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

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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.

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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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athematies Department Beginning in junior high school, stu- dents apply their knowledge of numer- ical eomputation, obtained by their study of arithmetic the previous six years, to mathematics. The practical, everyday applications of mathematics are empha- sized, including measurements, percent- age, banking, investments, insurance, taxes, and graphs, while geometry and algebra are taught moderately. Although mathematics is not compul- sory in senior high school, students are advised to obtain skill and knowledge in it, because it is essential to everyday life. Senior high students desiring to take a mathematics course concerning routine problems of life may choose among gen- eral mathematics, consumer's mathe- matics, and vocational agricultural mathematics which discusses typical problems of farming. Students wishing to venture into ad- vanced mathematics may elect algebra I and Il, plane geometry, and solid geo- metry and trigonometry offered in one semester. Most colleges have some form of advanced mathematics as an entrance requirement. Technically, mathematics is the sci- ence of numbers and space, but funda- mentally, it is the foundation of know- ledge. MRS. MARY ciARRE'l l', West Middlesex Heights, graduated from Westminster College with a B.S. degree and has taught at Transfer, Brookfield, and Farrell. At Hickory for five years. she teaches junior high mathematics. MRS. VIRGINIA SNYDER, Sharon-Mercer Road, teaches trigonometry, solid and plane geometry, algebra, and general mathematics. She has been at Hickory six years after earning a B.A. degree and doing graduate work at Westminster Col- lege. MR. DICKSON STEWART, R.D. 2 Sharps- ville, received his B.S. degree from Thiel College and a Masters in Education from the University of Pittsburgh. Besides be- ing Hi-Y adviser and baseball coach, he teaches physics, algebra, applied science, and general mathematics, and has been at Hickory four years. 27