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

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A fine LIBRARY affords pleasure and information Under The capable direcTion of librarians Miss Helen M. B ' arreTT and Mrs. Louise G. Koch, our school library ranks as one of The besT public school libraries in The counTry. Here are To be 'found a generous supply of books on every subiecT, ar- ranged and cafalogued by The famous Dewey Deci- mal sysTem. CompleTe Tiles are To be found of all The leading magazines, as well as counTless pamph- leTs and clippings on every conceivable subiecT. Many of The Teachers carry on class periods in The library, supervising and direcTing Their groups in seeking inTormaTion and employing Time-saving research meThods. BuT work is noT The exclusive province of The li- brary. Here many of us gafher iusT To read and browse, or even-when The Iibrarian's back is Turned -for a social TeT-a-TeTe, Nooks furnished wiTh comforTable arm-chairs inviTe us To relax, read, day- dream, and whisper. A chief a e r rary is The Library Club, sponsored by Miss BarreTT. lTs members send ouT noTices for over-due books, Tile cards, reTurn books To The shelves, and assisT in many oTher ways, ParTicular praise in This field is due To Joan Harris and Louise Luby for The work They have done ThroughouT The year. ln addiTion To Their many Tasks, however, The club members 'Find opporTuniTy for learning library meThods, and ofTen browse Through books in pursuiT of Their own inTer- esTs or in seeking pleasanT enTerTainmenT, id in carrying on The work of Th l'b Helen M. BarreH, 8.5. in Ed. Mrs, Louise Koch, B.A., B.L.S. .fl

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LANGUAGES are ever popular Juaniia M. Downes, BA., M.A.. Chairman, Lafin Mildred G. Massino, B.A. Cora S. Neely, B.A., M.A., Chairman, Modern Languages Chrisfine Sfraub, B.A., M.A. Through The influence of fhe Good Neighbor Policy and recem' renewed inieresi in Soufh Amer- ican couniries, Spanish has +aken on a new empha- sis in rhe Language Deparimenf. Miss Mildred Messina came +o us as a leacher 'fhis year, fo +ake over Spanish l, while Miss Cora Neely, head of ihe Modern Language Deparrmenf insirucfs ihose who are pursuing a second year of ihe language. Meanwhile, German has been abandoned, ai leasi for lhe duraiion. Miss Chrisrine S'rraub's French l and ll classes are smaller rhan usual 'rhis year. However, Miss NeeIy's cul1'ured few lfhose in her French lll and IV classesl are valianily carrying on le Francais. Will we ever forge? rhose French vocabulary sheeis? Under 'rhe leadership of Miss Juanifa M. Downes. head of fhe Laiin Deparimeni, many of our classical-minded siudenls pored over Caesar's Gallic Wars and Cicera's orarions. They also +urned 'lheir aHen+ion 'rhis year To whaf is known as La'lin Week . During ihe week of March 6, Lafin slu- denis submiiied proiecis consisring principally of posiers having io do wiih myihological or hisforical fads in Laiin. The producrs of fhis wave of energy were displayed in ihe library and halls, where many siudenis saw and admired ihem. Also as a parl- oi Lafin Week, many heard Don Rose speak af Philadelphia's Girls' High School, and on Friday of +ha+ week, fhe Fels Planifarium presenied an inferesfing program on myihological s'rars.

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Noontime brings LUNCH Miss Kcfherine Fosfer Diefifian The 'Counier in fhe Ccfeferia Honor SONY . . k hom H19 BvY '9 Md A GNDUP of Girls GV Lunch