Downingtown High School - Our Year Cuckoo Yearbook (Downingtown, PA)

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MRS. SHOWALTER MRS. CUNNINGHAM MRS. WILLIAMS MRS. TECCI MRS. SIGLE MRS. CORTLESSA MR. ESTHEIMER MR. BREHM MR. LUNDQUIST

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MILDRED F. LAIRD Dickinson College, B.A. Temple University, M.Ed. English PAUL A. LEONARD Kutztown State College, B.S. Art LENA S. NELMS Coatesville Hospital, R.N. West Chester State College, B.S. School Nurse MARIAN F. NOLL Pennsylvania State College, B.S. French HELEN B. PARKER Drexel Institute, B.S. Pennsylvania State University, M.S. Home Economics MICHAEL J. REMETZ Bloomsburg State College, B.S. Columbia University, M.S. Science and Mathematics MINDA M. SANDERS Millersville State College, B.S. Drexel Institute of Technology, M.S. Librarian 22 ALMA C. SIMMENDINCER Susquehanna University, B.S. Temple University, M.Ed. Commercial HAROLD A. WENTZEL Millersville State College, B.S. Temple University, M.Ed. Mathematics

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SCIENCE The purposes of the Science Department are as follows: to teach rational thinking which can be carried over to other courses of study; to understand the scientific factors of environment; to apply scientific principles to everyday life; to keep informed of scientific discoveries and how they affect the citizens of the world; to present the sciences as an intellectual and cultural pursuit; to present the sciences as a flexible and useful tool to be used without limit. LANGUAGE In language classes the students learn not only to speak, read and write the language of other nationalities, but also about their customs, country and culture. Studying any language helps to develop an understanding of the aspirations and ideals of the people. The Modem Language Department has a most useful learning tool in its modern R.C.A. laboratory. With this new instrument of learning, pronunciation and inflection can be taught more effectively and efficiently than before. BUSINESS EDUCATION Increased mechanization in business offices has brought about a need for office workers equipped with basic knowledge and understandings of the business world in addition to vocational competence in office skills. The Business Education curriculum has been expanded to include offerings of Typewriting and General Business in the ninth grade; Principles of Economics and Law, Principles of Selling, and Electric Typing in the three-sequence curriculum—Bookkeeping, Secretarial, General Clerical—in the senior high school. Modern facilities, an all-electric typewriting classroom, and new up-to-date office machines will aid business students to prepare adequately for initial positions in the business offices of our area. 24