Muhlenberg High School - Muhltohi Yearbook (Laureldale, PA)

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CLAUDE A. SPANCAKE Phyrics, Chemiftry T B.S., Pennsylvania State College Three minute: to take cover. Science Sfudenf lnadverienily Pciinfs Lab Ceiling In three laboratories Muhlenberg's amateur scientists made their dis- coveries and experiments . . . films on subject matter made learning easier . . . lab periods alleviated the regular course of study . . . ninth graders made and explained each experiment and then recorded it in their notebooks . . . became acquainted with the different branches of science . . . biologists dissected small animals and put down in drawings What they saw . . . made i attractive notebooks from material gathered from class lectures and drawings . . . junior physics students Were baffled by practical applicationu problems . . . movies and laboratory periods assisted them through the course . . . senior chemists learned what matter is and its composition . . . Stink Bombs and minor explosions, such as the one in which a mixture of copper sulphate hit the ceiling, lent excitement to the course. MYRON F. BOYER JOHN B. WHITE SCi8'VLCE Bigfogy B.S. in Ed., Kutztown State Teachers B.S. in Ed., Kutztown State Teachers College College M.S., Temple University l20l

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LILLIE R. RIM BY Latin, Englirh R. DAVID. KOCH I A.B., Dickinson College Gffmfmy SPWH-'hi Englf-fh lVl.A., Columbia University A.B., Albright College Wire Recording Aids in Improving Pronunciation One of the great obstacles to World peace and understanding will have been overcome when the people of the World can understand each other's languages . . . the study of Latin serves as the basis for the mastery of the modern languages . . . Spanish and German are the modern languages most useful in commerce, diplomacy, and culture . . . our English language is com- posed of elements from Latin and German languages . . . this Latin in Englishv is emphasized in first year Latin by having the students clip and bring in Words with Latin derivations they have spotted in various publica- tions . . . second year Latinists dwelt on vocabulary building and mastered Latin prefixes . . . Annette Kiesling, 11-2, learned to say good-bye in two languages this year as the lone student taking both first year Spanish and German . . . That can't be me talking, and Oh, no! were among the comments that issued from the Spanish and German students When they improved pronunciation by the use of the Wire recorder . . . combined depart- ment staged the annual foreign language assembly program. Thaff Greek to mf! U91

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CHARLES E. GOODLING THELMA L. KNAUSS Commercial Commercial B.lS. in Ed., Shippensburg State Teachers B.S. in Ed., Bloomsburg State Teachers College College Todc1y's Sfuclenfs---Tomorrow's Secretaries Our future office Workers were trained for their major secretarial duties in the commercial department of our school . . . seniors were kept busy With secretarial assign- ments . . . learned to operate the electric typevvriters, file, and run perfect copies through the Mimeograph and Ditto duplicators . . . addition was a cinch with the electric adding machine . . . practiced transcription from the Dictaphone . . . juniors admired the inventive art their shorthand created . . . aspiring bookkeepers debited when they should have credited . . . sophomores struggled to become commercial mathematicians . . . first year typists learned the fundamentals of the keyboard operation . . . freshmen received their first introduction to the business World in Junior Business . . . all these studies combined to prepare for future business positions. junior typirtr elfctrifie'd. LEONORA S. GUTHRIE Commercial B.S. in Ed., Susquehanna University l21l