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

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English Lzlatar , Languages MARY J Fl-TNTON ORWTA MCCLFLLAND Rosa WARGVY IIIPVIVIHI 1'11J1i11 'UNI 11111111111 ll flnr 11111111115 ilurx ll x I PII J H 1 ,lhjnjl Our school offers courses in Latin, French, and Spanish The study of foreign languages has many read write, and speak other languages, it helps us to make an acquaintance with the history and literature of the people in other countries Many of our students would find the English language more interesting if they had studied the foreign languages Mas tery of grammar is another accomplishment gained through the study of language Latin is of special importance for it teaches us to grasp the gist of meaning and derivation of new words Since French and Spanish are modern languages and have been used for years in international relations, we can easily un derstand their value Closely associated with the Language De partment is the library, with its store house of rich material I-lE1.rx MANKOVICH MAY Srmcnsx Ms RA S Bnoxx 's french Spanish I 112111 last Englzxh lug 1 ngflth Fzftccn O 9 . 1 ' 1' 'Z I - 1' , . 1 .' 1 '1 f f P-' -'1 V' :' ' 1 1115 '1-.11 5 1 1. ns. 5 advantages. Besides giving us ability to u A K- i ' 1 f . . 1. , . f . .

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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

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Commercial Department The Commercral Department of Punx Qutawney Hrgh School glVCS drrect trarnrng for work after the hlgh school educatlon rs completed Students of commercral subjects get a tramlng 1n whlch they may develop certaln skrlls that can be used whrle strll rn hrgh school It enables them to prepare asergn ments rn other courses with greater ease Those who plan to contrnue thelr educa tron hope that thelr technrcal knowledge and sklll wrll take some of the drudgery out of therr college cours , and that thrs tram mg when added to flcadernrc and other pro fessronal courses wlll be an entree to good posltrons later on Recently the department has been en lfrrged and lmproved wrth the purchase of new office machrnes A rotatlon plan IS used by whrch the student learns to oper are one krnd of machrne, then moves on to the next Other subjects are offered whrch serve as an lntroductlon to actual buslness lrfe Busrness Law, for example grves the rrght and dunes of a person when rn the busrness world The entlre department 18 under the able drrectron of Mrss Mabel Monroe IFAN H SMITH MABFL R MoNRoF GFORGF G WFST ltr! 4 nmmrfrml L omuzcrrzul its t C ommrrczal lu S to llr D1 me EDITH Boxx ERS NOBLP V FRITZ l5s't C nvmzr rrzal -l rs't Commercial Sateen 0 ' r Q c c c t L . t . . L. K. ,A K. t . . , t - s . C I QQ ' QS C - f , Q i c Sc ' S ' 1. . . . . . . . . . . 1 r 1 , 4 -. . , . . . 1 y - . .ff . Pl' Q' . . ITU '