Greensburg High School - Brown and White Yearbook (Greensburg, PA)

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lor tinilorms. No one knows what the future will hring1 hut, lor the present. we work. plav. and are thanklul lor what we have. ln our work we are led hy the laeultv. who lrom time immemorial have hewildered lowlv lreshmen and lordly seniors alike with questions that make strong men weep and would even cause Gerard Darrow considerahle mental anguish, The lacultv possess qualities combining Doctor an armv top sergeant. and any of those motherlv characters who ahound in radio soap dramas. These qualities are necessary. for the faculty. hless em. are the haekhone ol the school. The trend ol current events has given considerable importance to history classes, where students are tossed ahout like mental loothalls in the whirlpool of past. present, and luttire events. l-'rom the Greek phalanx to the Naxi panzer division. from the first crude war canoe to the modern hattleship. the pendulum ol history swings hack and lorth with hew ildering speed Beggars and kings pass in review in a never-ending stream. 'liogaed Romans mingle with men in modern khaki and gray, woven together in the lascinating tapestrv ol' history. lt is only a short ment' jump from history to Shakespeare. who has heen in his grave lor lo these manv vear' it who still lingers on in linglish classes. Students still recite choice hits ol' the old s eris works with Barrymore-like fervor. When not engaged in perusing the writin ol' t immortal hard. students Gnd diversion in grammar studv. dehating. theme wi' g. and the works ol authors from Hemingway' to Chaucer. ln their varied topics 'ervone finds something to match his interests. Third row: McFarland. Keener, Highberger, Grubbs, Porter, McCormick, Kuhns, Wesbcrher. Second row: Barnhart. Shields, Wirsing, Chase, Herr, Barron, Sloan, Benson, Day. l-irst row: Douglass, Brunelli, Davis, Nieewonger, Stewart, Null, Stahle, Walthour, Landis. l7

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1 1- l I 7 . . . j WITH a desire to spend the weekend in Havana, but without the neces- FX Q sary cash, the next best thing is to take Spanish from Miss Barron. TA All the proper Latin background is provided and it's even rumored that free conga lessons are included in the course, This rumor hasn't been verified, but its at least certain that you're taught the language so that if you're south of the border you can sigh, I-Trenesi ! with the proper accent. The current popularity of Latin American rhythms, styles, and people makes Spanish the style in languages, and its reintroduction into the school has proved to be a popular step. French, German, and Latin students study the culture and traditions of France and Germany and ancient Rome and are surprised at the close connection between these languages and our own. Whether interested in things animal, vegetable, or mineral, the scientific-minded student is taken care of by C-.H.S.'s science department. Potential chemists may get their fill of test tubes and formulas, while physicists ponder over positrons, electrons, and neutrons, and biology students explore plant and animal life with eager zest. The mysteries of mathematics are explored by budding mathematicians, armed with slide rule and compass. Brows wrinkle over the intricacies of plane and solid geometry, algebra, and trigonometry. Here students learn to think clearly and logically, they must, to understand the maze of x's, y's, and z's. One department of our school aims to educate for business. Here, future salesmen learn how to sell an icebox to an Eskimo and red flannels to a Saharan. Typing is taught the hard way, with the hunt and peck system absolutely tabooed. It's tough, but it works. Those learning shorthand find that a surprising number of ideas can be expressed in a short space. And figures that once jumped all over the ledger are made to sit up and say uncle in bookkeeping classes. Yes, the little red schoolhouse is gone and a big white schoolhouse has come to take its place. The varied subjects of the modern high school may cause a little more work than in days of yore, but when the dances, assemblies, and other activities of the modern school are considered, there are probably not many of us who want to return to the dreary routine of the three R's. I9