Lincoln High School - Ellwoodian Yearbook (Ellwood City, PA)

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Seniors listen intently to Mr. Gills' chemical explanations. department aids students through career planning The Guidance Department was an aid to students from Junior High until graduation. As early as seventh grade, Miss Baringer and Mr. Spellman helped students in the preparation of schedules and courses of study. While Mr. Latimer scheduled sopho- mores and prepared them for their first year in Senior High, Miss Craig assisted juniors and seniors. Each year, tests were administered to measure each student's aptitudes, and they were then offered in- formation and interviewed by representa- tives of the armed forces, trade schools, and colleges. Because of the efforts of this department, Lincoln students were well informed about the fields they wished to pursue. William Croissant Carole Dainton Elinore Davis Phyllis DeMark P. William DeVinney Ralph DiCerbo Laurence Flinner Raymond Foley James Fusetti Lou Gatto

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lay reader plan increases writing experrbnces for students The Language Arts Department combined creative writing, vo- cabulary development, and classical and modern literature by giving students the opportunity to take four years of English and a choice of French, Spanish, or Latin. The Lay Reader Program was intro- duced into the English Department to give teachers an opportunity to assign more written work. Mrs. Myers, senior C. P. English teacher, attended the humanities workshop at the National Council of Teach- ers of English Convention. The purpose of this convention was to en- liven the teaching of English. In the freshman year students who wished to increase their understanding of foreign lands and culture elected Latin, Spanish, or French. Latin students studied Cicero and Vergil's Aeneid. Stu- dents in French ll read Around the World in Eighty Days, and the third and fourth year French classes translated The Count of Monte Cristo. Spanish classes presented dramatic skits and gave impromptu speeches which characterized Spanish fiestas and customs. Leona Bobin Ruth Boots Eugene Boschini Paul Burrows E. Jean Calhoun William Canterna Esther Charles 'f , is Herbert Colavincenzo Kathleen Cole Donald Costa Douglas Costa LaRue Craig 22

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sophomores elect physics in accelerated science program Paul Gehm Donald Hairhoger Norma Hawke Laboratory work in the Science Depart- ment helped students associate theory with practical experience in biology, physics, and chemistry. Sophomores who participated ln the accelerated science program were per- mitted to elect physics for the first time this year. Practical science and 'practical chemis- try were offered to senior high students who had completed ninth grade physical science, but these courses included no laboratory ex- perimentation. A vacancy in the Science de- partment which will be difficult to'fill was created by the retirement of Mr. Howard Gills who taught chemistry here for 38 years. Lee Ghere Howard Gills Elwood Hannold William Harley Alta Lee Huff Gloria lonta 24