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

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English Instructors Required subjects of American and English literature, Zillll two year elective courses of journalism, Latin and Spanish are offered in the English and language department. MRs. HELIA FRUIT, Transfer, teaches freshman and sophomore English, and has been at Hickory for six years. She re- ceived a B.A. degree from Pennsylvania State College and did graduate work at Grove City College. MRs. PATRICIA RUNGA, Wheatland-West Middlesex Road, teaches consumers' mathematics and freshman English. She is director of the junior and senior plays, is junior Tri-Hi-Y adviser, and has been at Hickory for three years since she grad- uated from Westminster College with a B.A. degree. MR. MII.FoRn SHIINIER, New Wil- lIllflglOIl, graduated from Westminster College with a BA. degree and did un- der-graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania, Virginia Military Insti- tute. North Carolina State College, West- ern State College of Colorado, aIId is working o1I his Masters at XVCSIIIHIISLCT College. Miss BETTY SINGER, graduated from Thiel College with a B.S. degree and is now residing in Sharon. She teaches sev- enth and eighth grade English. MRs. JANE MILLER, Greenville Road, Mercer, has a B.A. degree from West- minster and has done graduate work at the University of Michigan, Youngs- Lon, and Pennsylvania State Teachers College. Being at Hickory for seventeen years, she teaches senior literature, Span- ish, is Spanish Club adviser and is a II1eIII- ber of the committee of senior advisers. Miss HELEN LOUISE CRAIG, taught in Benezette and Huntington Mills before coming to Hickory last year, and teaches Latin, junior English, and is Latin Club and projector crew adviser. She received a BA. degree from Grove City College and did work at the University of Pitts- burgh. 29

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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.

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Mrs. Esther Riddle has been at Hickory live years. Her duties are helping to clean the rooms and varnishing desks in the summer. Bill Deitz has been at Hick- winter. ory lor seven I tnain jobs are rolling and mowing the lawn in summer and firing the furnace in years. Bill's aintenanee Force The maintenance force at Hickory is comprised of three janitors and two janitresses: Mr. Arthur Orr, Mr. Fred jackson, Mr. Bill Deitz, Mrs. Esther Rid- dle, and Mrs. Myrtle Powell. MR. iAR'l'HUR ORR, R. D. 2, Sharon, heads the maintenance force at Hickory. He has been with us six years supervising maintenance. He also heads maintenance at Maple Drive, Patagonia and Hermit- age Elementary Schools. MR. FRED JACKSON, Fairmont Dr., Sharon, is new at Hickory this year. He is maintenance head at Hermitage Fle- mentary School. He has a variety of jobs, ranging from cleaning the class rooms to firing the boilers. He has one daughter attending Hickory Schools. CNot picturedj Mrs. Myrtle Powell. of night maintenance, has been with us three years. Her duty is to clean the class rooms. 30