Council Rock Senior High School - Councilor Yearbook (Newtown, PA)

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275 Looknng back to June 1959 you wull recall the flurry and excltement created by the celebratton of the 275th anniversary of the foundzng of New town The pernod between the second and fourteenth of June was fllled with many events An art show exhlblted works by many local and natronally known artusts The hlstory of Newtown was por trayed IH the drama Sweet Land Several spectal church services were held tn connectlon with thus celebratlon tncludlng one In the old hxstorlcal Presbyternan Church An open house gave vlsltors opportunlty to tour hlstorlcal buildings such as Stenton now owned by the descendants of Ed ward Hncks and The Blrdun Hand the oldest frame dwellung ln Pennsylvanla bu lt ln T690 A . . 'f mammoth annlversary parade Included marchlng bands floats marchers and antlque cars and bug gues The celebration was cllmaxed by the Bucks County Flremens Parade In which ntnety com pantes partucupated and a Drum and Bugle Corp competttnon Newtown wtth a populatlon of approximately 2300 has a vtvtd background Founded by Penn In 1684 hrs new town was of constderable um portance IH the county George Washtngton used tt as has headquarters before the Battle of Trenton lt was the county seat for 88 years previous to 1813 lt was the site of the flrst hugh school ll brary and agrncultural soclety In the county Many old bulldmgs remaln today as a constant reminder of the herttage of whnch we may be proud , I I 1 1 1 1 1 ' . , . . . . 1 1 . ' 1 - . 11 11 - ' - 11 11 - - . , ' 11 11 - - ' - I , . ,, . . ,, -. . . . I ' ' 1 , I . .

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A portuon of the curruculum for every chemustry student us learnung proper labora tory technuques Here Lous Kullough and Duck Noe show how phosphorus reacts un the presence of water Accordung to popular speech scuence us used to mean ordered knowledge concernung the thungs whuch occur un nature General scuence a comprehensuve course us taught to the lunuor hugh school students It guves the students a background un scuence and prepares unterested ones for specualuzed courses whuch they may study later In the senuor hugh school buology chemustry and physucs are taught Buology us the study of the cond: tuons of lufe and luvung beungs On the other hand chemustry us that scuence whuch deals wuth the corn f N posutuon of matter and the changes ut undergoes Physucs us exclusuvely the relatuon of matter to energy and the laws governung thus phenomena These scu ences are all very useful to the unduvudual and extend to nearly everythung connected wuth dauly lufe They affect food clothung housung ventulatuon lughtung and many of the convenuences wuth whuch the modern home us equupped ln some umportant way scuence unfluences almost every operatuon un connectuon wuth the farm factory store or busuness offuce I2 ln buology class Sandy Phullups dus sects a crayfush a portuon of whuch wull be examuned under the mucro scope g',,Fv I u u N V f I I , , I I I I I , . . I I ' I I ' ,