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

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Mathematics Because a knowledge of mathematics has practical value for everyone, phases of this subject are available to every student in Downingtown High School. Through classes in arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and the new math, the Mathematics Department meets the needs of every student. THIS MUST BE THE CORRECT ANSWER, Larry and John tell Richard Business Education Our well-equipped Business Department trains students for positions in the various fields of the business world. Modern equipment helps them to become efficient in the specialized jobs which will be available to them. The Commercial Curriculum includes bookkeeping, shorthand, typing, clerical or office practice, economics and law, retail selling, business mathematics, and advanced business. 2+2 = 4! NANCY BUSBY, BARBARA AMMON, KRISTINE MENTO find the answer easily with adding machines. 18 KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE BOOK, NOT ON THE KEYS.

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Art In addition to its regular criteria, the Art Department offers courses in art crafts and in fine arts. The art crafts curriculum includes ceramics, wood carving, graphics and a variety of other crafts. The fine arts curriculum includes water coloring, portrait painting, figure drawing and art appreciation. Music FUTURE PICASSOS! Bill Inslee seems lo enjoy Dave Mahoney's work. The Music Department, which consists of both instrumental and choral groups, offers training for those students with musical talents which they wish to develop and also provides an Appreciation of Music course. Both vocal and instrumental areas are elective and give credit toward graduation. The marching band, with majorettes and color guard, performs for football games and in parades. The concert band gives Christmas and spring concerts. The Whippetonians play for special school functions and dances. The choral groups are Mixed Choir, and the Girls' Chorus. Although these groups assist at school and community affairs, their major presentations are a Christmas cantata and a spring concert.

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Home Economics JUST THE WAY MOTHER WOULD DO IT. Sharon, Dolores, Elise, and Vera prepare a meal for important guests. Home Economics develops the homemaking skills and the knowledge necessary for family living. The areas covered in the program are cooking, sewing, child care, health, and housing. The goal of this department is to strengthen relations within the family group, the community, and ultimately the world. Agriculture The Vocational Agriculture Curriculum consists of instruction in the classroom, work in the shop, and supervision of farming projects. This department is designed to help interested boys to gain proficiency in modern scientific methods of agriculture, to develop skill in the repair of farm equipment, and to acquire the knowledge necessary for vocations in the agriculture field. THIS IS THE WAY TO START IT. Mr. Klinger advises Robert Floor as the Class observes.