Meyers High School - Colophon Yearbook (Wilkes Barre, PA)

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LANGUAGES Meyers students are well versed in the language of other nationalities. Through the efforts of the teachers in the language department, the basic fundamentals of French, Spanish, Latin, and German are taught to many of the students who pass through our school. These students are drilled in gramrnarg they begin to enjoy the beauty of the spoken wordg they appreciate classic literature of foreign authors. The students learn not only to appreciate the language they are studying but also the entire culture of the people. Recordings, conversation, reading, songs, and games are employed to enable the student to develop an understanding of the spoken language and an ability to use that language. All of these things have helped the languages play an important part in Meyers' years of progress. The languages learned by the individual student will be quite useful in the years to come. It is becom- ing more and more important for people to be able to communicate with each other, if progress in world peace is to be made. Miss Muu.4M WATKINS Supervisor , LL Mrs. Sayes and Paul Shovlin lead the German II class in singing Schnitzelbank. M l Us 19 W MISS ALETHEA BRENNAN Miss MARY BURNS MRS. MILDRED FREY Mus. LOUISE SAYES Miss ELSIE WEAVER

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SOCIAL STUDIES Miss VERONICA BmsuN Supervisor MR. JosEPH DOMBEK Mn. BYRON EVANS MR. FULLER GRENAWALT Miss HELEN LEEs Students in Miss Obici's American History class display their projects. Many times Meyers' students have heard their history teachers say, We study history to learn good citizenship, and to avoid the mistakes that men have made in the past. These reasons for a close study of history are more valid today than they have ever been before. It is only through an enlightened citizenery that a representative Democracy such as ours can succeed. As time goes on, the problems of the world we live in become more and more complex, these com- plexities cause mistakes to be multiplied many times. Since coming to Meyers, the class of 1963 has seen many innovations in the teaching of history. First of all, all the courses have been modernized with new textbooks, and many visual aids are being added each year. Among these aids are maps, movie projectors, slide projectors, films, weekly magazines, and daily newspapers. Something new which this year's Junior Class has benefited from is a course in economics, as set up by a Pennsylvania state law. Also, it has only been in the last few years, that the history courses in all the city schools have been synchronized, so that a student in any of the city's public school is taught the same course. Probably the greatest progress made in history classes at Meyers is added emphasis on current events, and the practical application of history to these world happenings. This has been aided by the introduction of Senior Scholastic magazine, and daily newspapers such as the New York Times and Philadelphia Inquirer. Without a past there can be no future, and it is the job of the history department, more than any other, to prepare the student for the future. Miss ELEANOR Omcl MR. EUGENE PAI.LAmNo Mn. ROBERT SABATINO MR. ANDREW STAH is l MJ

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BUSINESS EDUCATIO 'ra- Qbv. -Q- f 4 Sharon Kingeter and Margie George Typing class doing daily assignment working with business machines on modern machines. l Miss ANN Hucurs Miss CATHERINE MCMANMON The Business Education course at Meyers is designed as a terminal course. This means that, when a student maintains the standards set by the department and completes the prescribed study, he is ready for employment in the business world. The subject matter trains the students for the following positionsg secre- tary, stenographer, bookkeeper, typist, business machine operator, and general ofiice worker. The course of study in this department includes business mathe- matics, beginning and advanced shorthand, dictation and transcription, begin- ning and advanced typewriting, beginning and advanced bookkeeping, accounting, and office practice. Students are considered in the second semester of the twelfth grade for placement in business ofiices under the Business-Co-operative Work Experience Program. Under this plan students are dismissed from school at 1:40 P. M. and work in local business offices at the minimum wage rate authorized under the Wages and Hours Law. This department has made many changes from year to year. This includes the purchase of new and better equipment and the teaching of more up to date methods. This year's new equipment includes electric typewriters, adding machines, and oiiice machines. V g 1 X A ' M Miss RxTA MURRAY Mus. BERTHA PARK Mas. L0nnA1N5 RIOFSKI 20