Mont Pleasant High School - Montaneer Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

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E1 X - .ff Mr. Fred Dufcher Mr. Anfhony Parisi Mr. Wal'l'er Suprunowicz Chairman IN ORDER TO FORM A MORE PERFECT UNION . . The primary aim of rhe Social Srudies Deparrmenr is +o help 'rhe sludenr become belfer acquainlecl wilh his own counrry and lhe nalions of lhe world. Eiforls are being made io induce sludenrs lo enroll in The Jrwo-year American hislory course. ll is fell lhal lhis +wo-year course gives rhe sludenl a beller opporlunily lo gain enlrance lo college and succeed lhere, and prepares him belrer lor slandard Jresls and College Boards. l-lislory isn'+ all work al lvlonl Pleasant This year. for example, inler- esred sludenls were given an opporlunily To parlicipaie in a model Uniled Narions along wilh sludenls from olher schools in 'rhe area. On special days. sludenrs may be lrealed +o a special acliviiy such as a Jrrip ro lhe counly courlhouse on Conslirulion Day. Our hislory classes are made more inleresling by lhe frequenl addilions of new lexrs and malerials as well as by movies shown ro illuslrare some specific Jropic. We af lvlonl Pleasanl are being prepared ro meer lhe qualiiicalions ol a good cilizen rhrough 'rhe eiiorls of our Social Sluclies Deparrmenl. F nces Fonda. James Quick, and Norman Buechner look on as Carol Passamonre locales a remoie l d T1 . Mr. Richard Grinnell Mr. Jack Hickey

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Mr. Richard Green Miss RUTI1 SIGN Business EducaTion is one oT The subiecT maTTer areas oTTered aT IvlonT PleasanT To TurTher a sTudenT's knowledge oT The business world. The Ten Teachers in This deparTmenT endeavor To presenT work which will prepare The college-bound as well as Those who will seek employmenT aTTer grad- uaTion. WiThin This area, a sTudenT may be enrolled in eiTher The secreTar- ial, clerical. or cooperaTive reTailing course. SecreTarial sTudenTs broaden Their scope wiTh Typing and shorThand. while Those in The clerical course learn The operaTion oT business machines. ATTending school and receiving on-The-iob Training aids The sTudenT enrolled in cooperaTive reTailing, Tor he has The advanTage oT gaining TirsT hand experience in selling and clerk- ing. ATTer aTTending classes which enable him To mainTain a balance OT required subiecTs, The cooperaTive reTailing sTudenT leaves school in The aTTernoon To work aT a iob which The school has aided him in acquiring. The sTudenT receives a salary Tor each day's work. ln addiTion To This Training on various jobs, The TacTors necessary To succeed in The business world-good grooming, aTTiTudes. and social maluiiI'y-are impressed upon The sTudenT. Mr. AIberT Aldinger Mrs. EIizabeTh Levanway I8 Miss Hazel HoI+ Mrs. Mary Moon . . . DILIGENT IN HIS BUSINESS

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T in QP -? Z' if , Miss MargareT Walsh Mrs. Elaine HeidensTrom Mr. Theodore KoTTlce Chairman 20 ff Mrs. KaTherine Early 'Nw ,-' Mrs. Lenore Farrell PATHWAY TO EXPRESSION English EducaTion is considered To be The mosT inTluenTial and im- porTanT subiecr TaughT in our secondary school. Why? The answer is ap- parenT. WiThouT iT we would noT be able To communicaTe. To express our innermosT Teelings or creaTe Tor personal saTisTacTion. This deparTmenT has one oT The mosT widely diversiTied programs aT MonT PleasanT. In addiTion To creaTive wriTing, speech and dramaTic classes, we have numerous co-curricular acTiviTies. This pasT Tall MonT PleasanT sTudenTs aTTended an American Shakespeare FesTival which per- Tormed Shalcespeare's renowned MacbeTh. Each year, an annual produc- Tion is presenTed by members oT The sTudenT body who possess dramaTic abiliTy. This year, King Midas and The Golden Touch was selecTed To be played To The grade schools. OTher creaTive worlcby MonT PleasanT sTu- denTs include Ebenwyclc, a collecTion oT sTories and poems Trom MonT PleasanT sTudenTs, and conTribuTions To naTional poeTry and essay anThol- ogies. One oT The mosT imporTanT Tools oT The English DeparTmenT is our library. The over nine Thousand well-arranged books ThaT are available To everyone malce iT easier and more enjoyable Tor a person To Tind The boolc he is loolcing Tor. By subscribing To sevenTy magazines, The library Turnishes iTs users wiTh inTormaTion on varied subiecTs. Since The library has Two very capable librarians and many library assisTanTs, a person has no Trouble Tinding The inTormaTion he desires.