Hickory High School - Hickory Nut Yearbook (Hermitage, PA)

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Department Vocational Agriculture is a three year course including annual summer pro- jects. The seniors study farm manage- ment and scale drawing of farms. The juniors pursue animal husbandry em- phasizing hereditary characteristics. The sophomore course offers vegetable grow- ing, crop and orchard management, and soil conservation. Other activities in- clude F.F.A. Week at Pennsylvania State College in June, Forestry School at Slip- pery Rock in july, and veteran's shop classes one night a week during the school year. A two year course, vocational home- making also includes annual summer projects. The juniors study advanced food and nutrition, consumer buying, home management, home nursing, ad- vanced clothing and tailoring, home planning, and furnishings, and vocations allied to homemaking. The sophomore course offers care of equipment, food preparation and preservation, groom- ing, clothing construction and selection, child care, personal and social relation- ship in everyday living. General home- making is taught to junior high school girls one period a day twice a week. Woodworking deals with hand tool and power machine operation with in- struction given in all available tools. The different kinds of wood are studied as well as their suitability and economy with regard to texture, color, weight, grain, resistance to weather conditions and ease of working. Various methods of finishing are stressed. The mechanical drawing consists of problems bringing out the principles of orthographic and isometric projection. As the student advances, elementary machine drafting will be offered, along with development work, intersections, and problems pertaining to sheet metal work. For students interested in archi- tectural drafting there is an opportunity to study and make simple plans of houses. Miss Dorothy Hovis, Superior Street. Grove City, who was graduated with a B.S. degree from Indiana, has taught general and vocational honlelnaking and advised the FHA club at Hickory for four years. Mr. Lacy Enterline, jainestown. teaches vocational agriculture, advises FFA and has taught at Hickory seven years. He was grad- uated froni Pennsylvania State College with a B.S. degree. Mr. Charles Mangus, East State Street, teaches shop for the second year at Hickory. He received a 15.8. degree from California State Teachers College and attended the Uni- versity ol' Pittsburgh. I x I United Natural Gas Company, 47 Vine Ave., Sharon, Pa. 25

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Mrs. Mary Moore, l29 Main Street, Sharps- ville, received a B.S. degree in commerce from Grove City and has done graduate work at the University ol Pittsburgh. She teaches shorthand, typewriting, business English, office practice and business law. Mrs. Moore has been here seven years. Miss Frances Adams, 12 College Avenue, Greenville, teaches business aritlnnetic, typ- ing, bookkeeping, and is the school banker. She was graduated with a 15.5. degree in com- merce from Grove City and has been at Hick- ory nine years. Vocational The Commercial Department offers a business education to all girls inter- ested in preparing to work in an office, as a secretary or a bookkeeper. The course includes f'rst year typing, business arithmetic, shorthand, office practice, business English, business law, and bookkeeping. First year typing teaches the funda- mentals of typing and a knowledge of the keyboard. Business arithmetic gives a basic train- ing for everyday mathematics. Shorthand and office practice go hand in hand, because with these two one gets constant practice in dictation and tran- scription. Business English and business law teach what goes into correct letter writ- ing, and all about the laws pertaining to the business tnan and his legal rights. Journalizing, posting, and balancing are familiar terms to the bookkeeper and work-sheets are sweated out and slaved over to find the correct profit or loss. To be a connnercial student is very hard work. The subjects are hard and need much study for perfection. The subjects are all skilled subjects. The schedule of a commercial student is a full one, but the reward is great. Mrs. Mary Moore, head of the Com- mercial Department, places many girls every year in jobs in which they can be advanced. When a girl finishes her commercial course she hopes to be ready for a job. She has gone through the warming-up exercises, so to speak. Some of these in- clude throwing away the bubble gutn, removing that hair ribbon and bobby socks and keeping her shoes clean. Today she must be a sophisticated young business woman. Broadway Billiards, 737 Broadway St., Farrell, Phone 23601 24 Wolf's Fruit Market, Full Line of Groceries, Fruit Sc Vegetables, Dial 518

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Mr. Paul Currie, Jefferson Avenue, receiv- ed a B.S. degree from Slippery Rock and a Masters in Education from VVestn1inster. He teaches World and American History, is the junior class adviser and has been at Hickory thirteen years. Mr. William Ritter, Farrell, was grad- uated from Slippery Rock with a B.S. degree and received a Masters in Education from the University of Pittsburgh. He teaches civics and American History and has taught at Hick- ory eight years. Mr. Walter MacDonald, Hermitage, at Hickory sixteen years, teaches American His- tory and Problems of Democracy and advises the senior class. Graduated from Westminster College with a B.A. degree, he received a Masters in Education from the University of Pittsburgh. Mr. Jack Gaus, Sharon-Mercer Road, re- ceived his B.S. degree in Physical Education from Slippery Rock. He teaches seventh and eighth grade social science and is junior Var- sity basketball coach. This is his first year at Hickory. History and Required courses for all students the study of the social sciences is of vital importance to society since they teach students to think clearly while stating their own views. P. O. D. emphasizes experiences and ractice in the observation of daily, Eolitical, social, and economic problems. Junior American History includes, Europe's finding America, birth of a nation, young republic, growing pains, businessman's nation, Imperial America, the new deal, World War ll, and eace. Sophomore World History, dealswith the beginnings of civilization, the Mid- dle Ages, the Modern World, struggles for Democracy, growth of Nationalism and the conflicts of the greatest powers. Civics, taught to freshmen, pursues the rights and duties of citizens, forms of government on a local, state, and federal basis, weekly current events and the Constitution. Trips, illustrations, essays, and special projects are included in the courses. Armstrong Grocery Co., Baby Rose Foods, 215 W. State St., Dial 4124 26 Evans Barber Shop, Al Evans-joe Luchette-Joe Conti, Shenango Ave.