Harwich High School - Soundings Yearbook (Harwich, MA)

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iome of the basic materials used by the Gen ral Psychology class. New Classes Draw Active In terest. This year, upper classmen at Harwich High School are being given the opportunity to learn about their mind and body. It is a known fact that the mind and body work- together; the health of one depends on the health of the other. Seniors can further their understanding of this concept in two new courses offered this year for the first time. The Psychology class, a course offered last year, is a semester course taught by Mr. David Atwood. He feels that there is a definite awareness of individuals at various aspects of human behavior previously unthought about. Through books like WALDEN TWO, THE HIDDEN PERSUADERS, and THE SANE SOCIETY, the students discuss many different ideas about life. There are also lecture periods, covering topics such as learning and conditioning, neuroses, suicide, and depression. Mr. Atwood feels, though, that his class has a long way to go. Starting with nothing more than a few paperbacks and his own notes, he is gradually building his program with the addition of new textbooks this year, and hopes for more materials in the years to come. It ' s going to take awhile to get the materials; films, guest speakers, trips. It may be a year or so before it comes out the way I’d like it, according to Mr. Atwood. He feels that his course is definitely a learning experience for himself, as well as his students. Mr.. Atwood. A learning experience for the,teacher as well as the. $tt 24 FACULTY

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MR. PAUL MANGEUNKX American History From an old African proverb, Do not insult the crocodile ' s mouth until you have crossed the river. ” MR. CARL OLSON English Literature, Speech Go over the bridge and don’t come back for a year. ” MR. ROBERT McBRIDE Typing, Business ’ ' Never step on a Cape Cod¬ der ' s toe because the scream is heard all over the Cape. ’ ’ MR. SALVATORE PICCOLO Music ’’More music and less talk will help make a better world. Don’t talk about doing things - DO THEM! MRS. MARY McGRATH Physical Education ’’Working hard never hurt anyone MISS CHERYL POORE Physical Education ”A person is in bondage to whatever he cannot part with that is less than himself. MR. DANIEL O’LEARY American History Do the best at whatever you do. 4 FACULTY 23

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Mr. Ellis. I am extremely excited and enthusiastic about the course o takes part in a lab exercise on blood. Human behavior is comprised of physiological and psychological reactions. These psychological reactions have physiological bases. This is how the body and mind work together. So much is unknown about the human body, but what is known is taught in the Anatomy-Physiology class. This course is especially helpful for those students interested in the Allied Health Fields and Physical Education. Taught by Mr. Gilbert Ellis, the course covers the physiological mechanisms of the major human organ systems and in laboratory exercises investigate the organs themselves (dissection). The dissections include those of the frog, the so-called ’’super rats, the pig, and various organs of the sheep. By comparing the anatomy of these animals the students learn more about their own body systems. So far this year there has already been one field trip; Mr. Ellis took the students to the Woods Hole Oceanographical Institute to learn more about nerve impulses. The trip was quite an experience; we got a chance to see how physiologists work. At the Institute, the students were given the opportunity to work the electron microscrope, an opportunity not too easy to come by. The trip was a learning experience, a step in the right direction for Mr. Ellis’s new course. I am extremely excited and enthusiastic about the course, replies Mr. Ellis, ... and to date the students are cooperative and enthusiastic, also. jdwpwh FACULTY 25