Montclair High School - Amphitheatre Yearbook (Montclair, NJ)

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1 1:7 ouTside programs Talcing place in M.l-l.S. Mr. McClaslcey is in charge oT Dance Decora- Tions. Under him, The decoraTions Tor all school dances are creaTed. The biggesT proiecT is The Senior Prom. The l-lospiTaliTy Club provides ushers Tor school aTTairs. Mrs. Vance is in charge of This club. The juniors in The l-lospiTaliTy Club give The Tradi- Tional Wassail ParTy Tor The seniors, and also malce The nosegays Tor graduaTion. fs - fnsffgfsiwi JUNIOR RED CROSS ART SERVICE CLUB F -Hr El 25

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gf ,E -f QCA .5 4 4 , I 1 I Q. - . LJJ T 'r' 9' V p , Q S a FINE AND PRACTICAL ARTS DEPARTMENT. Sealed: Julia Vance, and Shirley Johnson. Shnding: Arfhur McClaskey, George Pisfolas, Edwin Hopkins, and Vernon Maxham. FINE AND PRACTICAL ARTS The paTTerns of music creaTe iTs rhyThm, and The same applies To arT. Mr. lvlaxham heads lvlonT- clair l'ligh's excellenT arT deparTmenT. Mr. Maxham and Mr. McClaskey work ioinTly as Teachers in The Tine arTs deparTmenT. There are Tour levels oT arT classes which meeT Tive Times a week. These classes are speciTically designed Tor pupils who wish To make arT a career. ArT A is The TirsT sTep, ArT B is The second sTep. and ArT C is The mosT advanced arT maior, limiTed only To seniors. STudio ArT, Ceramics, and ln- Terior Design are also provided Tor Those who are inTeresTed in arT. ArT English, Tor Juniors only, is a unique course combining ArT and English inTo one line oT sTudy. Mr. McClaskey is in charge oT The arT in The class, and Mr. Almquisl' oT The English work. AMPH ITH EATRE ART STAFF i T 'K T Aff, i- -JJ its 1 Mr. McClaskey heads The AmphiThea'I're ArT sTaTT, which creaTes The yearbook. This club meeTs Three Times a week and plans all The layou+s and designs Tor The AmphiTheaTre, and Takes all phoTo- graphs excepT The senior picTures. This year, The Junior Red Cross and ArT Serv- ice Club. under The direcTion OT Mrs. Johnson, have worked TogeTher. They served The school and inTeresTed ouTside organizaTions Through arT by pro- viding publiciTy Through a varieTy oT media, plan- ning displays, and being responsible Tor The general aTTracTiveness oT The school. Mr. I-lo kins assisTs Mr. lvlaxham wiTh The STage Worksliop group which creaTes all seTs, and lighTing Tor all school aTTairs, such as school pla s, concerTs, and Modern Dance reciTals, and also Tknr STAGE WORKSHOP

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'Y K ,JZ BUSINESS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. Back row: Dr. John F. Landgraf, Tunis J. Bello, Charles W. Chiffim. Fronf row: Elaine Fischer, Edna E. Ream. BANKING COMMITTEE. Richard Barbarise, Warren Oszmanskl Sidney McKenzie. Harold Kunz and Jim Peruh. BUSINESS EDUCATICN DEPARTMENT The Business EducaTion DeparTmenT Trains sTudenTs who are planning To enTer The business world direcTly aTTer high school. The sTandards oT This course are iusT as high as The college prepara- Tory course. STudenTs planning business work are advised To specialize in one oT Three Tields in Their lasT Two years oT high school. These Tields are sTenography, oTTice machines and Tiling, and ac- counTing. A course, Business Principles and Prac- Tices, is oTTered To sophomores. This course in- .cludes vocaTional inTormaTion and consideraTion oT The selecTion OT iobs in The business Tield. The sophomores are also given an opporTuniTy To dis- goyjr Their apTiTudes and inTeresTs in The business ie . TypewriTing X is Taken by pupils Tor personal use. All college preparaTory sTudenTs Try To TiT This inTo Their schedules whenever possible. The Applied SecreTarial Class is Tor senior girls who are Taking a business course. ln This class The girls become Tamiliar wiTh Typical oTTice procedures such as Tak- ing dicTaTion. Typing, and handling special machines which are Tound in modern oTTices. Field Trips help PROJECTION Them To see oTTices in acTion and To observe The daily rouTine in a business siTuaTion. The Teachers OT The Business EducaTion DeparT- menT do a greaT deal ouTside oT classes Towards making The program a success. Mr. John l.andgraT, who is The head oT The Business EducaTion DeparT- menT, works Tirelessly Tor The program and devoTes much oT his Time To The bookroom. As The school Bursar, Mr. ChiTTim is in charge OT The individual accounTs OT The school. The banking commiTTee which is headed by Mr. Bello encourages sTudenTs To bank in Their individual homerooms and Thus learn The advanTages oT a savings accounT. This program has made much progress in The lasT Tew years. Mrs. Edna Ream has given her unTailing sup- porT To making The proiecTion squad a success. This group consisTs oT a large number oT boys who give up Their sTudy periods To operaTe movies, slides. and oTher visual aids Tor homerooms and assem- blies. Miss Fischer has aided The Business Educa- Tion DeparTmenT a greaT deal. The AmphiTheaTre wriTing sTaTT was very appreciaTive oT her help in Typing ouT The many wriTeups which appear ThroughouT The book. SQUAD X