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

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is ' - Deep concentration IS centered on the news disclosed ln the Amerncan Observer as Mlss R Wasser explalns the numerous problems faclng the United Natlons through SCCIAL STUDIE problem Reports and panel duscussnons dealung wuth current world na tuonal busnness and economuc problems are part of every class Electuve courses an World Hlstory and Socnology are also avallable to all Interested Rxdley Townshnp ns unlque In that It IS one of the few in MRS JOAN STREHLER AB Penn State Unlv MISS BENETTA SNIVELY AB Urslnus 'Y' by 1- schools In thus area to offer Socnology to nts students Durung the year these students learn to deal more sympathetucally wlth the human race A malor prolect nn lumor and sensor classes ns the students wrntnng of a research paper on o sublect of has own chouce In all ofthe Socnal Studues courses at Rndley Townshup Hugh School the teachers asm ns to prepare each young person for cmzenshnp nn a world In whlch all people must learn to llve together an peace ,Z 4 elf' ill ff? ni'-'fu Mr W Zehler receuves lmmednate response as he questlons a class on Amencan Hustory In a dascussnon nn POD class Mrs F Drake uses the map as reference to explam the many dnfllcultues encountered an the Suez Canal Zo MISS RUTH WASSER MR WILLIAM ZEHLER MS Unnv of Penna BS Vlllanova Unuv ... V . I 6 I W 2 , I , h ffl? 5 Q Q I ? 5 3 A 'Li' y , e 'N' I 1 l ' if . r . . i 5 - I A , r 4 , g ' 4 X l v x 4 q L, ' I o L1 ' ' V D . -,k3, f .4 D 1 X ' r ' I ' ' 4 . I 4. 8 Hmm... .? M- -- --,-,-,.s W, ,, , - 'lie ,.-kvvv Q I.. fl' i iv,'I . I . D - , V t isa. g7,w5,.y ' 1 x r f , ' .a . . . 1 R , ., g':r- ' . I h 1 I ' l -' -isfn. M t, Q ic I . . . . . . . . , 1 - ' . . r , . . . . . I , . . . . . . .I ' t'-I ' ' . A I if Ak I ne. , X J. , 'lt , I L 5 .Ja , I 35 l -. , ' A f l , :J ' - 1 'MZ' A . pt 5 I I 1 A , ik' I' I .- Aw ms M A ' . D t

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.ala-fu w-fvw 'sf-av MRS FRANCES DRAKE A B Swarthmore College Department Head 'W tffifff MR EDWARD PETER MR DONALD ROSS BS West Chester S T C B Mullersvllle S T C 7 Mr E Peters cwcnts the class s conflrmatnon as R Agnew doubtfully points out the locahon ot' Greece unclerstandmg soclet studyung the achuevements and mustakes ofthe past we gaun valu able knowledge for use nn the future The Soclal Studies Department seeks to Install wlthnn each student the understandung of others whuch s so necessary uf he as to be a good cutnzen nn the world today Among the requnrements for a dnploma from our school ts the suc cessful completnon of a year of Umted States Hnstory and Problems of Democracy After tracing the growth of our country from nts humble be gnnnnng to the present day students study some of the problems of our llvung democracy Sensors In PO D classes study everythung from the applncatuon of the U S Constatutuon to the completnon of an :ncome tax A thorough study of treatnes IS pursued by Mr D Ross' U S Hlstory Personaluty dnsorganlzatuon I5 explauned to Soclology class by C Keyes class tv X .5 F., ll. R ,F , A v I I H 'Ar A-A A A e -at V , 2 4 Z 'fir ' I b My L V f , 0 Y . ., Q A ,V f W' ffm--115 I 0 0 K MJT, . s . By - - - I - . I

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The faces ofthe students rn Mrs .l Kauftman s Algebra ll class express the deep thought and concentratlon needed to solve the complex equatnons nn a weekly revuew stud of M THEM TICS MR THEODORE BECK BS West Chester S T C develops loglcal tltmlcmg .MSS Recent Increased emphasus on technncal and sctentnfk fields has made everyone more aware of the need for a knowledge of rvathematucs Students at Rtdley Townshtp are offered a varaety of courses dealnng wrth all phases of thus most rmportant Those takung the academnc course must take Algebra I and Plane Geometry and may elect Algebra ll Solnd Geometry and Trngonometry lnstructton un mathematncs as not conhned solely to college BS Unlv of Penna preparatory work General studen s recerve two years of Gen eral Mathematucs The currlculum has been extended thus year to xnclude three new courses ln Practucal Mathematucs These courses are based on a study of practlcal mathematical models understandnng of the problem These records can be kept as a self made textbook for practlcal use IH later lute In short the departments arm IS to prepare the student for whatever type of rr-athematlcs he may need In his chosen fleld ln order to develop skull un the method of solvmg plane geometry problems these students In Mr T Beck s class learn by observmg the procedures of therr classmates Mnss C En: shows V Rowlyk where her mrstake lues In her technlque of solvtng algebranc equations as F Potter attempts to arrtve at a correct CDSVYET' I I ,af , X ,V I , ., . . o o o . , . . . , . . . - subiect. and a record is made by each student, in his own words, of his r I - . . . . . , . . me .-'KF'