IS the sc1enee of matter and mot1on Each week a pupxl takmg chem1stry or phyS1CS has two perlods of mnety m1nutes each whlch are spent 1n the laboratory and three perxods of forty f1ve mmutes of rec1tat1on A sclence major may be had bytakmg chemlstry physics and bxology The scxence department wh1ch 1S headed by Mr Donald Roehm has contmued to keep 1ts students well 1n formed and to acquamt them w1th the baslc theorles of the atonuc age Page Ten 'Ns- O O 'U . . . L - . , . . A , I- 1 1 ' ' . K x Q ' 4 y . z Em, - . . 3 'P A . . ' ,,, I . , . V . . ' K i X I - ' x ' - , . ' . L , . . v : ' . . 7 ' . , sf S! 5 ' 9 ' u 3 . . . . . - -, 17. y . -. 3 . , . , . . ' , . y . . . - . mn

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19 Row 1: Miss Louise Wulff, Miss Helen O'Brien, Mrs Nellie Gomsi Row 2: Mrs. Ann Crosby, Mrs. Lettie Burlew, Mr Frank LaVuolo Miss Elizabeth Prior, Miss Margaret Brown. Haw. .. History is a very important subject to every student. At Central the teachers inform their pupils of history in the past as well as in the pre- sent. The students also receive a broad knowledge of the customs, habits, and beliefs of people in foreign lands. They learn about geography and locations of countries with the aid of maps, globes, and charts. Current events are discussed very frequently in each classroom. Ancient, medieval, and modern history make up the three-year course which is studied. World problems are discussed and each student is encouraged to think clearly for himself. Also taught in the courses is the kind of government we in America have as well as those of other countries. Every boy and girl should be very interested in his or her history class, for history is being made everyday. A knowledge of 'world affairs is a necessity to the person who wishes to be well informed today. Miss Helen O'Brien, the director of Central's history department, fully realizes this and is work- ingto include in our history courses more domestic and foreign current events, and also a complete understanding of world backgrounds and foreign policy. This accounts for the increased interest and activity of Centra1's students in their history classes. Page Twelve