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

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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

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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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Speech Department Speech, taught by Mrs. Sara L. Tarr, is our newest full time department. Organ- ized this year, 'it was opened to sopho- mores, juniors, and seniors with special classes for primary, elementary, and jun- ior high school pupils with speech diffi- culties. Meeting daily, the senior high school classes completed units in speech tech- niques, diacritics, choral speaking, radio and stage dramatics, and interpretation. Throughout the year an average of sixty students worked to eliminate their speech differences individually and in special classes meeting once a week in the primary and elementary grades and twice a week in the junior high school. Realizing that speech is the most im- portant means of communication as well as the body's most difficult mechanical process, the Board of Education equip- ped the speech department with a tape recorder, a four by eight plate glass mir- ror, and a file for keeping individual records. The department also has access to a disc recorder, record players, and an audiometer, and is in the process of 28 building a speech library of reference texts, readings, and plays. Entering the I Speak for Democracy contest, David Snyderwine placed among the first six in the district, winning a radio and a three-day-sight-seeing trip to New York City. Ronnie Seidle and Kenny Shannon were among the outstanding radio an- nouncers supplied by the department for the weekly school broadcasts over WPIC- AM-FM. Mrs. Tarr acted as the school's radio program director. Joann Bentley, Marianne Bintz, Margie Mogor, and Robert Stainbrook merit special men- tion for their work in radio dramatics. The classes enjoyed field trips to West- minster College attending the dress re- hearsal of Shakespeare's Tzuelfllz Nigh! and the annual Speech and Dramatics Institute. In connection with the speech pro- gram two night classes in adult speech education were introduced this year for Township residents. Financed by the Board of Education. the classes met once a week for fifteen sessions.