McDonald High School - Laurel Yearbook (McDonald, PA)

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El Club Pan-Americana El Club Pan-Americana needed two sponsors for the I956-57 year. Mrs. Rosan Campbell, who had the good fortune to enjoy a trip around the world during the second semester, turned over her duties to Mrs. Nancy Bracall. Christmas, with its traditional Spanish customs. gave the club an opportunity for colorful and interest- ing activities. At the Christmas party, a pinata, the Spanish version of the Christmas stocking, was sus- pended from a pole and then broken, releasing the goodies with which it had been filled. The whole school enjoyed the Christmas carols sung in the halls by club members. Needless to add, they were sung in Spanish. The club continued the custom of writing to pen pals in Central and South American countries. Initiation of lirst-year Spanish students took place on Pan-American Day in April. The officers include Ellen Bednar, president: Dale Miller, vice president: William Hyser, secre- tary: Janet Heron, treasurer: Patricia Berry, reporter. 'W ig K aaa. 9. 'X' bf?-

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Future Teachers of America Organize The Future Teachers, a newly-organized club, is made up of sophomores, juniors, and seniors who desire to make teaching their profession. The purpose of the club is to give prospective teachers an idea of what school teaching involves and also to give them some practical experience. The Future Teachers render a definite service by substi- tuting for teachers. After the club received its charter at the begin- ning of the year, it became an organized club in McDonald High School. The members of the club, with lVlr. Plato Anestis as sponsor, started the year by electing Rachel Hughey, president: and Ruth Ann Daniels, vice presi- dent. Other officers elected were Margie Beth Hull, secretary-treasurer, and Mary Beth l-lampson, his- torian. There are seven graduating members in the club this year. Several of them have already been accepted at various colleges, where they will major in the field of education. The student body of Nl. H. S. wishes the Future Teachers of America many more successful years in McDonald High School. FIRST ROW Cleft to rightl - Camellia Toulouse. Ruth Ann Daniels, Mary Ann Rettinger, Isabel Robertson, Mary Ann Siry, Helen Marie Fini, Elizabeth Siry, Mr. Anestis. SECOND ROW - Mary Catherine Rosecrans, Sally Saw- hill, Ellen Bednar, Gloria Hennon, Margie Beth Hull, Judith Nadolny, Carole Montgomery. THIRD ROW - Janet Heron. Anna Marie Sansone. Rachel Hughey, Karen Cobbett, Patricia Berry, Dale Miller. FOURTH ROW - Mary Beth Hampson, Kenneth Hull, William Miller, Thomas Lemon, Michael Meehan, David Rettinger. FIFTH ROW - Meade McKee. William Klimas, Robert Reedy, John Putt, Donald Segui. Wta mw1tMts,

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SEATED lleft to rightb - Miss June Campbell, Robert Lamb, Richard Scott, Jon Sember, Louis Thomassy, Meade McKee, John Putt. STANDING - FIRST ROW Qleft to right? - James Valentour, David Pletincks, John McDowell, Gary Augustine, Irwin Lederstein, Dale Miller, John Nolte, Regis Smith. SECOND ROW - Edward Sawhill, Lee Williams, Victor Mazzocco, John Brenkus, William Wyke, Robert Bastide, Robert Bernhart, Richard Smiarowski, William Spaude, James Geisler, Mr. Benjamin Stasko. The Engineers' Club, a new organization in M. H. S., is composed of sophomores, juniors, and seniors who hold a B average in Mathematics and Science. The sponsors are Miss June Campbell and Mr. Benjamin Stasko. The club was formed to inform students of the l . , , requirements of an engineering course and to acquaint Engl-neers Formed them with all the possible fields in engineering and the opportunities in these fields. The members made a study of professional ethics of engineers and also saw several movies on the various phases of engineering. The club members made a held trip to the Engineering Conference at the Universtiy of Pittsburgh and while at the conference toured the engineering laboratories at Carnegie Institute of Technology. ln March, the club members toured the Engi- neering laboratories at the University of Pittsburgh. The boys made a study of the requirements for taking an engineering course in the various universities in the district. This information was made into a book which was used at the end of the year, in a report given to the ninth-grade students who were eligible to join the club. This report will be an annual project of the club. The officers of the club were: Louis Thomassy, president: Jon Sember, vice president: Richard Scott, secretary-treasurer. The committee that organized the club consisted of these three officers and John Nolte, Robert Bernhart, and Robert Lamb. This committee had equal representation of two seniors, two juniors, and two sophomores.