Fox Chapel High School - Renard Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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MISS MARY IDA BURNITE MR. HARROLD D. WHITE A.B. Wittenburg Collegeg M.Ed. B.A. Penn State Universityg M.Ed. University of Pittsburg. Teaches: University of Pittsburgh. Teaches: English, A.P. English. Advises: English. Advises: National Honor A.F.S. Committee. Senior English Society. Junior English Chairman. Chairman. ' MR. JOHN TICHON MRS. GLORIA LUCEY B.S. Duquesne University. Teach- B,S, Slippery Rock College. Teach- es: English. Advises: Folk Club. egg English, Advises: Future Coaches: Baseball Team, Freshman Teachers of America. Freshman Basketball. Sophomore English English Chairman, Chairman. Speech II students learn to listen for a change. No, Mr. White, I do not want to buy stationery. Eight English faculty members lihe to chaperone. Miss Burnite,s favorite recreation is reading murder mysteries, and her favorite time of day--midnight. The past color of Mr. White's hair was brown. If Mrs. B. lzad not become a school teacher, slze would have liked to have been the mother of six boys. Mr. Colle would have liked to have been a translator, Mrs. Cox's eyes are blue, gorgeous, deep, and heavily lashed. She also teaches! bridge on W.Q.E.D.-T.V. Mr. Cuyeris favorite sport is swimming. Mrs. Karolis interesting hobby is being a nhappy hornemaltenv Mr. Tichon's favorite in school dish is Hbaked, stuffed, meat loaff, In his spare time, Mr. Benedict writes. Diverse Program . all j MR. MICHAEL BENEDICT P B.S. Duquesne University. Teaches: Eng- r lish. Advises: Future Teachers of Ameri- Q, ca, Junior Class Play. I T

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MISS A. JUNE HALL MR. EDMUND BOYLE B.S., M.Ed. University of Pitts- B,A, University of Pittsburghg burgh. Head Guidance Counselor. M,Ed, Duquesne University, Guid- ance Counselor. Heading the Guidance Department is Miss Hall, the counselor for students whose last names begin with the letters M through R. Mr. Massalsky assists students from A to Eg Mr. Boyle from F to Lg and Mr. Hess from S to Z. The Guidance Department not only advises students on college choices, but it also helps to provide jobs for the vocational- and business-minded students. In fact all students considering a business or vocational career, were offered two or three positions and consequently all have jobs upon graduating. MR. DARREL J. HESS MR. PHILIP MASSALSKY BS- Slippery Rock Colleges MS- B.S. Clarion State Collegeg M.Ed. UHlV9TSilY Of Pllfsbufgll- Guidafwe Indiana University of Pa. Guidance Counselor. Counselor. Another guidance duty is the administration of college entrance and scholarship tests. In February the sophomores are confronted with the National Educational Development Test and the juniors take the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. The results from these tests influence the granting of college scholarships. College Boards and Achievement Tests are administered in December, January, March, and May. Most colleges regard the results of these tests as a third of their admission requirements. no Efficient, Smooth-Running School MRS. VI RITTER MISS OLIVE BROMBACH 'S 5 S 5 5 3 MRS. VIRGINIA VAN PELT Qs' MRS. HELEN GARBODEN

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MRS. SALLY BULLINGTON MR. JOHN COLLE B.A. Bucknell University. Teaches: B.A. St. Vincent College. Teaches: Advanced Composition, Writer's English. Advises: A.F.S. Committee, Seminar. Advises: F ox T ales, Girls' Phoenix. Intramurals. This year, the schoolis largest subject area f nineteen teachersj was headed by four chairmen, one in charge of each class: senior teachers were headed by Miss Burnite, juniors by Mr. White, sophomores by Mr. Tichon, and freshmen by Mrs. Lucey. An accomplishment of last year's Senior English was the intro- duction of an Advanced Placement English course by Miss Burnite, who was responsible for compiling the AP syllabus. This course, taught on a college basis, promotes depth in the understanding of literature and encourages independent research and reading. A student achieving a passing grade on the College Board AP English examination is eligible for advanced standing in colleges that acknowledge the results of the exam. ln January, ,lack Matthews, poet and professor from Ohio University, ap- peared before Senior English, Advanced Composition, and Speech classes. Mr. Matthews read some of his best poetry and talked about the style and purpose of poetry. This lecture, sponsored by the International Poetry Forum, gave students a good insight into how a poet thinks, much of those students, time is spent analyzing poetry and critically inspecting it. n English Requires Four N MR. JOSEPH H. CONNER MRS. JEAN COX w B.A. Catholic University of Ameri- BA. Allegheny Collegeg Edinboro l ca. Teaches: English. Advises: Jun- State Teachers College. Teaches: l ior Class, Renard Business Staff. English. Advises: Bridge Club. P R I S slet -. , - ' H r Z ff s ,, ,,. 1 - , ...,..,. .ivv ss. -,.. . Mrs. Bullington offers tips to future Hemingways. Chairmen MISS PAMELA GRECO B.Sf Emerson College. Teaches Speech. Advises: WFOX, Cheer- leaders, Senior Class Play. MR. CONROY D. GUYER B.S. California State College. Teaches: English. Advises: Drama Club.