Merchantville High School - Record Yearbook (Merchantville, NJ)

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EDWARD E. CRAMER B.S.C., B,S,, Temple UniversiTy FREDERICK DIPPEL, JR. B.Ed., Rider College: M.Ed., Temple Universify HILMAN H. HARKER 3-ACCTS-. B-Edu Rider College: M-Ed-V Rufgefs Universify. CATHERINE C. HlGGlNS B.S., M.Ed., Temple UniversiTy 8'1- Among The sTudenTs of our school are some who Tind The business world aTTracTive, and who plan To enTer ThaT Tield upon compleTion ol Their high school worlc. For These young men and women The commercial course is provided. Since business acTiviTies are so varied, iT is necessary To divide The commercial course inTo' Two secTions: The secreTarial ond The pracTical business. The secreTarial worlc, wiTh iTs emphasis on shorThand, TypewriTing, and allied oTTice duTies, prepares sTudenTs Tor sTenogrophic posiTions im- mediaTely upon groduaTion Tram high school. The pracTical business course is chosen by The business world aspiranTs who preTer bookkeeping or general clerical duTies. These picTures oT Miss T-liggins's oTlice prac- Tice class show us some OT The Tine Training our commercial sTudenTs receive as cz preparaTion Tor earning Their living in The business world. lT is The aim aT The commercial deparTmenT ThaT Their graduoTes serve socieTy by worlcing as TaiThTully and as inTelligenTly as possible.

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'rs r QP . . lA ISUABES The nexf class Thai we visif is Mrs. Penrz's Spanish class. We find fhe sludenfs in fhe midsf of a conversafion on fhe rnysfery slory, Noche Oscura en Limo. Conversarion, as we lcnow, is a fypical acfivify in fhe language classes of our school. Before we can converse wirh ease in French and Spanish, however, or read wifh appreciafion fhe grear Roman aufhors, we musf spend many an hour in learning fhe devious ways of irregular verbs. We musl sfruggle wifh word order and pronunciarion. A+ lhe end of fhe language road, lo be sure, we find grear rewards. We begin 'ro ap- preciafe 'rhe cullure of ofher races and fo see fhai fhey have conlribufed much 'rhaf is useful and beaufiful 'ro 'rhe world. We discover 'fha'r our hard-won knowledge of ofher peoples and +heir lirerarures will be a source of consfanl' pleasure and inferesf 'ro us for lhe resr of our lives. MARIE R. PENTZ B.A., Universify of Pennsylvania fa. 1 . .l, kd ii -1' J W -s is i s asmlcs HEDRICK B.A., Ursinus College M.A., Universify of Pennsylvania ' MARY HEIM K B.S., Universify of Pennsylvania ELIZABETH B. JOHNSON A.B., Monfclair Sfaie Teachers College: M.E., Universiiy of Ver- ' monf

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PHYSIIIM HIUCAIIU 'li MARY A. RICE B.S., Trenfon Slafe Teachers Col- lege: M.Ed., Temple Universify Thus for in our day or Merchanlville High School we have affended only classes which have slressed menfal aclivify. Now we come fo our physical educafion classes, where 'rhe emphasis is upon physical aclivily. The girls' physical educalion deparlmenl provides a broad program of curricular, infra-mural, and varsify worlc. All girls lake parf in a regular schedule which includes indoor and oufdoor +eam sporls, individual sporls, group games, dancing, and gymnaslics. HORACE W. LEITH, JR. B.S. Wed Chesfer Sfaie Teach- ers College RONALD L. LONG 1 B.S., llhaca College 4 I if axlsgx The boys also enioy a generous program of gymnaslics and sporls. As we loolc of 'rhese piclures of our physical educalion classes, we are reminded of lhe physical skills and sound health habifs 'lhal we have learned in lhern. We remember, loo, lhal in lhis worlc we have been laughl cooperalion and a general apprecialion ol lead- ership.