Muhlenberg High School - Muhltohi Yearbook (Laureldale, PA)

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RQBERT D. SHIPE, JR. OLIVIA C. M. RUFFNER Mathematics Mathematics Director of Athletics Ph.B., Brown University B.S., Albright College M.S. in Ed., University of Pennsylvania Mr. Shipe's mysterious circular card, used to save brain work, puzzled many . . . juniors convinced by Mr. White that 'Geometry is the study . . . originals were often proved quite originally . . . ambitious Euclidians accepted challenges for extra credit . . . trig students afflicted with Hcolumnitis' . . . loci, tetrahedral angles, and polyhedrons bewildered seniors . . . senior math class struggled with progressions . . . knowledge gained through math proved extremely helpful on the climb toward truth. Seventh graders work on measurement and percentage ll13ll

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JASON W. WHITE Mathematics I . . B.S. in Ed., Bucknell University Hm m m' Tell us about It' David M.S., University of Michigan Moth Proves Y Figures R Interesting Math department . . . numbers racket at Muhlenberg . . . one of the larger departments in school . . . seventh and eighth grades confronted with long addition, decimal, per' centage, and reading problems . . . introduced to Miss Ruffner's famous mimeographed tests and Mr. Brokenshire's pep talks . . . Mr. Owen led study of insurance and taxation in commercial class . . . freshmen and sophomores learned the Y's of algebra and com' plicated art of graphing under direction of Mr. White and Mr. Brokenshire . . . new general math course offered to ninth and tenth grades in place of algebra . . . eighth grade classes invested hypothetical big money in stocks and bonds and computed the rate of return. . . I , JAMES R. BROKENSHIRE DAVID F- OWEN V y Mathematics Mathematics i B.S., Franklin and Marshall College BS- in Ed-i EM Stroudsburg State Teachers College ll 12ll

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E. BRAINERD REINERT Geography B.S. in Ed., Kutztown State Teachers College Eighth grade absorbed in a picture on Africa Greenies Wade Through Worksheets Through the study of geography, students learn about the world they live in and their immediate environment . . . seventh grade ugreeniesu struggled with worksheets of Berks County . . . all boroughs, townships, and counties in Pennsylvania studied extensively . . . eighth grade students enjoyed informal classes of baseball to gain first seat in the room . . . China, Australia, India, Africa, Canada, and England, including everything from platypuses to King Tut's Tomb were covered by Mrs. Bresler's classes. Around the world with seventh grade ELLA M. BRESLER Geography B.S., Albright College l14l