Paramus High School - Delphian Yearbook (Paramus, NJ)

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The Times ... They Are A Changin ' ! MR. WALTER KINSELL History MRS. JEAN LA CORTE History Forum When will it be published? Mr. J. Waneck discusses with Debbie War- shaw some of the finer points of her report while Debbie Chipkin and Bob Schuler listen. MR. ANTHONY A. LATEVOLA Economic Geography History Photography Club Curriculum Directions Committee EAP Negotiating Team MR. WILLIAM JAMES PASCRELL, JR. Psychology Human Relations Club The Moonwalk! Mr. J. Graig and his history class sit enthralled as they watch Apollo 14 on the moon with astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell on February 5, 1971. MR. JOHN MOHRHARDT History Psychology Audio-Visual-Aids MR. JOHN VILLANO History Student Council Adviser Curriculum Directions Committee MR. JACK WANECK Advanced History Sociology Student Council Curriculum Directions Committee, Chairman

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Social Studies MR. LOUIS LANZALOTTO Advanced History History Social Studies Department Chairman Curriculum Directions Committee Track Coach MR. DALE CARLBERG, JR History Political Science World Government Curriculum Directions Committee Sophomore Soccer Coach Lettermen ' s Club MRS. ETHEL GAMBLE History National Forensic League MR. JOHN GRAIG History Civics MR. RICHARD COHEN History Economics Tennis Coach MR. JOSEPH FRITZINGER History Civics Projects Committee Yes, history is relevant. Enabling students to see how yesterday ' s record influences today ' s life, the Social Studies Department under¬ takes the task of informing its audience of the times of past generations. All students are required to study American History for two years. Last year, a new program was initiated by Mr. L. Lanzalotto, depart¬ ment chairman, which allowed sophomores to take American History I along with juniors. Both this approach and the advanced American History II course have made their debut this year. Particularly appealing is the latter since it leads to independent studies. Another newly-instituted plan is the division of the study of American His¬ tory into units dealing with concepts and socio-economic patterns rather than with time periods. Each history teacher has researched and prepared a different unit. Rounding out the departmental offerings are the courses in psychology, sociology, world government, political science, economics and economic geography. To highlight this year ' s classes, Mrs. Seager, a representative of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, presented a first-hand report about the condition of the Indian, the forgotten American. As a result, both students and teachers were left with a more realistic picture of the plight of this minority group. MRS. JANICE HANAHAN History Assistant Senior Class Adviser 24 MR. BRUCE R. JANKOWSKI History Give me liberty or give me death . . . but, give me a raise! Mr. Anthony Latevola addresses his history class in his best oratorical stance.

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Science MR. GERVASE F. CASTNER Advanced Biology Department Chairman MR. VICTOR AMENDOLARA Biology Wrestling Coach MR. ARTHUR R. ANDERSON Biology Chemistry MISS ANNE L. BEHR Chemistry Student Council Sunshine Committee Medical Careers Club Is it soup yet? Neil Avison, Mr. S. Schepps, and Steve Spritzer set up an experiment on calorimetry in the Chem Lab. Technology and society can and must cooperate. Realiza¬ tion of this existence is the overall challenge to today ' s world of science. Here in school the chairman of the Science De¬ partment, Mr. G. Castner, is working diligently to relate present day problems with the research and studying done in the classroom. Laboratory courses are offered to the students each year. Beginning in the tenth grade, biology not only covers the study of life processes of living organisms, but also their function in the micro-ecology of the natural world. Chemistry, the following course, is a laboratory experience with the principal theories of matter and the elements, studied in depth with a written report based on experiments performed in the lab. Completing the science curriculum is physics which in¬ volves the study of the natural laws of the universe. Natural phenomena such as matter, time, space, light, motion, and electrical energy are studied. No matter what the student ' s abilities are, the science department tries to accommodate him by offering a physical science course, physics, and advanced physics. Various students retain different amounts of scientific knowledge, but surely no one will forget the experience of dissecting in biology, making the first semi-dangerous solu¬ tion in chem lab, or watching one ' s own lab experiment in physics. 26