Mount Joy High School - Voyager Yearbook (Mount Joy, PA)

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Grove, who teaches bookkeeping, junior typing and shorthand classes. Male students of MJHS are given an op- portunity to become acquainted with the manual arts. In Mount Joy's modern shop department, boys learn woodwork, metal work, electricity and mechanical drawing. The shop instructor is Charles Rovenolt. WOULD-BE TYPISTS practice diligently for speed and precision. Students of the higher classes are allowed to fill their schedules with as many shop periods as they can carry. Mr. Rovenolt also teaches a course in radio to senior boys. Female members of Mount Joy High School are taught the fundamentals of housekeeping in the modern home economics department. Girls learn sewing, cooking, housecleaning and child care. The girls are under the instruction of Mrs. Almeda Griffith, who teaches all home economics classes. SOLID GEOMETRY STUDENTS demcmstrate theorems on math room blackboards. Freshman students study music apprecia- tion under the direction of Willard Newton, Mount Joy High School's music supervisor. In this class they study the principles of music, the works of great composers and the lives of the composers themselves. Freshmen are also required to study art appreciation. In this course, taught by Mrs. Kathryn Manifold, students attempt to develop their artistic natures. Clubs Most authorities agree that talents of stu- dents can be developed by the inauguration of a club system. Mount Joy High School de- veloped a new plan of clubs for this year. The seventh period of each day was spent in club activity. One period of each week was spent in an assembly program, which all students were required to attend. There was a large range of clubs offered for selection. Each student was given the privilege of RADIO COURSE teaches male members of the senior class the principles of modern electronics. choosing from one to three clubs. The teach- ing of these clubs was handled by members of the faculty. In the beginning of the year, each faculty member was asked to decide what club he would like to teach, Since this system has been very successful in Mount Joy High School, it will probably be continued for many years. ' Extracurricular Activities An important phase of a student's life at Mount Joy High School is the large diversity of extracurricular activities offered to him. -15-

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This year, for the first time in many years, Mount Joy High School offered to its students the choice of three languages: French, Spanish and Latin. Spanish was begun in Mount Joy High School for the first time this year under the direction of Miss Helen Alexander. Miss Alexander is also the Latin teacher. The French classes, taught by Mrs. Margaret Williams, are kept busy with the trials and tribulations of L,Abbe Fonstantin and the fiery heroines of' Guy de Maupassant. Par- ticular stress is put on conversation in the two modern language courses. The mathematics department offers stu- dents the chance to study algebra, plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. First-year algebra, the only required mathematics course, is taught to freshmen. Second-year algebra is taught to sophomores, plane geometry to juniors. The senior mathematics class splits the year's work. The members spend the first half studying solid geometry and the SECOND-YEAR LATI N STU DENTS ponder the supine and Ciceronian style. latter half studying trigonometry. All the mathematics courses in lVlount Joy High School are taught by Mrs. Ethel Broske. H. K. Schoener heads the science depart- ment as teacher of biology, chemistry, physics and aeronautics. Biology is taught to sophomores. They include in their year's work a series of biological projects, field trips and theory study. Chemistry is given to juniors. They spend two periods a week conducting scientific experiments in the school laboratory. Senior science students study physics. Since the class was small this year, a great deal of experimentation supple- mented the usual study. Finally, senior boys are given the opportunity to study the prin- ciples of aeronautics. In this class they learn all about the mechanisms and methods of aviation. Mount Joy High School succors future stenographers and clerical workers in its i SOPHOMORE ENGLISH STUDENTS receive timed reading exercises to test powers of concfn tration and comprehension. commercial department. Here students are given the opportunity to study general business training, bookkeeping, two years of typing and two years of shorthand. Members of the higher commercial class try ardcntly to obtain high degrees of accuracy, speed and skill. The teaching in this department lies in the hands of Mrs. Evelyn Shultz, who teaches eneral business training and 'unior 25 and senior typing, and Miss Betty Jane Viv 'Bu FRESHMAN CIVICS teaches students duties and problems of American citizenship. -15-

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These extracurricular activities might well be divided into three groups: athletic, literary and artistic. Athletics play an important part in the school life. The most popular com- petitive sport is basketball. Basketball is also the most profitable sport at Blount Joy High School. The money received through its interscholastic games is, for the most part, the treasury of the athletic department. Soccer returned this year to Mount Joy under the direction of John D. Day, athletic coach. Other interscholastic sports in which Mount Joy High School takes part are tennis, base- ball, rifie and girls' hockey. Many students enjoy intramural sports also. Some of the literary projects of MJHS are the annual yearbook, theVovAuEu, and the school paper, the Ili-Crier. The VOYAGER was begun three years ago by the Class of 1945. It is published by members of the grad- PHYSICS STUDENTS efperinlenl and study laws of calorimity in the SI'7'07Lt'P laboratory. uating class. The Hi-Crier, a newspaper which has rated first place honors in both national and state contests, is supported by a large staff of members from all four grades of the high school. Miss Catharine G. Zeller, English teacher, advises the publication of both these literary works. The artistic extracurricular activities are composed chiefly of the two big attractions of the year, the junior and senior plays. These plays are looked forward to with interest and enthusiasm by everyone. The first play of the year is given by members of the senior class, while the second is presented by members of the junior class. Stiff competition for parts in these plays usually results in the finest talent participating. Mrs. Ethel Broske, mathematics teacher, directs the junior pro- duction, while Miss Catharine G. Zeller, English teacher, coaches senior thespians. FUTURE HOUSEWIVES sample the results of rlllzizrxry efperinrenls conflucled in ,llounl Joy High Sehoofs home ecrnmnlirwrlcpurfmerzl. Students of Mount Joy 2l,l'0 proud to attend such a school as this. lX'lount Joy High School, in the course of time, has graduated a few very prominent and famous people. lt offers to the student many chances and opportunities to develop his talents to the highest degree. It can be readily believed that here, truly, Inspiration Spreads Its Wings in Flight to Knowledge with Ever Increasing Power. MANUAL ARTS TRAINING suceors future carpenters, mechanics and f'ft'l'fI'l'l'IillIlS. ,UH