Clairton High School - Clairtonian Yearbook (Clairton, PA)

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for reading and research Taking advantage of library materials at their disposal, stu- dents find hard ques- tions easy to answer. Four new shelf-sections set up last fall were not empty long. More books mean more work, so Miss Nixon's carefully trained corps of thirty-five student librarians have been kept extra busy. Mary Alwilda Taylor and her helpers have worked hard to keep the 4800 books, thirty-five magazines, and three newspapers in steady circulation for the use of their classmates. STUDENT LIBRARIANS First row: Nadine Arnold, Barbara Walker, Mary Ann Third row: Ray Phillippi, Shirley Fleet, Betty Goodrum, Fedor, Mary Taylor, Patty Jane Nuttall, Mary Bekavac, Joyce Berchok, June Friend, Bessie Tennant, Isabelle Hammons, Becky Conrad, Helen Nelson. Not in picture: Cecilia Hoffe, Armetha Roberts, Joan Rush, Byron Steinbaugh, June Nelson, Ray DeUnger, l U Charles Barrett, Adeline Olesky, Erma Jane Woofter, Paulette Staropoli, Sally Berich, Adriana Fant, Gerry Joan Bronkoskgl Norman Kamp, Virginia Lee Willey, Bradley, Mrs. Mariorie Smith. Nancy Parnell, Sara Burke. Mildred Wasko. Second row: Miss Janet Nixon, Ronald Kulka, Betty Crilley, Mary Slonaker, Ramona Howard, Joanne Burens, l 65

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C 5 Iibrar has 4300 volumes Mrs. Marjorie Smith, library clerk, checks records with Miss Janet Nixon, head librarian. If Miss Janet Nixon, head librarian, doesn't know the answer, she knows where to find it. Students take for granted her ability to help them without realizing they are being served by an expert. During the past year, chapters on the use of the library written by Miss Nixon have appeared in two new books which will have national circulation. One is English, Fourth Course by Matilda Bailey and Alex- ander Stoddard, the other is English Hand- book by Matilda Bailey and Gunnar Horn. Mrs. Marjorie Smith, new library clerk has taken over much detail work, leaving r Miss Nixon free to answer more of those stu- dent questions. book for Phil Work at the main desk Mary Alwilda Taylor, head student ll brarian, and Charles Barrett charge a

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english mastery makes life's puzzles easier Although it sounds like a very broad statement, it could be said that life in the second half of this hectic century will be easy or difficult in direct proportion to the degree of skill with which we learn to use our own language. Graduates return to tell us again and again that twelve years of English is not too long a time in which to acquire the kind of skill we need. They would agree that the more un- derstanding with which we read news- papers and magazines and listen to speeches, the greater will be the wisdom of our reaction to current problems. That the better we are able to express our- selves in speaking and writing, the great- er is our chance of being understood and listened to by others. That the more fic- tion, travel, biography, Bible, and phil- osophy we read, the more tolerant we shall become toward the ways of our national and new international neigh- bars. Each separate day in English class may seem unimportant in itself, but CHS students realize that the years add up to the total skill essential to successful living. The English teachers in the top photo are: seated, Miss Jean Davis, Mrs. Elizabeth Bayles, Miss Amelia Opacic, standing, Miss Suzanne Phillips, Miss Helen Wilson, Miss Cecilia Collins. ln the other pictures in order down the page, sophomores act as short story critics, juniors ex- amine some new American literature trends, sen- iors pursue vocabulary demons in a dog-eared dictionary, and more seniors listen to the very old Wham that Aprille- through a very new medium, the recording machine.