Brownsville High School - On The Moon Yearbook (Brownsville, PA)

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SCHOOL ACTIVITIES CALENDAR October I6-Recess, Draft Registration Day. October 25--Report Cards lssued lFirst Timel . November l November Boys permitted to go hunting. School not 5-Thespian Play-- The Chinese Chest. November 7-Faculty Party. November 8-Boy Scout Drive began. November l l--Armistice Day Recess. November ZZ--Annual Orchestra and Chorus Concert. November 22--Boy Scout Drive ended. November 25-29--Recess-Institute and Thanksgiving December I-Christmas Seal Drive began. December 5-Thespian lnitiations. December 6-Tri-Hi-Y Sweater Hop. December December IO-Teachers met with Kiwanis Club. IO- Report Cards lssued lSecond Timel. closed December I6--Football Banquet. December I8-I9-Senior Play- Wings of the Morning. December 20-Christmas Recess began. 20--Christmas Seal Drive ended. December 23 December -First Annual Christmas Dance. January 2-Christmas Recess ended. January 23-24-First Semester Examinations. January 3l-Report Cards Issued lThird Timel. February I2- I3--Thespian Play Spooky Tavern. February I3-Open House at the Annex, February 24-All-County Orchestra. February 27-Thespian lnitiations. February 28 -Tri-Hi-Y--Hi-Y Dance. March 4-British War Relief Drive. March 4- March March IO-I l March I5-Drama Festival at California. March I8- Patron's Day. IO-Home Economics Club Party. -I2-Greek War Relief Drive. Report Cards Issued tFourth Time.l March 22-County Music Contest. March 27-28--Annual Operetta- I-l. M. S. Pinaforef' April 9- What Uncle Sam Means to me -essay contest. April l I -I4-Easter Recess. May 2-Report Cards lssued iFifth Timel. May I3-I4-Band Concert. May 26-27-Senior Examinations. May 28-29-Final Examinations. May 29-Senior Class Day. May 30-Memorial Day Recess. June l-Baccalaureate Service. June 2-Commencement.-Senior Prom. June 5--Report Cards lssued lSixth Timel .-School C Page 23 loses.

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PRACTICAL ARTS DEPARTMENT Stundiiig: Mr. Swv g , M11 Hornbzxkv. Mr. Gibson. Si-zitvdg Mr, Bes k MISS JESSICA GRIBBLE-She is a graduate of Indiana State Teachers' College and a member ot Theta Sigma Upsilon, Collecting china is her hobby, while tennis and Swimming are her favorite sports. She also enjoys danc- ing. She teaches cooking and sponsors the Home Economics Club. MRSA MARGARET HAYS-Her alma mater is Muskingum, where she was a member ot Sigma Tau Delta. She is a very good adver- tisement tor the subject she teaches-sewing. Her Tri-Hi-Y girls are a source of enjoyment. MR. JOHN E. BESWlCKiBoys know this teacher as being in charge ot woodworking, but the girls tind him equally adapted as their Rifle Club coach, From all evidence he draws a mean bullseye, as well as his team. Sl'l1lt'flI Mrs. Hays, Miss Gribble. MR. WILLIAM E. GlBSONe-This is the teacher who always has a smile and a hello ready for every student he meets. He displays his talents in Printshop at the Annex but can swing a mean backhand in tennis. MR. WALTER HORNBAKE-He teaches mechanical drawing to the boys of the Prac- tical Arts Course, He remembers a night when playing football against a rival team which his alma mater hadn't defeated for twenty years-we wonder who won. MR. RUFUS SWEARlNGEN4Reserved Mr. Swearingen has charge ot the General Shop at the Annex. He attended California State Teachers College where he belonged to the Phi Sigma Pi and Rifle Club, Hiking swim- ming, tennis, and working with tools furnish his relaxation. Page 22

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FACULTY FACTS There are 22 men and l5 women, making a tot- al of 37 members in the faculty. These people have attended a wide variety of in- stitutions in the undergraduate and graduate work, The following institutions are included: California State Teachers' College, University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Tech, Penn State, lndiana State Teach- ers' College, Waynesburg, West Virginia University, Washington and Jefferson, Central Missouri State Teachers' College, Northwestern, International Correspondence School at Scranton, University of Pennsylvania, Duquesne University, Wilson Col- lege, St, Lawrence University, Pitt Junior College, West Chester Teachers' College, Lehigh, Duke, Bucknell, Bethany, University of Michigan, Uni- versity of Wisconsin, Susquehanna University, and Muskingum. There are eleven Bachelor of Arts degrees, twenty-five Bachelor of Science degrees, and six Masters degrees. lt is an experienced faculty for the total years of service amount to 342 years, The average num- ber of years taught in the district by a teacher is six years. Twenty-seven of the teachers are residents ot Brownsville or the neighboring townships that send students into the school, there are nine whose homes are outside the district. Twenty-one members of the faculty are mar- ried. Page 24