Oil City High School - Oil Can Yearbook (Oil City, PA)

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The unusual structure of Oil City High School provides on interesting subject for art students. Patty Cowden, Dennis O'Neil, and Gene Schiffer take advantage of a sunny afternoon to sketch the building. Art--The Perfection of Nature C. Frank Puleo Music Philip Runzo Music Director Fine Art Under the capable direction of Mr. Watkins, students readily became aware of the beauty in art. In his three senior high and two junior high classes, sculpture, architecture, oil paintings, and copper enameling took form and gradually evolved into excellent examples of creative art. An emphasis upon the importance of art in culture—past, present, and future—gave the students a well-rounded course in creative expression. Music groups will be found in the activity section of this annual. 25 Jacques R. Watkins Art Do os I preach, not os I practice, says Dave Myers. Although he was asked to pose this way for the picture, Dave explains that this is the incorrect procedure for playing a tuba.

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Robert C. Allen Problems of Democracy Vance D. Brown Robert L F|ath C'v'cs U. S. and World History Arithmetic Henrietta Leyda U. S. History Mankinds Story-From Rocks To Rockets Social Studies The evolution of man and his country was presented in the Social Studies Department by six teachers. Every student in Senior High was enrolled in this department. The classes of world history and world cultures studied the arts of nations as well as the historical backgrounds, while the eleventh graders probed the who, whats, whens, wheres, and whys of American history. Problems of democracy became more realistic to the student through his study of elections, income tax returns, and monthly reports. Margie L. McCash History Physical Ed. Health Clement Urban Civics World Cultures World History This attractive bulletin board, prepared for Mr. Urban's history class by Charles Witmer and Sandra Williams, shows the natural resources and industries in Pennsylvania. Mike $a-bousky listens to the explanation. 24 Geography cannot be separated from history, learns Gary Barnes when he is quizzed by Miss Leyda in American history class. All juniors are required to take this subject.

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From Their Skills Will Spring Their Vocational Department The intriguing mechanism of a complex automobile engine, the baffling diagrams and blueprints by which machines were made, and the tricky formulas needed to refine gases were just a few of the problems vocational students were subjected to daily. In meeting these challenges, one hundred-four students and nine teachers displayed extreme patience and skill, realizing that a thorough knowledge of classroom work would lead to success in a related vocation. Though small in size, this department, consisting of auto shop, machine shop and oil and gas shops, provided invaluable knowledge for its students. Mr. Ziegler explains to Bob Amsler and Hugh Dykins how lo find the dimensions that apply to that blueprint. Blueprint Reading III concerns the exceptions to the rules of blueprint reading. John W. Askins Industrial Arts Edwin J. Jakubowski Machine Shop Peter S. Scierka English History R. Russell Buckham Petroleum, Natural Gas Archie Matha Machine Shop Blaine E. Stover Mathematics Science 26