Scotch Plains Fanwood High School - Culmen Yearbook (Scotch Plains, NJ)

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READING Mr Albert DeSousa One of our schools outstandang educatuonal features as nts speed readnng course taught by Mr DeSouS0 Here we Ufe taught to put our eyes and our mund to good use Besudes lust learmng to umprove our readmg we are guven excellent advnce on studyung and gettnng along un the world These outstandmg charactenstucs make readmg one of the most popular courses In school lm Mr DeSousa uses the tcclnstoscope LIBRARV Individual help IS the keynote of the readmg course MISS A l-Offame AYW5 One of the more relaxnng departments an our school ns the lnbrary, with nts soft aqua walls blonde furmture lounge chairs and wade plcture wmdow But our lnbrary offers more than elther pleasure readnng or research To make It easy to find Mrs Turner keeps a watchful eye The library takes on the Chnstmas spmt l05 and use mformatlon the lnbrary nncludes such faculltles as the card catalogue, mdex table files check out desk, display cases penodlcals and reference shelves If even after all thus, you have a spare moment you can read the lnbrarys own maga znne, The Bublnochat To keep thus large organnzatuon runmng smoothly there are always lnbraruans or Lubrary Council mem bers on hand Our school can certamly be proud of nts extensnve and eftlclent lubrary Emcnent lrbrary Councrl members keep the checkout desk runmng smoothly ,s V, H 4 I , , relaxation, it has a wide selection of excellent books for . , Q I I - . ,, . . ,, . . . . I - 4 x 'l Q.. 6'5 .lf

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'- Much talent rs displayed by our art students Mr Robertson demonstrates some finer pomts ln modelmg clay ART Mr Harry Robertson Have you an lnclmatnon toward any sort of artnstuc expressaon'P If so then the clay room supplned wnth a kuln and pottery wheel In art students can paint draw make lewelry and lmoleum blockprmts or work In metal clay or constructron paper The art room wnth nts blg bulletvn board full of puctures fosters lust the rnght atmos phere for expresslon nn all these medna INDUSTRIAL ARTS Mr Raymond Moore To sunt the needs and deslres of almost every boy In the school we have a great varlety of mdustrual arts courses from auto shop to woodworking In woodshop the boys learn the aspects of carpentry as they bulld tables book shelves and other prolects Metal shop Introduces the boys to both ornamental and practncal metal work Here they make anythung from screwdrnvers wuth hand molded handles to hammered alummum or copper trays The older more ad vanced students are ellgnble for auto shop Most of these boys have thenr own cars and are constantly etther repaur mg the new ones or rehabnlutatmg the old ones The arm of all these courses though as not lust to gnve the boys a place to hammer a pnece of wood or tmker wnth theur cars Shop courses teach the valu of manual labor and przde un good work both of whuch contrubute toward makmg a well Auf Sh b mn ery o lar O cpu ew ' 9 V P Pu rounded man 1- Mr Herbert gives helpful advice Some- prolects are almost as bug as the workman .. 1 :. ,1 1- ' art room is the place for you. Here you will flnd both a general work room and a , . I - I , , , I - 1. . I . . A 1 ' a I . . . '-ff S . . it ! i f l T05

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The thnll of getting the keys for the first time A well executed handsugnal a securely fastened safety belt the sound of an lntelllgently driven car and you know that the Dnver Educatson class rs off for another lesson Besndes learning how to actually druve a car students are also guven Indoor mstructnon They learn about laws governmg car ownershlp and opera tlon and mechamcs of the car They are also shown fnlms stressing automobsle safety and are gnven tests to measure eyesught steadyness nnght vnsuon and dnstance gudgment All thus work as leadung up to that gloruous day when they get that maguc pnece of paper LICENSE and thats when they really thank our Druver Ed teachers DRIVER EDUCATION Mr Earl R Smlth Xl IJ Now that we have seat belts we must use them STUDY HALL Mr Lets settle down and get to work Last but not least we have study hall where students relax rest up for thelr extra currlcular actuvltues and gyp to go to the lubrary There are a few people who do homework here but generally tts pretty hard to concentrate because of all that sulence On the other hand you may happen to be an a nousy pernod then you cant work because of all the commotion Wuth these few words we leave studv hall and dont dusturb Alfred E as you put those chaurs up Once m c whrle you're lucky enough to have the right study hall teacher tor what you're studymg Students catch up on sleep too A whisper behind the paper V1..'s.1 . -Q . ' x W ' 1 I 1 , . 1 1 , U I I t 1 1 1 . . . . H H . , . - 1 1 ' 1 1 1 . . ' I 1 1 . .