Boyertown High School - Bear Yearbook (Boyertown, PA)

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WAR EFFECTS CHANGES IN B.H.S. CLASSES During the past year Mr. Lawrence Grim, our director of athletics for three years, became principal. Mr. Wil- liam Steinmuller became dean of boys and vocational advisor. The importance of chem- istry has been stressed since America's entrance into the war. The students of this course, mostly Juniors, are appropriately studying poi- son g a s s e s , incendiary bombs, T.N.T., and the ap- plication of the sulfa drugs to the prevention and treat- ment of disease. At least three of the students taking this course are prospective chemical engineers. The boys studying phy- sics under the direction of Mr. Paul Hartman are re- ceiving pre-induction train- ing in electricity, heat, and mechanics. The use of magnetism is an interesting application of electricity studied by the physics stu- dents. The metric system, which has been introduced in the study of mechanics, will be of great value to future soldiers. It is used to a great extent in the measurement of guns and distance, weight, and vol- ume in Europe. Mr. William Steinmuller, Mr. Gulden Yoder, Mr. Law- rence Grim, and Mr. Francis Sell ably supervise the teaching of geometry, trig- onometry, algebra, and commercial arithmetic. The mathematics problems giv- en to students are now Writ- ten in terms of bullet and airplane speeds, as opposed to the speeds of the much worn automobile and train. The Navy Department has informed the school that, rather than have a course in pre-fiight aviation train- ing, students in this subject should obtain a good back- ground in solid geometry THE PRINCIPAL OF TIIE BOYERTOWN HIGH SCHOOL, IVIR. LAWRENCE GRIM, LEAVES HIS OFFICE AFTER A DAY OF HARD WORK. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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OFFICIALS of the Boy- frtcwn School District rr': ltop row, left to right! Harvey Ritter, president of the school board: Daniel Unger, vice presidentg Raymond Fryer, secretaryg Charles Davidheiser, treasurer. fsecond rowb Augustus Greshg Thomas Leidy, Qolicitorg George Swine- hart, supervising princi- pal of the Boyertown schools. - .Aw uwun-u ' -f - fLEFT TO RIGHT? MR WILLIAM STEINMULLER DEAN OF BOYS MR LAWRENCE GRIM, PRIIN LIPAL OF B H S MR GULDIN YODER COMM! RCIAL DIRECTOR AND MISS MARY HEIN' DEAN OF GIRLS CONI' ER IN MR GRIM S OFFICE.

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A NEIV BOOK IS INSPECTED BY MISS SCHMEELK, MISS SHANER, MISS HEINS, AND MISS MAYER OF THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT. IN THE LABORATORY DIR. HARTMAN, MR. FLEMING, AND MISS MOYER EXAIVIINE AN INCLINED PLANE. PROBLEMS THAT HAVE ARISEN IN THE SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT ARE DISCUSSED BY MRS. GOTTSHALL, MR. GILBERT, MISS HOCH, AND MISS HAHN. 30 EDUCATIQN frrrzlzfiizzcmlj and trigonometry, the basic subjects of navigation and gunnery. Demands of the war re- quire more effective teach- ing of the commercial sub- jects aiming toward greater proficiency in rapid calcula- tion, shorthand, typing, and the classification of ac- counts. This enables pupils to adjust themselves to the accounting m e t h o d s re- quired by War recording systems. An interesting sidelight is that nine of the business department's forty- Hve typevvriters have been contributed to the War effort. Bookkeeping, com- mercial law and arithmetc, shorthand and typing are taught by Mr. Guldin Yoder, Mrs. Dorothy Moyer and Mr. Francis Sell. The teachers of the social studies department - Mr. Harry Gilbert, Mrs. Hazel Gottshall, Miss Catherine Hahn, and Miss Luella Hoch -are teaching tolerance to- ward other peoples and na- tions. They are also teach- ing an understanding of propaganda. Added inter- est has been shown in cur- rent events and the econ- omic, social, and political problems of the post-War period. In their English and speech classes, Miss Mar- garet Schmeelk, Miss Jean Mayer, Miss Mary Heins, Miss Kathryn Shaner, and Mrs. Hilda Reary are em- phasizing the importance of understanding Written and oral instructions. The Army has found that many young men examined were defi- cient in this understanding. The foreign languages, French and Latin, are taught by Miss Catherine Hahn. German and Spanish are taught by Miss Mar- garet Schmeelk. The study of Spanish, introduced for the first time at the begin- ning of the term, has be- come very popular. A knowledge of Spanish is outstandingly important in furthering interest and