Norwin High School - Pennon Yearbook (Irwin, PA)

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.U4x'yXl.l,slio1's1' Dokoiiix' liowrit filtlklili liowifks tezieher ll specizilist in his held. 'lihese 'instruc- tors guitletl the students in hoth eurriculzir :intl extrzi-curricular activities. on our etluczitionzil progrzun. Seniors from cl2lll1lgllL'l'lS llllll K1llJ2lSlll5 ClllSSCS concentrzitetl on lfnglish literature. Miss llgillziglier :intl Miss Siegel collzihoruted in zicquziinting the juniors with .Mnericzin llIL'l'1l- ture. llie sophomores untler Miss Nzirtlei :intl :intl Stevenson. Miss Rzunsey :intl Mrs. 4 X l'iI.Il,XIHa'I'II Coiuux ljlllillllll Norwin has ll well trziinetl fzicultv, each Nvzirtlen stressetl 'lihe I,:itly of the luke :intl ulV1lllll0CH to the lreshnizin. ln ortler that Norwin grzitluzites might he hetter citizens Social Science Courses were otferetl. Mr. Shirley helpetl the senior cleinoc- rztcy class to hetter unclerstzintl our govern- ment. flinericzin llistory was mzule interesting lor the juniors hy Miss llershey :intl Miss Rzieltley. Miss liower :intl Miss llershey guitletl the sophomores in their stutly of XVorltl llistory. 'lihe lireshnixin civics clzisses tziught hy Miss lVhite :intl Miss l,llSf21I'llll stutlietl our government in un effort to heconie hetter citizens. llezuling the list of currieulzu' activities is lfiiglisli, one ol the most nnportzint suhjects Mrs. Scliwzirtz stuclietl the works of 'liennyson lntlivitluzil help Miineogrziph lesson Dixvis - -an-wit .nn-vs -l- ..- ..-1..1.r

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-AF' .goataf of l,cfucatioiz 3-1 I-dl ' 'T-7' C l3l'l'KI-'R C. BLAIR J, Bi.ANKi2r'rE J. CLARK T, Home J. llvmiizs Miss josifs -I. ,CII-'ER C. LAFFOON E. PAINTER G. XVATKISS C. SIENSIENICII 'lihe Norwin School Board is composed of memhers from the lrwin School Board and the North Huntingdon lownslnp School Board. lhe memhers are eleeted hy the people for terms of two, four and six years. loday, there are seven memhers on the Township hoard and Eve memhers on the Irwin hoard. This year the Board's officers are: G. Watkiss, presidentg C. C. Sensenieh. vice presidentg C. Becker, secrctaryg C. F. Blair, treasurer. Including the officers the Board is composed of the following memhers: Ll. R. Blankette, bl. Clark, lf. Painter, C. N. Laffoon, Miss Jones, l. Hoak, bl. J. Kifer, hl. NV. llughes. SCHOOL SECRETARY 'l'he many important duties of the administra- tion office is in the eapahle hands of Miss Jean llohhie who is a new-comer at Norwin this year. She quickly had the office running smoothly and proved invaluahle in her many services. Known for her friendliness and willingness to give a '- helping hand she is well liked hy the faculty and students. Wav

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WSJ Iluuey Ifxi IK Xlriuri. ki.'XI.I..M.lll-'R Ilrri-'N llAm.icr linrrn llfxrsxa lfru-in lliruam in XlXIPl'IlNl lllKSllliY .k1iNIiS ,lows Orme.-x Komsa Rox' NlLNll'NN -ll'l.l.-K Nami ln the hope ol someday meeting a Spaniard, a Frenchman, or a Roman, academic students studied language courses. Mrs. Newell taught Latin at both Norwin and the junior lligh. French classes were instructed by Miss Nardei and Miss Siegel taught Spanish. 'lihe mathematics department offered Solid Geometry, lrig. and Algebra taught by Mr. MclVlunn, while Miss .Iones taught Plane Geometry and Consumer Math. lfirst year Algebra was taught the freshman by Miss VVallace. : Science again held an important place on the educational program of many students. llihe complexities ol chemistry were simplified for the seniors by Mr. liowers. Ile also expounded upon the laws of nature for the senior science class. .Iunior physics classes and .Iunior lfnglish classes were helped by Mr. llerlinger. General science was taught the freshmen and biology to the sophomores by Mr. liaulk. lo prepare its students for the business world, Norwin has maintained an excellent commercial program. Business science and bookkeeping classes received their training from Mr. Rankin. bluniors were drilled in shorthand and seniors in orfiee training by Miss Davis. Commercial geography students were taught by Miss Vklhite while Miss Saunders set the standards lor typing classes. Miss lfdith llannan taught the freshman junior business training. 'lihe line arts-music and art-are included in the Norwin program. Under the able guidance ol' Mr. Scott, the musically gifted developed their talents. ilihose with artistic talent were directed by Mrs. Sargent. ln the hope of making them better home makers, Miss Corrin, head of the llome lfconomics Department, trained our young women in the domestic arts- sewing and cooking. 14