Perth Amboy High School - Reflections / Periscope Yearbook (Perth Amboy, NJ)

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Marie B. Conrow A.M. Department Head Supervisor, Household Arts Evangeline Darago B.S. Adviser, Future Homemakers of America Pearle Peterson B.S. Adviser, Sugar Bowl Club Felice Picker M.Ed. Adviser, Future Homemakers of America Household Arts Department Lois Check leaves her own work to mark a hem for Judy Yurina. After high school, most of our paths will eventually lead to marriage. To prepare us for domestic life, a course in Family Living teaches the principles of child care and money management. In Foods and Nutrition, both boys and girls learn to plan and cook delicious, vitamin-packed meals. At the Annual Home Economics Fashion Show, clothing students model the fashions they have created during the year. Capability in the House- hold Arts will help us to achieve efficient methods of homemaking. Phil Pietraski and Joe Paloehko show that boys can be skill- ful at cooking too. Barbara Buickerood checks the temperature required for the muffins Alberta Cherris is putting into the stove, while Chrystel Fofrich samples their cooking.

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Ada B. Cameron M.Ed. Department Head Practice witk different types of business machines prepares Bertha Pachucki, Nancy Prah, Marcella Budniak, and Pat Vereb for office work. Miss Behme helps Rita Acciani with her percentage bar graph after explaining the process to Joyce Sweryd and Mary Komar. Martin Jacobsen B.S.Ed. Regina D. Lind B.S.Ed. Adviser, Secretaries of Tomorrow Business Department We step from the classroom into offices and industrial plants after training in the Sec- retarial, Accounting, or General Clerical divi- sion of this department. Practice with modern equipment, mastery of advanced methods, and excursions to observe professionals at work facilitate this major transition in our lives. We acquire social poise enabling us to meet new situations with confidence. We emerge efficient, systematic, and alert to per- form essential functions in the enterp'ises of society. Sylvia Clawans B.C.S.Ed. Leon M. Goldsmith M.Ed. Agnes Mooney M.Ed. Sylvia G. Silverman B.S.Ed. Helen Behme B.S.Ed. Agnes Ceres B.S. Stephen Halata M.Ed. Veronica V. Smith M.Ed. Adviser, Junior Business Leaders

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John Molnyic makes a suggestion to Robert Kish who is drawing with a T-square and tri- angle. Richard Hrehowsik, Manuel Santos, Joseph Mercurio, Anthony Schiavino, Ro- savio Bello, and Peter Christodoulou listen intently to Mr. Patten's explanatio of a printing project. Manual Arts Department Manual Arts students learn to put their talents to prac- tical use. In the woodwork and metalwork shops, they design and make home furnishings. Pupils taking printing supply the entire city school system with forms, booklets, and pos- ters. Apt draftsmen are trained in mechanical drawing classes. Student photographers take and develop pictures for the Halls of Ivy and Periscope. The boys master techniques valuable either to skilled craftsmen or to hobbyists. A lathe rounds a part of the lamp that Dennis McKeon is making. George A. Seaman B.S.Ed. Department Head Supervisor, Manual Arts Henry W. Dane M.Ed. Coach, Jay Vee Baseball, Jay Vee Football Albert M. Huntress David Lapp Thomas J. Patten M.Ed. 23