Cheltenham High School - El Delator Yearbook (Cheltenham, PA)

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ln I94l, as sophomores, some of us began an infensive sludy of European Hisfory. Wilh Mr. Franklin P. Gill insfrucring, we did research and made proiecrs on Romans, Greeks. and olher ancien+ peoples. Seaman Gill now serves in our Navy. The lwo remaining academic seclions sfudied World Hislory, sponsored by Miss Beulah Huff inow Mrs. Derricksonl, and lhey remember 'fhose six or eighr weeks in rhe new gym, when +he class had fo huddle around +he desk, in order 'ro hear and be heard above fhe venrilaring sysfem. Academic iuniors recall daily American Hislory classes wifh Mr. Charles Myers as a careful sfudy of fhe growlh of our counfry and 'rhe people who made ir. While Academicians were fhus engaged, General and Commercial classes sludied olher phases of American Hislory. Labor and lndusfry in Relafion fo Employmenf' was an inferesiing unif. The group visired 'rhe Trainee Acceplance Cenrer in Philadelphia for fesls of mechanical and com- mercial skills, and heard guesf speakers in school. This year, seniors rounded off fheir Social S+udies wifh Problems of Democracy--Sociology and Eco- nomics-under Mr. Karl B. Smifh. and SQClAl. STUDIES K ff . f, ll' ' Mrs. Beulah Derrickson, 5.5. Charles L. Myers, Ph.B. Frances M. Rieber, B.S. in Ed Karl 3. Smifh, B.S.,. M.A.

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All ol us study ENGLISH i n mf X X U I Rx! , li if , 4 7 in S i ! 7- Qil l fl! ' X L K ' ' 1 f X C. Roberf Cunningham, B.S., M.A. Mrs. Margaref Echenhofer, B.S., M.Ed. Mrs. Margaref S. Jones, B.S., M.A, Mrs. Dorofhy M. Lcmberf, B.S., M.S. Alberf E. Weslon, B.A., M.A. in Ed., Chairman Our English classes were divided info lwo sec- 'I'ions: academic and non-academic. The senior academic was handled complelely by Mr. Weslon 'lhis year, and some of our mosl enioyable pe- riods were spenl when Mr. Weslon read Shake- speare +o us. His impersonafions of rhe wifches from Macbe+h were simply auf of fhis world - remember? Even grammar was fun in his class. 'I'oo. Mrs. Jones' English curriculum was composed moslly of wriling, grammar, Shakespeare, and 'ihose wonderful modern, one-ad plays which we all liked so much. Mrs. Lamberl will be besf remembered for her famous Journal, and of course, grammar and liferarure won'+ be 'ForgoHen, eifher. Miss Slraub 'rook over commercial English Ill and lV lhis year. She divided fhe reporl periods info fhree weeks of lilerafure and lhree weeks of grammar, which splif lhem up very nicely. Mrs. Echenholer and Mr. Cunningham have borh slressed 'rhe fechnical end of English for lheir commercial sludenfs, wilh lhe former going in for 'lhe felephone work. filing, and liHle exlra lhings which help so much in fhe business world.

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Wartime has emphasized MATHEMATICS . . LeRoy G. Lugar, Ph.B., M.S. in Ed Raymond B. McCormick, B.S. Roberl I. While, A.B., Chairman Wifh a good-narured grin. we look back on 'rho many hours spenf slaving over our mafh courses of C. H. S. Will we ever forgef +he Rfh Term Formula? Bur aside from geffing excellenf rraining in basic mafhemaiics, we acquired a wealfh of varied in- lormalion from confocf wifh our profs, They helped us achieve well-rounded marhemafical back- grounds by informing us of fhe lalesl' clevelopmenfs in mefeorology and carfography. We lisfened wifh fascinafion while our 'reachers fold us of fheir many experiences and The inferesfing people ihaf ihey have encounjrered +hroughou+ fheir lravels. ln our senior year, 'rhe adminisrrafion arranged new courses fo fir our needs in a changing world. Each junior and senior boy was required +o fake one mafh and one science course. Pre-induclion Mafh and Pre-flighf Aeronaurics proved helpful as well as inreresfing. Sincere 'rhonks To a grand fellow, Bob Kraichnan, for frying To explain 'rhose problems fo his less forfunafe class-males. Orchids +o Charloffe Hazle- hursf for keeping up 'rhe morale of The boys in fhe Pre-flighl' course.