Greater Latrobe High School - Latrobean Yearbook (Latrobe, PA)

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Qc- 4 . XX J E4 I X l i l i 4 Xgxqf- l l, An oration holds the attention of a junior English class. . . REACHING THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT We Pause For a Bit ot Shakespeare ancl Dickens ' Latrobe Highls English department claims a student for approximately 720 periods during his four year high school career. Of these periods, he may spend 180 in Miss McBride's ireshman class. One busy period in which the hrst year students diagram sentences on the board and review the funda- mentals of grammar is typical of all the rest. The place is a classroom: the time is during one of Mr. Rizzo's sophomore English periods, But what THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Latrobe High School's English faculty discuss possible changes in the course of study. Seated: Miss Osborne, Miss Frable, and Miss lVlcBride. Standing: Miss Lafferty,Mr. Dovey, Mr. Rizzo, and Mr. Benford. Page Fourteen is this? Three boys, draped in coats borrowed for the occasion, are enacting an immortal scene from Shakespeares As You Like Itf' What if they do stumble over the ditlicult lines and the awkward phrases-it looks like a lot of fun. All is duiet in this room except for an occasional rustle of papers, be-- cause Miss Lafferty's sophomores are taking a test. The heading at the top of the yellow sheets on the stu- dents' desks reads 'tMastery Test on 'Silas Marner'f' This is no place for a visitoreso we tiptoe quietly out. Are there any criticisms on that talk, asks the chairman as one of Mr. Dovey's pupils takes his seat. Hands are raised and suggestions are oifered as, one by one, students conclude their oral reports. Future Clays and Calhouns, and perhaps, Huey Longs pour out their views-with Mr. Benford's help-on democ- racy, war, and economics in a period given over to the study of oratory. As Miss Osborne sits down in the back of the room, the chairman announces that the subject of the extem- poraneous talks is the historical background for A Tale of Two Cities. The lirst speaker talks, and the students learn that Dr. Guillotine did not invent the guillotine, he merely suggested it as a humane instru- ment of death. In room 103 Miss Frable concludes the study of Milton's poems when she asks the students for their completed essays concerning the author's life. The latter part of the period is devoted to class discussion on the historical background of Macbeth .

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THERE'S ACTION IN THE GYM Members of the boys' gym class participate in a session of leap frog. Bottom: Trunk developing ex- ercises are the center of attraction in girls' gym classes. HAND PASS CN TO THE GYM To Learn The Rules ot Health ' Physical education in both classroom and gymnasium keeps La- trobe students busy three periods a week. A typical girls' health class finds Miss Donnelly at her desk suggesting new material, asking questions, signing library permits. Several girls bring in interesting articles to read to the class, still others report on books relating to the unit. Informality is the keynote of this class. A period of health under Mr. Snyder means forty minutes of rapid-1 fire questioning and drill for boys. They file into the room, take their places quickly, and begin the lesson. A ten minute review of the previous, week's work . . . general out- line of the new unit . . . habits, attitudes and knowledges . . . an ex- planation of charts . . .and so, the questions fly until the bell rings. Gym, period of physical activity, is hailed by busy students, glad for recreation. Girls, though proverbially slow, slip into blue suits and hurry to the gymnasium. Line up . . . roll call . . . marching . . . skipping . . . tap dancing . . . playing basketball . . . all under the capable leadership of Miss Donnelly. A boys' gym period is a picture of diversiiied activity. In one corner there is a group working out on parallel bars. Some Who are not playing basketball are making good use of the mats. Still others engage in wrestling, boxing, tumbling. The period comes to an end all too soon and there follows a mad dash for the showers. Soap, towels, and combs Hy as the boys hurriedly dress for the next class. It is health examination time, and one by one the pupils lay down their books long enough to have their eyes and ears tested by Dr. Bell and Miss Lenz, the school doctor and his assistant. Can you read the top line? Are the letters clear? Have you had your tonsils removed? and such questions float through the door of the little examination room, where students learn of their physical clehciencies and how to correct or remedy them. It is by these methods . . . health courses, gym classes, examinations . . . that high school students learn the essentials of physical and mental health. ! ALL FOR HEALTHFUL L V I ING Top: Miss Florence Lenz the school nurse. and Dr. W. S. Bell, check high school health records. Bottom: Mr. Snvder and Miss Donnelly discuss plans for a class unit on physical develop- ment. Page Thirteen

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. . WHILE IN THE COMMERCIAL CLASSES We Pick Up Some Fine Points On Business Routine Patrick NicKaV and Betty' Lenz run off copies of a his- tory outline ori the duplicators while other office practice stu- dents complete their assign- ment. Junior business training, spelling and writing, . typing, shorthand, bookkeeping, salesmanship, and oflice practice keep commercial students busy from morning 'till night, from freshman initum , 'till senior exitum. The quaking freshman is put at his ease after a period of junior business training. As soon as he takes his seat, the fun begins. Miss McBride divides the class in half, each pupil chooses a partner, and they take turns demonstrating the use of the telephone and carrying on conversation over imaginary Wires. Miss Hardies' class in typing presents a busy pic-ture of sophomores mastering the keyboard With catchy finger drills. A s f g h j k leover and over again until, as touch typists they enter Miss Al- lisons' junior class for final polishing. Here they also learn shorthand, another step on the commercial lad- der. Drill is the byword for students in this period when Miss Allison Writes new phrases on the board and dictates to give the future stenographers practice. One-two-three-four-use-arm-move - ment, drones Miss Shallenberger to the penmen in her writing class. The Writing lesson complete, the students take sides and indulge in an old-fashion spelling-bee. I am a representative of J. J. Jay SL Company. I should like to sell you . . . and so future salesmen learn the fine art of salesmanship in Miss Wiley's class. A period of bookkeeping begins and Mr. Gaudino makes the familiar assignment . . . Post your journ- als, Under Mr. Stover's direction, seniors taking office practice keep the mimeograph machine in constant ac- tion . . . which probably means a ti-st for some unfor- tunate history or English class. The finished tests and announcements are carried . . down the steps and through the hall'-to the office where Miss Himler and Miss Harman, office secretaries, give them a final check. And so the commercial students wend they way to the top of the ladder to be sent out at the end of their senior year into commercial fields . . . as bookkeepers, stenographers, accountants . . . future business men and business Women of America. Top-Miss Himler answers some corres- pondence of the office while Miss Harman checks the student files. Bottom-Mr. Gaudino and Mr. Stover ex- plain the mimeograph to Miss Shallenberger, Miss Allison, Miss Hardie and Miss Wiley. Page Fifteen