Sharon High School - Mirror Yearbook (Sharon, PA)

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 o o 0 a MR. DICKERSON MR. KIRSHNER MR. CURRIER MR. MARKS Science Department Science is a primary factor which instructs and enables one to understand the world in which he lives. For those who do not intend seeking higher education after leaving High School, General Science is taught to give a general” idea of the basic principles of biology, chemistry, and physics. OAs biology is the field of observation, it is a source of our ideas. Studying it, one finds objects for comparison, material for exercise of memory, and data for the formation of judgments. This work will stimulate many to observe the plants and animals as living things. One of our instructors states that although many people may employ simple chemistry processes such as baking bread and burning coal, they do not comprehend why bread rises or where the weight of coal disappears. In chemistry, the instructor endeavors to explain to his pupils just such things. Physics treats with the related phenomena of matter and energy. Many things are taught to the pursuers of this subject which will be of benefit to them in the present and later life. Experiments are made and the pupil, who while learning new things, is thoroughly enjoying interesting things. Then, too, numbers are encouraged to go beyond the limits of the sciences related above, into special fields. Stanley W. Currier—-General Science—Grove City College, B.S. lames R. Marks—Biology—Thiel College, B.S.C. Gale R. Kirshner—Chemistry—Allegheny College B.S.; University of Pittsburgh, M.A. A. W. Dickerson—Physics—Franklin College, B.S.B. Ped.

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O CD • O 0 © a 0 The library is visited daily by several hundred students. The average circulation is estimated to be 110 books daily. The record for this school year was reached on January 3, when 271 books were given out. Grace McClEnahan, Librarian. ART DEPARTMENT 0 The work offered by the Art Department is varied. It includes lettering, poster making, nature drawing, designing, picture study, figure drawing, and handicrafts. In working out problems, pencils, pens and ink, water colors, and cut paper are used. The class members make their books for picture study, binding the pages, dyeing the lining papers, and lettering the covers. The collection of pictures in the books includes famous examples of landscapes, portraits and figure compositions. The posters made by the Art students have ranged from small designs used in the High School building, to window cards advertising lectures and concerts. The Art Department competes in the Carnegie Safety Contest, and last year nine Sharon High students won prizes in the contest. Elizabeth Sykes, Allegheny College, A.B. 0 4 0 0 0 MECHANICAL DRAW ING DEPARTMENT The progress of the Mechanical Drawing Department is evident through the increased enrollment from 45 students last year, to 175 students this year. In 1926-27 only three periods were required, but in 1927-28 the entire seven periods were necessary to accommodate the pupils wishing to take Mechanical Drawing. The object of this department is to prepare the students for positions immediately upon graduation, so that they may follow engineering. This is accomplished through practical problems in perspective, isometric, and orthographic drawing. Great interest has been shown bv the students in making detail and assembly drawings of the complete Dodge motor, which was generously loaned to the department by the Foster Brothers. Norman Morrell, Carnegie Tech, B.S. MANUAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT According to common belief a Manual Training Department in High School exists for two reasons: to provide an opportunity for learning to make furniture, and to teach the use of woodworking tools. But there are many other aims in the mind of a Manual Training instructor. The boy must learn to be accurate, or he fails to turn out a desirable product. His work shows and develops such qualities as neatness, perseverance, and self-reliance. In short the Manual Training Department provides a meeting ground for the two factors which must be balanced in the well-rounded life, the artistic and the practical. Howard Gilmore. Genesco State Normal. 0 % k 0 • • • o (JD • 358 M onus

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V 0 ©I a llo 0 MISS FORREST Language Department Sharon High has a highly efficient and interesting Language Department, well organized, and managed by capable teachers. Latin, the basis of our own as well as many other modern languages, is well known and appreciated by Sharon High students, as there are a great number enrolled in the course. Miss Giblwms teaches first year Latin, Miss Saeger and Miss Forrest have charge of Caesar, while Mr. Raney has Cicero and Virgil. Latin is an invaluable aid to English and modern language students; while, of course, to students of science, it is indispensable. The second most popular foreign language in Sharon High is French. This department is in the capable hands of Miss McBride. In addition to her first and second year classes, Miss McBride also teaches a third year class this year. Miss McBride believes that the surest way to know a country and its people is to be able to speak and write its language. Aside from the cultural value of French, it has a practical value, for French expressions are coming more and more into usage in the English. Miss Forrest has charge of the Spanish Department. Aside from its cultural value a knowledge of Spanish is imt ortant in the commercial world. O. W. Raney—Westminster College, A.M.; Ohio Normal University, B.S.—Latin III-IV. Augusta Gibbons—Allegheny College, A.B.—Latin I. E. Vernicc Saeger—Thiel College, A.B.—Latin II. Esther M. Forrest—Grove City College, Lit.B.—Spanish I-II. Anna McBride—Westminster College, B.S.—French I-II. o • O -3D 3$ O M LYTLE