Muhlenberg High School - Muhltohi Yearbook (Laureldale, PA)

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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

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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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Parma: check nfademf' imerem. FRANCES A, M, RAHN Guidance Coumelor and Pfyrhologiral Examiner A.B., Hood College Ed. M., Harvard University Guidance Deporfmenf lnferviews Porenfs and Sfuclenfs Parents and students discussed the students' vocational intentions at weekly interviews with guidance counselor. . . seniors took achievement tests comparing them to other high school seniors and college freshmen . . . preparations were made for College Board and scholarship examinations . . . interested seniors took the Bell Telephone Company employment tests and the U. S. Employment Service tests . . . the American Casualty Company gave screening tests for applicants for keypunch training . . . seventh and eighth grades were reviewed for present school success, further training, and future vocations. Library Boosfs New Furnifure Modern, blond mahogany furniture replaced the libraryls well-worn tables and chairs . . . new bookcases provided another convenience for the students . . . a spacious desk provided the needed space for a busy librarian's varied tasks . . . venetian blinds also proved to be welcome additions to the roomy, attractive library . . . capable girls assisted librarian during the busiest hours of the day . . . 6,500 volumes aided students with book reports, weekly oral reports, and reference reports . . . monthly magazines also filled shelves for the enjoyment and education of the students. Librarian work: at 'modern clerk. SARA R. ROTHERMEL Librarian A.B., Mt. Holyoke College