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

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Understanding the Past Leads to a Better Future Mr. Floth lectures his U. S. History class. ROBERT L. FLATH History ROBERT C. ALLEN VICTOR A. BECK Problems of Democracy History Mr. Allen draws a map of South America for his P.O.D. class. The histories — U. S. History, World History, World Cultures, Civics, and P.O.D.—all help us to understand whot has happened ond whot is happening in the world around us. From the cavemen ond Caesar of Rome to radar and nuclear warheads, students at Senior are instructed in the why's and wherefore's of the events which make the world the woy it is. Sometimes the method used for this instruction is new, such os the television teacher observed in some of the world culture classes, but usually our teachers succeed in guiding us through the chapters of history. Without the Social Studies classes of Senior, our awareness of the world would be diminished; ond, as the future leaders of Americo, we would lack necessary knowledge. MARGIE L. McCASH History CLEMENT URBAN DAN WATSON World History Sociol Studies Geography HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES 23

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GORDON E. PORTER Mothemotics MERLE STUCHELL Mathematics WILLIAM C. SWAILE History, Arithmetic W. RONALD WEBSTER Mothemotics The Square Root of Living Is Numbers MATHEMATICS The mathematics department helps prepare the students for the different fields they will enter For those preparing for college, plane geometry, trigonometry, and an extensive algebra course are offered. The three-year algebra course gives such a thorough knowledge that many students obtain high standings on standard mathematics tests. In business mathematics the commercial students receive a knowledge which will be useful in their special fields when they go into the business world. ANNA WILSTED Mothemotics Mr. Porter explains on algebraic function to one of his dosses. 22 Mr. Webster helps Koren Kinch in o pre-school class.

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LANGUAGES The Goal-to Comprehend the Thoughts of Other Nations Under the sole jurisdiction of Mrs. Rebecco Skinner and Mr. Bruce McFall the Language Department endeavors to produce students who can speak and understand foreign languages. Here at Senior, French, Spanish, and Latin are offered. Emphasis placed on fluent conversation in these languages dominated the courses, especially in French and Spanish classes, with grammar studied only when it was necessary in order to speak the language correctly. During the first year students leorn the fundamentals of the language so that they will be prepared for conversational fluency in their second year. SPECIAL READING The Goal-to Overcome Reading Deficiencies REBECCA SKINNER Latin BRUCE McFALL French, Spanish Mrs. Skinner prepares her daily Latin lesson. A special course in reading improvement is fought by Mrs. Helen Barnette in the moke-up room behind the study hall. The course is designed to help students who have certain deficiencies in reading. A series of tests is given to each student to help determine the scope of his reading problems. Then the student begins working on the specific phoses of reading in which he showed weaknesses on the tests. HELEN BARNETTE Remedial Reading JO ANN MATEJCZYK Spanish Mrs. Barnette gives a timed reading test to Stephan Dalber and Jim Russell.