Falconer High School - Falconaire / Corridor Yearbook (Falconer, NY)

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swat Sdaaztm MR. HERBERT TORRINGTON Cortland State Teachers College MR. NICHOLAS FEDORKA East Stroudsburg Teachers College Ithaca College MRS. DOROTHY HACHTEN Brockport Slate Teachers College Because of the increasing importance of the physical fitness of the people of our land, the physical education program is claiming a more definite part of our school curriculum. Students look forward each day to their forty-five minute gym period. This gives the student an opportunity to release his excess energy. Another essential of life is taught through sports, this being the necessity of achieving a healthy personality that only good sportsmanship can give.

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ZW MR. WALTON HUESTIS Fredonia State Teachers College The music department is com- prised of two departments, the in- strumental and vocal branches. Mr. Heglund is the head of the vocal department. Mr. Heglund serves as director of Senior Choir, Ensemble, arid .lunior High Chorus. Also Mr. Heglund instructs seventh and eighth graders in ten week courses in the rudimen-ts of music. MR. GERALD HEGLUND Augustana College Mr. Huestis is the conductor of Senior Band and Orchestra and also the Junior Orchestra. Mr. Huestis holds rehearsals weekly and new music is learned for each concert performance. Mr. Rasmussen is the conductor of Junior High Band which this year is one of the best ever had at Falconer High. Mr. Rasmussen also has grade school teaching assignments. The music department teachers share as the main objective to instill in the minds of their students the love of music. 24 we MR. RALPH RASMUSSON Fredonia State Teachers College

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Our library serves all six years of high school. It is located on the second floor across from the offices of the guidance counselors and the high school principal, and adjoins the high school study hall and senior home room. In size it equals the area of about three standard classrooms, and seats fifty-four students at fourteen tables. During the remodeling program several years ago, the library was enlarged and a conference room and a work room were added. The library currcntly houses about 5800 books and subscribes to 57 periodicals. It maintains quite a complete, up to date reference collection. Use of the library has expanded noticeably during the past few years, with more and more students and classes supplementing their textbooks and enriching their knowledge by research on special topics for reports and term papers. The librarian is aided in her work by a clerical assistant two days a week, and by the volunteer services of the student Library Staff. MISS MARJORIE THOMAS Keuka College flu The Art Department, under the direction of Mrs. Burger, accomplished many projects and creative activities throughout the year. I h C ' n t e eneral Art Course given to seventh and eighth graders, the following are a few projects which have been completed: color mixing designs charcoal and era on sh d' ff I ll , y - a ing o sti life objects, still life drawing, lettering, perspective drawing, papier mache animals, floor plan design of a house, and mosaics. For the Basic Art Classes, the projects were as follows: lettering, poster d .U . . . . . esign, stencil printing, perspective, water color painting and portrait and figure drawing. These were merely a few of the industrious projects undertaken. The Advanced Art courses, from which students may choose their own gg area of endeavor, consisted of ceramics, fashion, advertising and crafts, and if' drawing and oil painting. An added highlight for the Basic and Advanced Art Classes was a trip to Buffalo to visit the Vincent Van Gogh Exhibit at the Albright Knox Art MRS- PATRICIA BURGER Gallery. The students ate their Buffa-l0 Stale Teachers College lunches at Buffalo State Teacher's College and 'chad a wonderful time. This trip seemed to touch off and accentuate a wonderful and instruc- I tive year for all the Art Students. For the first time in the history of Falconer Central School, there are two French teachers. Miss Panameroff teaches first, second and h , t ird year French, which consists of reading, writing history and a general study of the language. Mr. Olson instructs fourth year, which consists of term papers and book reports. MISS KAROLE PANAMEROFF Pennsylvania State University 6