Derry Area High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Derry, PA)

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,ff t ' FA C V. fp ' 'J . if ltr ULTY MISS ANKNEY MR. BOVARD MR. BUCCI MISS HELEN E. ANKNEY Miss Ankney gezracluated from Derry High School with high honorsg she was also an honor student at Seton Hill, from whence sho was ferradnated in 1936. VVhile she teaches Flnglisll and French, she also takes an avirl interest in extra classroom activi- ties. She alsw proved herself a great. help- mate :luring the production of the Junior Class play, Dying to Live. M R. PATSY BUCCI Pat, as everyone calls him. was gradu- ated from Penn State. He is instructor in four subjects-Biology, Chemistry, Geom- etry and History. He is also athletic coach, and many Derry victories were under his banner. Since he formerly taught at Derry Township High School, he is very popular at both schools. MR. HAROLD D. BOVARD. Mr. Hovard, unlike any of the other teachers, was graduated from Grove City. Ile is instructor in two subjects, History and General Science. Scene from Miss Cos- grove's Typing Class. THE 1937 DERRIAN .1- I lOl

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THE 1937 DERRIAN -,. .. . ...., SUPERVISING PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL SUPERVISING PRINCIPAL What was written by John Locke in 1692 is just as applicable for the well-being of the boy or girl of 1937,-- A sound mind in a sound body is a short but a full description of a happy state in this world. He who has these two has little more to desire: and he who lacks either will be but little the better for anything else. One's happiness and contentment is, at least in part, of his own making. For many years our schools have been developing and strengthening the minds of our youthg often with but little thought of our responsibility in stimulating and invigorating that temple in which the mind re- sides-the body. One of our future aims must surely be to create a more reasonable balance between these two and to give to each its appropriate place. E. M. MCKELVEY. N If 1 As commencement comes each year to the high schools of our country, turning out an ever increasing number colleges number colleges of graduates, there is a marked trend of the to raise their entrance requirements as the of applications for entrance increases. Many are refusing to admit pupils unless all grades are in the upper two-fifths of their classes, while most of them are refusing to accept any mark as low as D. This means that if pupils expect to go away to college, they must do the type of work which will give them the proper grade. There are few high school students who have enough time to do all their studying during school hours. It is well to establish regular hours at home during the first week of school and then continue them regularly. WILLIAM H. LANDIS. PRINCIPAL MR. LANDIS rep

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THE 1937 DERRIAN J FACULTY ies K, is C5 MISS COSGROVE MISS KIST MISS NESSLER MISS NORMA COSGROVE. MISS MARY ANN REGINA KIST. Miss Cosgrove, coininerciul teacher for Derry High School, was graduated from Pitt University. In addition to her school work, Miss Cosgrove. with several other tent-hers, coaelied various girls basketball tennis. She also helped direct the Junior Class pluy, Dying to Live. Miss Cosgrove is fast lmeconiing one of Derry's most pop- ular teacliei's. Miss Kist, a gratlnzite of Penn State, is flfrite artive in Derry High School. Be- sides teaching English and History, she has Charge of the school library. During Mart-h and April, she directed the enjoy- able Senior Class play, Laugh Clown. Noted for her ready wit, she is one of the liriglitest spots in the High school. MISS MARY MARGARET NESSLER. Miss Nessler. an honor student of Derry Rn'on,Q:,i and Seton Hill, teaches two foreign liniguuges, Latin and French. She is espeeially popular with the girls of Derry High School. Librarians busily engaged in searchinq out facts. C117