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

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Gym Teachers Miss GAULTINL5 CULLER, Medina, Ohio, graduated from Kent with a B.S. degree, and did graduate work at Penn- sylvania State and Edinboro College. She taught at Spencer, Ohio, before coming to Hickory six years ago, and now teaches physical education, health and advises the Girls' Athletic Association. Miss Culler advises the varsity and junior varsity cheerleaders, and helps set up the football and basketball pep assem- blies. MR. KEITH STONER, Farrell, graduated from Slippery Rock State Teachers Col- lege with a B.S. degree and did graduate work at the University of Pittsburgh. He has been at Hickory for five years, and teaches health and physical education. Mr. Stoner is on the committee of sen- ior advisers and can usually be found in 24 the ticket office, in the lobby, selling basketball and football pre-game tickets. He is assistant football coach and after this year is resigning as varsity basketball coach. The health and physical education program requires two forty minute gym- nastic classes and one forty minute hy- giene class per student a week. A combination of football and basket- ball called HMiami Murder is popular in the boys gym class since anything goes. Outside games of softball, soccer and forward pass fill the schedule while during the cold months they have relay races, calisthenics and basketball. Outside activities for girls are softball, soccer and calisthenics. During the win- ter they are volleyball, badminton, kick- pin, baseball, tumbling and relay races.

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Art lnstruclor Since receiving room sixteen as a per- manent art room, concentration has been more this year on class, work, projects and expansion. The new equipment including metal chairs, long large tables and new paint materials add to the cheerfulness of the art room. MRS. VIRGINIA LAKE, West Middlesex, received a B.S. degree in art from Edin- boro State Teachers College, and just recently received her Masters of Science from Westminster College. She also did graduate work at the University of Pitts- burgh. Before coming to Hickory four years ago, she taught in Youngsville and Warren County. Mrs. Lake is adviser and teacher of the junior high school and high school art classes. She is in charge of bulletin boards and grade schools of our Township as well. , High school students are offered art as an elective subject for one period a day. This class consists mostly of seniors. These students have done excellent work in helping to advertise, by means of posters for school activities as junior and senior plays, basketball games, choral and instrumental concerts and dances. In grades seven through nine, one forty-five minute class is required for each student per week. These classes con- sist of sketching, the use of text books, figure drawing, transportation and line drawing, poster work, soap carving and puppetry. The high school elective course con- sists of designing, figure drawing, letter- ing, cartooning, linoleum block printing, contour study, and advertising by means of posters and show window designs. The high school class annually makes a trip to Youngstown to see the Butler Art Institute and to the New Year's Show. This they did in one afternoon. The National Scholastic Exhibit at Carnegie Institute is another important art show in Pittsburgh which the group has plans to visit annually. Other points of artistic interest in Pittsburgh are visited at the same time, followed by a gay evening. In the fall they enjoyed working out- doors and at Buhl Park for sketching. 23

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Commercial Department The Commercial Department teaches typing, business arithmetic, shorthand, office practice, business English, business law and bookkeeping. MRS. MARY MCJORE, 30 Covert Ave- nue, Sharpsville, teaches shorthand, busi- ness English, office practice and business law. She received a B.S. degree in com- merce from Grove City College, did grad- uate work at the University of Pitts- burgh, and has been at Hickory for eight years. Every year Mrs. Moore, head of the Commercial Department, places many reliable commercial girls, who have been efficient in their work, in jobs, that may turn out to be a great career for them. Miss FRANCES ADAMS, I2 College Ave- nue, Greenville, graduated from Grove City College with a B.S. degree in com- merce. She has been at Hickory for ten years and teaches business arithmetic, typing, bookkeeping, business English and spelling. It is a familiar sight to see Miss Adams checking money in her homeroom to take to the bank for clubs, organizations, the journalism department and the jun- ior and senior class. Miss JEAN MOORE, 908 George Street, Sharon, graduated from Thiel College last year with a Bachelor of Science de- gree in Economics. She teaches first year typing, general business and is senior Tri-Hi-Y adviser. The elective commercial course is open to all girls interested in using the required hard earned knowledge. Credit is given when they help organizations in the school such as the tax office, journal- ism students, and in office work. 25