Muhlenberg High School - Muhltohi Yearbook (Laureldale, PA)

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Future mechrznicx soup upl' a jalopy Senior Boys Learn Auto Repair The basic principles of woodshop and mechan- ical drawing involve the care and the proper use of materials and tools . . . freshmen and sopho- mores learned the fundamentals of drafting in mechanical drawing . . . task of senior boys was to design their own homes . . . juniors learned drawing preparatory for engineering or drafting Helds . . . senior boys constructed complicated projects, including gun cases, modern desks, coffee tables in wood shop . . . designing, tracing, blue- printing were taught in mechanical drawing . . . small projects made by eighth grade boys in wood QUENTIN R. KEATH Mechaniral Drawing B.S. in Ed., Millersville State Teachers College shop were knick-knack shelves and jeweled cedar chests . . . the aim of both metal shop and graphic arts is to foster an active interest in industrial life and methods of production . . . seniors learned the art of making programs, posters, athletic schedules, letterheads, and name cards . . . senior high boys printed pass slips . . . embossed leather projects were also produced . . . metal shop classes made copper vases, trays, wastepaper baskets, and utility boxes . . . they also had auto repair shop in which they tore apart a senior boy's car and put it back together. ROBERT WINTERS Metal Shop B.S. in Industrial Arts Millersville State Teachers College M.Ed., Pennsylvania State University

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ROBERT D. SHIPE, JR. Mathematic.: Director of Athletics B.S., Albright College M.Ed., Temple University Sophomores crammed exponents, radicals, imaginaries, and quadratic equations into their spinning heads . . . graphs, logarithms, and trig- onometry were also among their many studies . . . commercial students were introduced to higher forms of percentage, bank statements, and other complicated business and financial problems . . . juniors familiarized themselves with rectilinear OLIVIA C. M. RUFFNER Mathematics, English Ph.B.. Brown University M.S. in Ed., University of Pennsylvania figures, polygans, maxima and minima symmetry . . . measurement of circles was also studied-and had them going in circles . . . seniors were prone to have many new problems including solid geom- etry and trig . . . they also spent their time doing interpolations . . . the purpose of mathematics is to train students to solve problems independently in their future life. Students prove interest table saves time

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ROBERT K. HARTZELL Graphic Arts, Driver Education B.S. in Industrial Arts Millersville State Teachers College JAMES B. SHANER, JR. Wood Shop Williamson Trade School Safe Driving Rules Are Stressed Mr. Hartzell, Graphic Arts teacher, has taken over Driver Education this year . . . to familiarize the student with correct and safe methods of driving under a competent instructor, is the aim of Driver Education . . . instruction consists of both classwork and behind-the-wheel training . . . students are excused from classes two periods each week to try their hands at the steering wheel . . . once a week students study safety rules in theory class . . . eighty-one students desired to take this course . . . twenty have already passed their tests . . . twenty-one are receiving behind-the-wheel training now . . . all eleventh grade students are required to take theory class. Leis see what makes this tickfj , DONALD D. DELP i Driver Education B.S. in Ed.. East Stroudsburg State Teachers College Cserving in U. S. Armyj