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

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In pub! C speaking clas , Verne Kiingensmith and Tom Mar- einko put the finishing touches on their miniature stage equipment Besides an appreciation of the dramatic World. Shakespeare and one-act plays, they covered rec- cnt Broadway productions by giving oral reports on Friday and took notes on other students' rc'- vicws. Juniors, under Mr. H. D. Benford, learned concisaness through prec se writing. Their study ol' s'iort stories included analysis of themes and plots. At the end of the unit each student wrote his own short story, developing the style which had proved most. adaptable. Writing letters to their friends in t sophomore trade students. under the supervision Mi M F Rizzo learned the importance of of '. . .. , , correct English in common everyday practices. he armed forces, freshman and They also came to appreciate the necessity for clcar, accurate expressions in the shop or indus- try which they hope to achieve. By the time they became seniors, students no longer feared oral work but found themselves willing to say what they thought under the guid- ance of Miss Martha Osborne and Mr. M. C. Aside from the regular study curri- culum, member of Miss Lindner's soph- omore English classes enact scenes from Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew in assembly. Dovey. They composed orations and spent much time learning to deliver them with the proper enunciation and inflection. Thursday nights found them racking their hrains for a suitable theme due every Friday. At every opportunity , they used a word from the daily board vocabulary and thus enlarged and varied their conversation. Most fun of all was expressing their opinions in Friday oral discussion concerning what they would do with a million dollars or what they thought was true. The seniors also found oppor- tunity for essay writing on American heritage and strength. Four years of Eng is stic credits, but also fond l' h left the students With, not only four schola memories of such classics as t'Silas Marnerf' 'IA Tale of Two Cities, and The Crisfsf' Speaking and writing no longer proved a barrier to them, and they looked ahead with poise, confidence and faith in t.heir knowledge which no war could take away from them. llll

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Cuitivates The Individual Personality In English Classroom Discussions I Whether the work facing them was a classic, a book report, an oral report or grammar review, students, devoting one period each day to English, soon realized that t.his subject was the backbone for all fields of study. Besides this delinite work, classes were filled with the variety that comes of individual projects and originality. Freshmen entering Miss Irene Mertz' classes found their Hrst job was a thor- ough review of the fundamentals of grammar, while those working under Mrs. Gladys Rhoads found development in fluent conversation was a pre-requisite for advanced training. Miss Mertz also taught them to speak before the class with as little fear as possible. The sophomores enjoyed the privilege of tell- ing their English teachers deep, dark secrets of their life in an autobiography required of every- one. Miss Mabel Lindner featured dramatization of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew by her classes, and some sophomores made their debut before assembly in the sketch, hardly realizing it was a part of their English training. Miss Lindner's interest in poetry led her to have stud- ents read and interpret all types of poetry as well as compose original ones. Among other things, the sophomores in Miss Adeline Reeping's class of trade boys learned the principles of letter- writing. With 'tFriends, Romans, Countrymenf' the juniors in Mrs. Katherine Rise's classes gained , Mr. H. D. Benford Mr. M. C. Dovey Miss Mabel Lindner Miss lrene Mertz Miss Martha Osborne Nlr. M, E. Rizzo Mrs. Katherine Rise Mrs. Gladys Rhoads 10 Looking up reference material for their subjects, students spend much valuable time in the high school library.

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Developed In Science Ancl Industry Among all subjects studied, the student soon discovered that the tl'Zillll11g he received in sci- ence and industry gave him the practical knowl- edge necessaiy to better fit him to take his place in the national defense effort. Dashing to and fro in the fourth floor halls the freshman timidly tiptoed into room 208, where he saw unfolding before his eyes the won- ders of the world of science, under the direction of Mr. George Lee. Little by little he absorbed the intricacies of the steam engine and the secrets of molecules. The freshman through his study of general science, laid the foundation upon which he built throughout his entire career in high school science studies. Studying the relation of biology to national defense, the sophomore, under the direction of Miss Virginia Daniels, built upon his science foundation. Aerobiology, the study of the rela- tion of insects and aircraft, and the transmis- sion of diseases by airplanes, occupied the stud- ent's time when he was not working on his indoor victory garden. Biology aided the student in his study as it taught precision and provided an un- derstanding of the structure and function of all living things. Continuing his course in the scientific field, the junior entered chemistry class. Under the Cn a lathe in the wood shop. Stephen Pevarnick adds the fin. ishing touches to another pre- cision job. ' Mr. Frederick Halsall Mr. G. G. Hornung A Mr. R. W. Lambert INDUSTRY H. G. Knier C. H. Thompson J. W. Titus -W I direction of Mr. Ralph D. Manon, molecular mo- tion and diffusion of gases soon became part of each scientist's vocabulary. Exploits in the lab with fizzing and bubbling mixtures found several overly enthusiastic experimenters surveying dap- pled shirts and ventilated footgear when they in- judiciously set out concocting a compound of their own. The upperclassman had other science courses as well. Aeronautics, introduced this year, en- abled him to gain the fundamentals of pre-flight training to better prepare himself for existence in an air-minded age. Physics, also under the sup- ervision of Miss Catherine Netzlof, provided an insight into physical laws governing all the nat- ural processes. For the industrial student, actual shop work does not begin until the sophomore year. Fresh- man training was under the guidance of Mr. George Hornung at the Fourth Ward School where the student began his basic preparation in woodworking, sheet. metal and electricity. Sopho- mores began the drawing courses under the sup- ervision of Mr. John W. Titus and lVIr. Fred Hal- fall. In drafting class the students prepared to take a place in the architectural or mechanical engineering fields. Their actual work consisted of designing the projects carried out in the shops.