Bristol High School - Torch Yearbook (Bristol, CT)

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Social Studies help us To understand people. Left to right: Mr. Raymond Robinson, Miss Josephine Carroccia, Mr. H. Richard Lehmert, Miss Angela Spinelli, Mr. Paul Lawley, Mr. Robert Googins, Miss Ruth Crockett, Mr. Robert Millerick, The objective of the Social Studies Department is to acquaint students with the world around them and to pre- Miss Ruth Benharn, Mr. John Whitcomb, Miss Helen Heffernan, Mr. Harold Pinney. T. Anderson points out Great Britain to his U. S. History class. pare them for their role as citizens. All students are familiar with the United States History Course, as it is compulsory by state law. But to those in- terested, BHS oflers many other courses such as psychology, social problems, economics, world history, modern history, and Far Eastern History. Our social studies teachers strive always to teach our students more about our ever-changing world, a subject which never becomes dull. Miss Benham of Freshman Building hands R. Heberle his quiz paper.

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Study of English stimulates thought. Standing left to right: Mr. Francis Enslin, Mr. Donald Prigge, Seated left to right: Miss Carol Rogasky, Miss Angelina Satta, Miss Mrs. Ruth Eggleston, Miss Mary Whipple, Miss Marie Donovan, Louise Mella, Miss Alice Pulsifer, Miss Angela Spinelli, Miss Anita Miss Grace Stack, Miss Rita Large, Miss Loretta Teevan, Mr. Sportelli. Wallace Handy, Mr. Raymond Robinson. Miss Large shows examples to P. Palmer and L. Jennings in Sopho- more English Period 3. Read the next act of Julius Caesar - Do page forty in your Tressleri' - Read the next scene of Macbethn - these are frequently uttered words resounding from the classes of Bristol High's many English teachers. The aims of the English Department are to instill in BHS students an appreciation of literature, a proficiency in grammar, and an ability to express themselves accurately. Bristol High Schoolis fine staff of English teachers all participate in making the English classes both interesting and informative. K. Homon, J. Stocltman and P. Peatman discuss essays in Eng- lish IV A. T

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Mathematics is a stimulant of the mind. Standing left to right: Mr. Edward Busby, Mr. Paul Casey, Mr. Norman johnson, Mr. Bruce Elliott, Mr. Lawrence Barrett, Mr. N. Arle solves a problem in Trigonometry Period six. Mitchell Fava. Seated left to right: Mrs. Evelyn Robinson, Miss Jean Bachman, Mr. Henry Foster, Mr. Joseph Cooke. Think! That is the objective of the Math Department, to teach students the art of reasoning. Courses offered include algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and analysis, a course only recently begun which attempts to present the student with the beginnings of calculus. Our students who take math find it a different, challenging experience. Here homework is like the puzzles we try to solve for fun. And as any math student will tell you, the teachers in the department are really the ugreatestf' K. Cafferty constructs a graph in Algebra II while Mr. Cooke looks on.