Merchantville High School - Record Yearbook (Merchantville, NJ)

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5,-R EDUCATIO 5VIathematics lnlo This progressive world our school rnusl send people who are bolh visionary and prac- 'rical-rnen and women who can bofh dream and build. Therefore, in classes lilce This one of Mr. Elders, our sfudenfs learn malhernalics, for This is one of The lwo greal building bloclcs of man. Furlherrnore, if is The only exacl science 'rhal we have. When our sludenls enler a class in business arilhmeric or general mafhernafics, almosl every- one realizes lhe praclical value of The worlc. Thai olher branches of malhernalics have real ulilifarian value is a Tacl lhal is ollen overloolced, however. For insfance, lrigonomelry is abso- lufely essenlial ro fhe science of consrruclion. S xxx , ., 4 X TN , ' x X!-'T iL.---uif - NEWTON B. MacNlCHOLL Class of '36. il: In fact all of rnalhernafics is a fool subiecl in engineering. Wifh This inslrurnenl in The-ir hands, Then, our sludenls go Torrh lo build in a rnalerial way a more secure and comlorfable world for all of us. HARRY E. CRESSMAN B.S., Muhlenberg College. ROBERT D. ELDER B.S., Trenion S+a+e Teachers College: Ll.B., Souih Jersey Law School. JOHN W. PARTRIDGE B.S., Bloomsburg Sfafe Teachers College. BERNICE B. HEDRICK A.B., Ursinus College, M.A., Universiiy of Pennsylvania. IVR ETVWA 'J 12 .ffl . 'Vis ibn., 22 2

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THAT WE MAY ADVANCE 44. in, ,s 'ff' 'if . is- ,.- he '95, Science Science presenls lo mankind one of lhe besl lools wilh which lo build a progressive world. - For lhis reason, modern educalion gives science an imporlanl place in our schools. The biological sciences, for inslance, open up almosl unlimiled oppor- lunilies for improving lhe lol ol lhe human race. Our biologisls have given us germicides and anliseplics, new varielies of planls, and beller breeds of callleg lhey are working ceaselessly upon new discoveries in medical science, genelics, and behavior psychology. Physics is anolher imporlanl branch ol science. Mr. Cressman's sludenls, working busily in lhe physics laboralory, are sludying a subiecl lhal is The basis ol all engineering. We have menlioned only a lew ol lhe services 'rhal scienlisls are con- slanlly rendering lo us. ll' is good lo know lhal in lhis school lhe sludenls are being given basic lraining for work in lhe vasl scienlific fields which possess almosl overwhelming possibililies of enriching human lives. MARTIN A. POCIUS B.S., Bucknell Universily. HARRY E. CRESSMAN B.S., Muhlenberg College. HOWARD A. KEMMERER B.S., Pennsylvania Side College. QQQW Q

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D THAT WE MAY E TER ITP ,I MARIE R. PENTZ A.B., Universi+y of Pennsylvania. ELIZABETH B. JOHNSON B.A., Monlclair Sla+e Teachers College: M.E., Universify of Vermont BERNICE B. HEDRICK A.B., Ursinus College: M.A., Universify of Pennsylvania. MARY K. HEIM B.S., Universify of Pennsylvania. I8 ,QQ as My ' f' J .ggi.g,.,,. mtg K - .Q -.. siglld 'fx K Languages 'Too oflen in ihe hislory of mankind, language differences have been a conlribuiing faclor in misunderslandings lhai have led To war. One of 'rhe mosi valuable coniribulions, Jrherefore, Thar our school can malce +o a beHer unde'rs+anding among malions and peoples is The sfudy of foreign languages. The Lafin classes iaughl by Miss Johnson are daily reminded of Jrhe many modern languages, including English, which are derived wholly or in pari from Jrhe speech of lhe Romans. French classes learn lhe iongue of a friendly people who have long shared our ardeni love of democracy. Pupils in Spanish classes become acquainied wilh The language of ihe maiorify of lhe couniries in ihe Weslern Hemisphere. Above and beyond These facis, our sludenis are learning lhai all people have essenlially 'rhe same fears, hopes, laughler, and dreams, even lhough fhey may use a language diliferem' from our own io express 'rheir emolions and ideas. .zo . ,