Kittanning High School - Kit Han Ne Yearbook (Kittanning, PA)

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FACULTY Miss Kennedys Art Class Dol Re! Me! ART Tho Art curriculum covcrs a varied program tor everyone's needs. lunior high students are acquainted with various mediums and begin to develop their own techniques. Appreciation in a't is aroused by developing design, imagination, originality, and color sense. The senior high school program is more varied, For those interested in further developing techniques a general course can bfi selected. New mediums are offered, Vocational Art is required tor Home Economics where art principles in home decoration and dress design are applied. Merchandising Art, which is a Commercial Art applied to store work, is a requisite tor all Distributive Education students. The Art Department is a cc-ntor oi activity for the designing of posters for school events, stage Sm eneries, dance decorations, and program covers. The advanced art classes are taught by Miss Agnes Kennedy, and the junior high school classes are instructed by Mr. Badger. MUSIC The Vocal Department plays 11 large part in helping to create a musical atmosphere in the Nfl V school. From the music classes, where fundamentals of music are studied to the extra-curricular 'X r ' V activities which includes the choruses, music reigns. The department presents each year a Candle, 'I ' Q P light Service at Christmas time, and either an operetta or a minstrel show in the spring. I ,gk In addition to local affairs, the students participate in County, District, and State Choruses. NJ K This year the Kittanning Senior Mixed Chorus was host to the Central-Western District Chorus which was under the leadership of Noble Cain. The vocal students participate in assembly programs, radio broadcasts, programs tor service clubs, and for other organizations who have need of special musical talent. The department tries to prove that music is fun and that anyone can sing. MCCOl'1I1f?ll Meighan - Milliron - r - ' Montgomery Moore Kennedy King Kotyk Kovar Lias Mateer

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lust some of the Physics equipment used in Mr. Baker s class. Miss Titzell's Problems t Democracy class learns about the Free- dom Train. SCIENCE The courses taught in the Science Department are, General Science and pre-Vocational Science in the ninth year, Biology in the tenth year, Chemistry, Physics and Applied Science in the eleventh and twelfth years. The students taking the academic course and majoring in science and mathe- matics are urged to take as many of the science courses as possible. The laboratories in the differ- ent science courses are well equipped, New pieces of apparatus and equipment are being added each year. Recent additions have been chemical balances, small tesla coil, electric eye demonstra- tion apparatus, lucite illuminator, vacuum tube demonstration set, film strip picture machine, airplane motors for exhibition, collection oi biology specimens and cupboards for filing them, and a steel tiling cabinet. The science courses are adequate and arranged to meet the requirements tor college prepara- tory students. Courses are also offered for those students not interested in the technicalities but of a descriptive nature in science. SOCIAL SCIENCE The Social Studies Department of Kittanning High School has one aim of paramount importance -to prepare each student for intelligent citizenship in a changing world. To accomplish this purpose ,a program including courses in Civics, American History, World History, and Problems of Democracy, supplemented each year by current topics, offers an oppor- tunity to a pupil to study the institutions and problems of his social world today. From such a study, he should know better how to live, to face facts, to be tolerant of others, and to relate past events to help solve the problems of contemporary life. Finally, each graduate should be better prepared to assume the duties and responsibilities of citizenship as he goes out from Kittanning High School into the world oi tomorrow. xl a Henry Henshey I. Hepler N, Hepler Hutchison

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Ready to qo! . . May I help you, please. Q. vjsy 2 'J DRIV'ER'S TRAINING For the first time in Kittanniria Hiqh 'School a new course of Driver's Training is beinq offered. The purpose of this course is to prevent traffic accidents and to reduce the deaths caused by teen- aae drivers. In order to meet such a challenge, the srhool has put into the curriculum this Course of Drivers 'I'rainina wherein students may learn the traffic laws, both local and state. They may also practice this knowledge in a dual-control training car qiven to the school by a local dealer. Pauli student is required to take one class of instruction per week and also two training periods sn the car, With the enthusiasm of the students and the interest of the community behind such a pro- qram, it is hoped that Driver's Traininq will certainly fulfill its purposes of making our stree's and hiqhways safer in the future. DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION Our Distributive Edur-ation proqram is a set up to train students to be more efficient salespersons, rrianaaers, and businr-ss owners. The Course provides theory training in the rnorninq at school: and an opportunity to put that theory into practice by actual sellinq in a local store in the afternoon. One out of every eiqht employed people in the United States is enqcrtged in selling, and trained sales people are in great demand by merchants. Three courses provide the trainee with the necessary knowledge: Economics of Distribution, Iob Problems, and Merchandise Information. The school program is set up on a minimum basis ot a tive-day week and a thirty-six week year. The afternoon proqram consists of distributive occu- pational employment for fifteen hours weekly. The trainee thus earns tivo points toward qraduation, as well as a salary for his work. it hlosser Shafer Shatter Shankle Burdette Smith