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

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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

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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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Vocational Teachers The vocational agriculture department is a three year elective course for boys wishing to study further the social, phys- ical and economical factors which make for a satisfactory farm life. MR. LAcY ENTERLIN1-1, Jamestown, graduated from Pennsylvania State Col- lege with a B.S. degree. He has taught at Hickory for eight years and teaches voca- tional agriculture and advises the F.F.A. The course includes the study of vege- table growing, crop and orchard manage- ment, soil conservation and phases of animal husbandry as judging selection, feeding, housing and breeding. Annually, in April, the F.F.A. club goes to the mid-western district round-up at Slippery Rock. Events they see and take part in are contests for field crops, poultry, live stock, farm mechanism, and public speaking. In june they go to Pennsylvania State College and participate in the same chain of events which is put on a higher scale. 26 In the fall many of the boys are judges in the Mercer and Stoneboro fairs. MR. CHARLES MANGUS, East State Street, received a B.S. degree from Cali- fornia State Teachers College and did graduate work at the University of Pitts- burgh. He teaches shop and this is his third year at Hickory. This course consists of woodworking and mechanical drawing. Correct usage of high powered mechanical and hand tools are stressed in the woodworking de- partment. Wood is studied in reference to the type, suitability, economy, texture, color, weight, grain, resistance to weather conditions and the ease of working. Mechanical drawing includes princi- pals of orthographic and isometric pro- jection. Advancement includes elemen- tary machine drafting, development of work intersections, and problems of sheet metal work. Still further advancement includes simple planning of houses.