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

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Howard E. Frifh Laurence W. Kunkel, l.S. Russell S. .SlwH. l.S., M.Ed. desires and abilify. Mr. Lawrence Kunkle was given fhe job of filling Mr. l larding's vocanl' posifion, which he has done admirably ever since. Mr. Kunkle's place as in- sfrucfer in fhe Wood Shop was faken by Mr. Russell Shufl, while Mr. Glanding's place in fhe Mefal Shop was vacanf unfil fhe services of Mr. Howard Frifh were recenfly acquired. Alfhough fhis is Mr. Frifh's firsf experience in feaching, he has shown himself nof lacking in any of The fine qualifies fha? go fo make a good lndus- frial Educafion insfrucfor. One final word abouf 'rhe Faculfy of fhe lndusfrial Educafion Deparfmenf. We who have worked wifh fhese fine men almosf exclusively fhroughouf our high school career feel a debf of grafifude fhaf is beyond expression. To Mr. Cunningham, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Lehman, Mr. Harding, Mr. Glanding, Mr. Kunkle, Mr. Freeburg, Mr. Shuff, and Mr. Frifh, all we can say is, Thanks, from fhe boffom of our hearfs for fhe kindness, pafience, and undersfanding you've given us. If is hard fo remember, buf a long lime ago .There were forfy-fhree of us. Forfy- fhree boys, who, Though nof model scholars, fried hard, Since fhen, mainly due fo The war, our class has dwindled unfil in Sepfember, I943, fen boys were on fhe roll. Of fhese fen, who by fhe fime of publicafion have been reduced fo nine, five are already enlisfed in one branch of fhe service or anofher. No olher deparfmenf can claim a record like fhaf. For fhe boys who were leff, fhere have been many iobs. The repair of school equipmenf fhaf is no longer replaceable depends largely on The skill of boys in fhe Shops. This and many ofhers were fhe problems fhaf were mef, successfully, by fhis class who learn by doing. In closing, if is only fiffing fo nofe fhaf academically fhe lndusfrial Educafion Deparfmenf, even lhough if is a minorify group, can hold ifs own wifh any deparfmenl' in The school. This is nal braggadocio, buf merely an example of a fierce espril' do corps fhaf has held us fogefher and always will. And so we leave, hoping fhaf fhe porfals fhrough which we have so many 'times passed and fhe friends we've made will some day remember fhe Boys of fhe Vo- cafional Deparfmenf of I944.

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Some ol us learn useful INDUSTRIAL ARTS . lnnovafions have been The order of +he day in Hue lndusirial Educafion deparfmenr, mosf hard hir by Hue war of any of The schooI's courses. The facully was cur and many o+her changes were infroduced. However, we have been doing our job, overcoming ihese handicaps, and carrying on. Primary among fhe fhings +ha'r happened was Hie loss of, firsf, +he Head of The Deparfmenf, Don- ald S. Harding, who was called +o acfive duly in 'rhe Naval Reserve. Wifh Mr. Harding wenf Fred H. Glanding, Vocafional Mefolworlc lns'rruc+or, who also was called in+o The Naval Reserve. The loss of +hese +wa men in fhe deparfmenf necessiiafed a complefe shalceup in 'rhe personnel, which resulfed in fhe closing of fhe Prinf Shop enfirely. Mr, Paul Freeburg wenf +o Take fhe place of anorher Voca- 'rional reacher in The Township, who had gone info war work. The boys in The Prini' Shop, who 'For- iunafely were only few in number, were ralcen info eifher fhe Wood or Me'raI Shop, according +o'H1eir

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if 'rf While others pursue XXX CCDMMERCIAL subiecrs . ,f L ' . T Z ., ' ' , . - , - , . Q ' , - ,, 1, . ' - ' s , .I .' .. --nl L,.,f'! V.. 4 4 - s A v s 4 Q., -v .A Ralph R. Leuf, a.s.c.. MA. may a. runner, a.s., MA. an ea. Twice a week, TirsT period, all commercial sTu- denTs had commercial law, which we will remember as The subjecT wiTh all The inTerrupTions. Everybody wanTed Mr. Finkel aT The same Time he wanTed To Teach his law class, They were always inTeresTing, Though. Along wiTh TexT book cases, we always goT personal cases, which helped us To learn our sub- jecT beTTer and also To know our Teacher beTTer. The oTher Three days a week, TirsT period, we had oTTice pracTice, None of us will ever TorgeT ThaT day when we were assigned To work Tor various Teachers, each afraid They would give dicTaTion- and give iT TasT. In clerical pracTice we pushed all manner of liTTle keys, all manner oT ways, To Try To geT The righT answer. We soon found ouT There was more To iT Than iusT pushing a key and geTTing an answer and ThaT iT Took pracTice To geT Those righT answers. ShorThand was The class in which we had To apply all The knowledge drilled inTo us lasT year To Take Those leTTers. Taking The leTTers was one maTTer, buT Then making all ThaT chicken scraTching inTo a mail- able leTTer was quiTe anoTher maTTer. PracTice makes perTecT. And so iT musT be-or maybe iT was TypewriTers-They were always making errors. And if Those errors weren'T Tound by us you can be sure ThaT They didn'T escape The eyes of our Teacher. BUT now aTTer Two years oT pound- ing keys, we are able To Tind Them ourselves. Mrs. Elizobefh B. Scarborough, B.S., M.S. in Ed., Chairman Alice C. Thomas, B.S.