Punxsutawney Area High School - Mirror Yearbook (Punxsutawney, PA)

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Social Sczence and Qeogmph DKWROTIIY S PRINJLJLI- xt 8011111 51141 xf I ng: 1 Commerclal geography 18 the Study of com merce and the COTTIHIUDICHIIODQ between countrles of the World Wh1l6 world geography IS the Qtudy of the polmcal and phymcal d1v1 nom of each country W1th a clearer understandmg of mans r pared to meet the future ROBFRT E Bl-ATTY x I Nnrz 11 S1111 ll X I uzrfnzfz SARA L PANT-KLL IW! bon 11 Mullin XY ork 1 wlmtllmb fun MARIAM Tnommox 501111 Siu: Ru R CAWLO 1111 Ntmln 11111111111 Thzrtcr ll C O 1 ,sr . ,-lx. .' .' lim A 1 50 -h N .1.v:' f ISI ll-Y' A f ' 1 . ' 1' - Q, A l Q Y S x . A K nv I I' f I W l ,- . . e - rors and successes, we should he better pre- ' 1 .lxs'I .1 'V .' lim .lx. .' 1 .' IV: I ' 1 ' X .V . x . N ,I ... ' A' -- ' I .'. I , Y.,

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Soczal Sczence and Qeograph l-lraux MALONF Asst 81111111 Nfltlllfi ETHLL l-Irvin ls t Norm! 51111 ns lvrtC112qrapl1x The study of the social sciences and geog raphy helps a student to become an asset to his community, his state, and his nation Our government is controlled by the indl vidual, who by his power of franchise con trols the law making bodies Our government protects our property from criminals, main tains peace and order, changes old laws to new, and protects the interests and rights of all citvens Isnt it easy to understand why the study of social science is so important? ln the freshman year civics and History of Pennsylvania are requlred subjects In CIVICS we learn the basic principles of state and national government, While the History of Pennsylvania teaches us the history of our ln the study of world history we learn the story of mans long stuggle from the begin ning of t1me Then we study American his tory which brings us up to our present day Economics and problems of democracy teach the student the relationship of land, labor, and capital Closely related to these social and industrial histories IS geography FRANK BASILF Twelve 'I opic rl is ' 1 1 118 mfrlm MARIAN H WEST lvt't qllfllll Studies Ass't Phy hd and Health 0 0 . . i X , A . k K iw 1' . . . ,1f,,',A,11,,,1,,f,,,,,,f,-,i state from the time of William Penn. . X 7. K ' l , ' 1 .A V , -A I , I, , ,.

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The Englzsh Department The Engllsh department of Punxsutaw ney Hrgh School furnlshes an lmportant background for the student ln every pro fesston, the knowledge of the correct usage. of Engllsh ts needed ln our Enghsh classes, we learn to think clearly and to express our thoughts rn sentences that are well constructed Also, we are taught to flppre crate good llterature We learn to sympathl e wlth the charac ters ln the books we read We DITV Dr Manette ln Tale of Two Clues we under stand Gaspard s hunger for revenge When 'md terrlned We wlsh that he may get safely out of the dark, shadowy forest We want Brutus to know that h IS making '1 mrstake when he plots to krll Caesar The MARMRH CJABI-LL Bous 1 nglrxh C lllilllllfi 41 dt J,,' CLARF COLEMAN characters that we read about seem like real people to us, they are old frlends ln our Jumor year, we begrn to wrlte or ganl ed themes The mechanrcs of outlln mg become clear to us Many of us form debatlng teams to consrder important ques tlons of the tlme We learn to argue con structlvely The commercial students take a speclal course ln buslness correspondence They 'ure taught to wrxte clear, concise letters Our Enghsh teachers perform an lmpor tant duty for us They teach us the essen we look back to our hlgh school days, we shall remember them wrth deep gratltude for the task they performed so falthfullv and well DOROTHY NIFL Fruscrs N Romrssorsr Irs! lug L ln! Lrzglmlt X ,gf ' RUTH HAMILTON jhwrsmcs B BEAM 4.ss't Lnglzrh lss't Englzvh s1sv't Engltsh l -hit lluszc Fourteen 0 '. t. f K C , L. ' x . x ns I I ks l . K ' .5 . .1 c 4 r ' x- ' D , K, -Z, - -4 5 5 Q I . ' 4 ' N 4 l 4' Cn - 1 ,. T i, K L as n n n Q K nn n nn T we read Emperor Jones, we are frightened tials of good speech, When, in later years, K . Q 'Ll T . xx tl .lc .T .1 . tl T l 5 . e . ' . X . Q ' I L1 K gi A T xi 0 X 0 L Q, , a . f Iixl ' -s T -l -. 1 ' v L L . L. il f 1