Clairton High School - Clairtonian Yearbook (Clairton, PA)

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manoateo B mmo-powen CRISIS goals I wwf' Mrs. Madeline Dragan was president of Dr. Karl Bohren, Superintendent of Schools, is the man behind The Plan. His announcement that Russian would be taught at CHS was the first of many that followed bringing about the changes that would keep Clairton in pace with the national movement. ,ff ful the School Board when plans for cur- riculum changes were first discussed. Mr. John R. Bracken, former Dean of Boys, this year became Vice-Principal in a reorganization of the Administration and the Guidance Department. 4 X Mr. Bruce C. Birch, Principal of Senior High, examines his master schedule, transposed to fit the day of seven longer periods. 5

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. 132.443 RBLG of Qoftlreftfs CCEN1' 6 QRNV 4 3 QIOBER OVQ F18 55 93 QC Mgfg 94 105 oo RNUHRY EBRUR Y e O 106 131 Rc H Fl Rus PO' 0 HN' 144-152 ACCENT on l6Al2l1ll1G Starred by dramatic developments in the race for outer space an angry nation in the early months of 1958 was demanding to know in plain terms what was being done in the schools to underwrite our country s future Not enough was the answer given most often in the millions of words that were spoken and written Some sand that in educating the masses we had lost the individual Possible genius was not being uncovered Able minds were not being exercised strenuously enough even to guarantee healthy growth Forget the frills the harshest critics said Brmg back the three R s Only then will Science the Arts and Professions and Statesmanship flourish WADDELL AVE 'Q Officials revamp CHS program By course-selection time in 58 we knew the national tur- moil had alerted our administrators. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Karl Bohren with the approval of the Board of School Directors had led our supervisors in drafting a new program. It incorporated those changes which he felt were dictated by the times: longer class periods- Russian fwith televisioni German advanced language and mathematics courses third required year of social studies- an honors group in each grade other homogeneous grouping integration of technical students for academic subjects- new emphasis on the Guidance Departmentg new departmental courses of study. lf drastic curriculum changes for acceleration should be required by new state or national set-ups, we Clairton students would already be conditioned for hard work. The accent in- deed was to be on learning. Alarmed nation reviews its education N9 - . -I t ' , .. In . . . . N0 -55 V 95 is - . - EK IA - 1 QD S , . f' 1 W , i's A ,V K... 1 6 gl? . . o O 0 O R , 0 . ', ,t P

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47 T'f V ' + L 91371 ' Zi 1: aDhqNN 1 o :C A boy and his books. Sue Carol Puniack made this camera study of Dennis Nagy, typical Clairton High student of 1958-1959. bf ... 'knlilnn , ' aunt IIIVG-SUBJECT SCl1GCUlGS Nation's survival rests on scholars Men like Dr. James B. Conant, Dr. James Killian, Jr., and the presidents of our great universities say that the fate of our way of life rests squarely on our ability to educate minds equal to the task of preserving it. But, they say, today too many bright young Americans come from high school unprepared to meet true university standards. They offer statistics to prove that fwhile they may not approve of Russian methodsl more Russian than American minds are being trained for advanced scientific and cultural thinking. Finally, they call attention to this frightening paradox: although the United States is the traditional stronghold of education, we care less than most nations, do less, and spend less to fund and to train the brilliant minds we desperately need - not iust to maintain our world position, but to safeguard our very freedom. I ' -1 ' in ,.,. Q rfffsf . X- fi yu lgysfiit Z Nyiq K idk trhvwrl +62Jmm4,eQi,S pfwm 4-,llif 'f g1geQ'S lea, .tf+Gfo3e'll1ea7F:-T-If Spcaly, V lieail' plviases + dim ff'-ig rtislnimq '21'lfl'lfB-15' 'l'7t4Clwmo1.pl'l0S1E: GU add, lqfififwow 5ClENCE,woufVlflll'l, wow