Kutztown Area High School - Cougar Yearbook (Kutztown, PA)

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FRO G0 TH T0 GRECO Foreign languages provide tile basis for a high school students spirit of international neigiliuoriiness and under- standing. Very often a icnowiecige of a foreign language is essential ii a pupii is to ioecome a specialist in a chosen izieici. By taking advantage of time two-year Latin, German, and Spanish courses which are offered at KAHS, tire stucient acquires a keen insight of time civilization, geography, vocabulary, architecture, and religious and folk beliefs of the various representative nations. Mr. Nevin J. Lucicenbiii fills tile roie of ileaci iinguist. OF CAR AND CAREFULNESS Kutztovvn Area High School, aware of tile tragic number of auto- mobile accidents in recent years, has had a driver education program in its curriculum for five years. Mr. Fieisim- er, head of tile department, teaches the basic requirements of safe and courteous driving. This he accom- plishes Witil visual aids and equip- ment Wi'liCil test the students per- ception, co - orciination, sight, and stability. Practice ciriving in the 1959 Buick gives time pupii supervised ex- perience. The course is compulsory for ali sophomores. Harold L. Fieisiier is our driver education instructor.

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Every pupil at KAHS shouici now now that the room with the history ap on the hack wail, the stains on, the ahie, -and the scars on the ceilings is he science iahoratory. Here almost an he high school students have spent much ime haiancing their chemistry equations. sing Ohm's Law to find some unknown iectricai resistance, or ciissecting poor. nfortunate frogs to finci out what makes hem tick. From this room also come hose ciistressingiy horriioie odors which he school has quickly learned to detest. he pupils who concoct them, however, re certainly learning ahout the worici f science, so for the saice of education. e suffer quietly. Carol Moll and Sarah Ann Fox decide how much weight has ioeen lost while Mr. Stauffer watches with interest. Kutztown is aware of the need for scientific education and gives its pupils an extra opportunity to get that education. Physics classes are heici for three hours each Thursday evening for in- terested pupils. The courses offered during the school clay include ioioiogy, chemistry, and physics. Pupil interest in science fairs is increasing steaciiiy. and several students are planning to attenci the various summer seminars which are being held at nearby colleges and high schools. We can ali he grateful for the opportunities and advantages which the dedicated mernioers of our science faculty have given us. 12 General students, perch- ed on the stools in the chem. lah, use their spare time wisely. I9

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Richard G. Vvetis and Vviitiam S. Moyer comprise the KAHS music faculty. ROM TROMB NES 0 E ORS The Music Department at KAHS has a husy schedule, for its duties include musical instruction for students from grade school age to the senior high school hand and chorus members. Theiacut- ty gives hoth class vocal instruction and semi- private instrumental lessons for pupils below the ninth grade level, While senior high school pupils One of Mr. Wells' duties is to direct the chorus in hi-weekly rehearsals. receive instruction from private teachers. Mr. , V- .A 1 ',,L '11,- Q Moyer conducts both a junior and a senior high :.V p school hand. The other important organization ,t'? AA V i ' i associated with this department is the chorus ' - 'Z1': 1-A:f Z which is ted hy Wir. Wells. EFA 'H . eaf ,'if if eer rr, 4 1'ierr ,-1,erre I 'ftl 24 -,,- it - ' Zaltt 1 Q e The hand emblem sports the ' it ii i' ,rr school motto, Live pure, speak X 'ea r Viv true, right wrong. ' -f V':3 zq, :Qf 21