Burrell High School - Buccopia Yearbook (Lower Burrell, PA)

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oe Classes pursue physical fitness Mr. Eugene Bacha MR. EUGENE E. BACHA: B.S., M.Ed., University of Pittsburgh. Health Education, Physical Educa- tion. Head Basketball Coach, Assistant Football Coach. MISS PATRICIA A. FORSHAY: B.S., West Vir- ginia Wesleyan College. Physical Education, Swim- ming, Health Education. Advisor of Cheerleaders, Intramural Athletics, Girl’s Athletic Association. MR. JOHN ROBUCK: B.S., Michigan State Univer- sity. Health Education, Physical Education, Swim- ming Team Coach, Gymnastics Club Advisor. Miss Patricia Forshay hee fore s pee bs eS wh: hae oe SBE LRG Mr. John Robuck The function of the physical education curriculun is to translate social and educational philosophy int teaching procedures and into actual daily behavior. The curriculum is not only the medium for self discovery and self-realization, but a steering gea for society as well. Each generation must acquire democratic patterns of behavior, feeling, and thought. Without this, democracy will be destroyed. Physical education will provide the conditions and experience conducive to the achievernent of wholesome personal values and self-realization in harmony with the broader social goals of democracy. students’ favorite. Swimming classes are

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and efficiency Well-trained office workers—es- pecially secretaries—are America’s most wanted students. The Business Education Department has devel- oped a program which contributes to the general education of all students and provides the student with the necessary skills and knowledge for em- ployment in business. This dual contribution is made by offering sub- ject matter of a nontechnical nature that will develop the student so that he may become an intelligent consumer, and attain a clear understand- ing of our nation’s economy. The vocational objec- tive is to provide training for specific job skills, and to achieve the ability to use these skills in a business environment. All students take the same academic courses and may elect one of the three specialized business sub- ject sequences—stenography, bookkeeping or gen- eral clerical sequences. 37

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Homemaking promotes skills The Homemaking Department assumes the te- sponsibility of preparing students for a happy, worth- while life. To meet this challenge, a curriculum has been devised to include the following main areas: family clothing, textiles, and tailoring; home decora- ting; child development; flower ,arranging; home nursing; foods and nutrition; personal, family, and community relationships. The courses are taught in a pleasant, relaxed, “workshop” atmosphere where a close teacher-pupil relationship permits girls to learn while they work together in class. Although the girls prepare for many professions, each is destined to be a homemaker. Mrs. Carol Watters MRS. CAROL C. WATTERS: B.S., Indiana State College. Home Economics, Future Homemakers of Amer- ica Advisor. Mrs. Watters teaches the fundamentals of window treatment. 39