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

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Students Express Views About Their Curriculum Although there are a few new courses this year, the curriculum of Oil City High School is basically the same as it has been for years. The required courses — English, history, physical education, and highway safety — remain unchanged. New classes that have been introduced in the past few years are Physics II, Chemistry II, co-ed swimming, and Spanish V. Health is now required for all students, although those taking biology were previously exempt. A possible explanation for the unchanging curriculum is that these courses are considered most helpful after graduation. 1. Health class, now required for all students, focuses on current issues like drugs. 2. Pat Callahan studies diagramming fundamentals. 3. Bill Kerns, Denny Martin, and Dan Dehn experiment with the frictionless table in Physics II. 4. Peter DeSanto. instructor, and Gregg Horne set up the newly-acquired television equipment. 5. The six students of Spanish V class enjoy informal classroom conditions. 6. Kim Britton and Dave Hammer. Chemistry II students, boil water. 7. The tattered Colburn grammar book, copyrighted in 1949, is still in use.

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Acceptance by College Appears To Be Hassle One of the biggest hassles for some seniors is the pressure of finding and being accepted by a college. Sometimes, amid the flurry of taking SAT’s, achievement tests and filling out endless college applications, they stop and wonder if they really know anything. The ultimate goal, college, seems to be obtainable only with high grades. Therefore, the immediate purpose of a high school education often becomes obtaining grade points rather than real knowledge. 1. George Snyder’s homeroom students take another achievement test. 2. Kathy Nick gets some advice from Larry Weist. guidance counselor. 3. Dave Cotterman. Larry Euchler. Jerry Delo, and Doug Kuhn watch a slide program presented by a representative from the Coast Guard. 4. Terry Ross joyfully discards his commencement robe. 5. Dean Shoup congratulates Mary Smalley on college acceptance. 1. 14