Ridley Township High School - Archive Yearbook (Folsom, PA)

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MISS HELEN HOFFMAN AB Swarthmore College BS Temple Umv Depaflmenl Head MR CLAUDE BUCHANAN AB Penn State MRS MARTHA BURKE MISS ALICE DITZLER AB Duckmson College Seniors pause during classwork ln Engllsh IV whlle Mass H Hoffman suggests an excellent article for extra currlcular reading from the Reader s Digest e ectwe use of ENGLI H Into whatever world we venture as we leave hugh school good Englnsh will prove an essentlal part of our llves It as true that no man llves unto himself for we all have an In fluence on the world In whnch we luve Clear and effective commumcatnon of our Ideas will enable us to make a greater lmpressxon on those with whom we come nn contact One ofthe mam obpectuves ofthe Englush Department ns to encourage lntelllgent crltncal thlnkmg In analyzing and eval uatung that whuch we read and hear Thus IS attained through drull In grammar and composltuon book reports and the study of llterature Each sophomore ns Introduced to the varlous types of later ature the short s'ory blography autoblography and the essay Silas Marner and A Tale of Two Cltles, two of lltera ture s finest works are read by underclassmen An acquanntance wtth the luterature of our own counlry IS necessary If we are to understand the growth and develop ment of our Amer can democracy Members of the lunlor class receive an excellent background un the relnglous polltl cal and purely creative wrltlngs of such American writers as Franklnn Thoreau and Emerson Shakespeare s Macbeth stands out ln the munds of sensors as do the orugnnal essays short stones and poems that cre ahve mnnds have composed The English Department contmually endeavors to relate Engllsh to our lndlvudual everyday lnves since It plays such a vltal role m everythmg we do bfi MRS. EVELYN GATT MR. FELIX MARION MRS. JANE SMITH M.A. Montclair S. T. C. B.S. Fordham Univ. B.S. Univ. of Penna.

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MISS MIRIAM CAMLIN MISS ADA MUCDONALD BS and MS Unuv of Penna Gundance Durector MISS BENETTA SNIVELY MISS RUTH WASSER MR PETER YACYK COUNSELING t1Ofw OT MTMTG SUCCESS Many tnmes a student can be more successful nf he has the help of a person who understands has problems can analyze has personalnty and gunde hum In choosong a career The Gundance Department furmshes such counselors Each student has the opportunnty to dnscuss wlth has counselor any problems he may have enther at home or nn school Specnal assnstance ln selectung courses best fitted to the nndnvudual ns gnven In the sophomore and lunuor years All semors plannlng a hsgher educatuon receuve and un selectnng and applymg to college arshups For those gomg nmmeduately unto the busmess world a placement servnce as oFfered whereby all commercial students are placed nn 'obs most suntable for their qualnficatuons A complete group testnng program as supervised by the department The school psycholognst admmusters nndnvndual lntellngence and personallty tests Specnal problems are referred to hum MR HORACE MILLIKIN BS and EdM Temple Unlv Psychologist ,- W... Mass R Wasser sensor counselor listens attentuvely and renders Results from the Natlonal Merlt Scholcrshlp Exammataon are expert advice as F Slate revlews hrs college appllcatuon received by K Dull from Miss A MacDonald guidance director . -, X 33 4 Qi R Ia 4 5 M ts f f The Guidance Department keeps interested students informed of available schol- 3 P

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e ...mf 44 As the day of 1he bug les? on Irterafure draws near sophomores rn Mrs E uaftey s Errglrsh class dulrgently revnew the authors and Therr works Whrle rumors are deeply engrossed nn an rntensrve study of one of Emerson s essays Mrs M Burke ex plarns the meanxng of a drfflcult passage to D Lake the slgn 0 an educated man fx Svudenfs rn Mr C Buchanan s Englrsh class ponder over the age old adverb and adlectuve problems which are being explarned by F Toney 711 .fer sg ,, 'dnt Arrr M K is L D lb- , A , K P .- 5. .-... ,Q .J . ni Lv' Ml f r . s' f ' 5 , .A . L ,. X, , . f I 'rx I 'S V ' r Q A 2? -R r V' r 3 1 n g , f, 1 3 X r U I r r 4' rf QR . ' A x . - K - 5 . R I tx - rg