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

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Mathematics and Science Challenge Analytical Minds “THINK” IS THE COMMAND OF SUSAN WHITTAKER AS SHE EXPLAINS A PROBLEM IN ALGEBRA II TO BILL POLLOCK, MARY A. SMEDLEY, AND PAT BROWN. At Downingtown High a student has ample opportunity to become acquainted with arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and the new math which is now being introduced. Indeed, every student who leaves our school will have benefited in some way from the Mathematics Department. In senior high the three science courses offered are biology, chemistry, and physics. Biology is required for graduation while chemistry and physics are elective subjects. Although science is essential for students going to college, it is profitable for all students. IN BIOLOGY LAB SANDY DEMATTEO, DICK WATTS, CHARLES TINDER, CHARLES BACKENSTOSE, AND BARBARA HADFIELD STUDY THE HABITS OF BACTERIA. JEAN WATTS, PAUL BACKENSTOSE, CHARLES KUHS, AND GWEN HABECKER ARE MAKING NITRIC ACID.

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Commercial Department Trains for the Business World KNOWING HOW TO OPERATE OFFICE MACHINES IS OF EXTREME IMPORTANCE AS ROBERTA BAER, GAIL FRY, DONNA McELROY, AND LINDA MERCER WELL KNOW. The Business Education Department is designed to develop business skills to a degree of marketable efficiency and occupational competence. It also aids in the development of those personality traits necessary for getting along with others in business and for intelligent participation in personal, family, and community activities. Its many classes include typing, shorthand, bookkeeping, economics and law, advanced business, office practice, clerical practice, retail selling, and business mathematics. Ul TYPING PREPARES STUDENTS FOR FUTURE EMPLOYMENT AND FOR COLLEGE.

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Art and Music Are Both Cultural and Practical A GREAT DEAL OF TIME AND THOUGHT ARE PUT INTO EACH ART PROJECT. Each marking period the students gather around the tables to discuss their projects for the next report period. Each student must choose a different project each marking period, so he will be introduced to the various fields of art which include crafts, pottery, ceramics, printing, and the different mediums of painting: oils, water colors, tempera, chalk, and charcoal. Frequent practices in instrumental sections improve performance. Technique, which is a requirement for each person, is perfected outside regular class time. Practice is necessary for precision, control, and the ability to play in a group. The Music Department offers training for those who have musical talents which they wish to develop and also teaches an appreciation of music. PERFECT RHYTHM?? AT LEAST THIS MUSIC-CONSCIOUS GROUP IS PUTTING FORTH ITS BEST EFFORT.