Sharon High School - Mirror Yearbook (Sharon, PA)

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MR. DICKERSON MR. MARKS MR. IRVINE MR. COLLINS MR. FLACK Science Department In the hold of the ship stands a grizzled old man mumbling to him elf as he stirs the potion and liquids in the crooked quaint glass tubes. “Gold! Gold!” Such was the cry of the gold-crazed old chemist. But, the scientist of pirate days has gone! The old superstitions and beliefs concerning the marvels of Nature as “black magic” have disappeared. Knowledge has crept up and up, throwing its enlightening beams over the shroud of mystery surrounding science. Yet, fascination and magnetism still remain, for the sciences have accomplished such wonderful feats that they seem almost incredible. Each day brings a greater wealth to science and to us. for Science plays a most important role in our lives. General Science. This course gives a bit of all the sciences and is a satisfactory introduction so that one may be able to recognize the science in which he is most interested. Biology. The science of living things reveals to us the wonder of nature—from the most minute amoeba to the intricate and complicated mechanisms of the human body. This interdependence of plant and animal life reveals itself. The wondrous beauty of plants and flowers unfolds before us and the processes such as photosynthesis, osmosis, etc., disclose their marvels. Chemistry. The science which perhaps seems to bear most vitally upon our daily lives. Try to think of an object about you which is not in some way conectcd with chemical process. Perfume from coal! Rubber from goldenrod! Silk from corn-stalks! Physics. This science takes up the study of light, heat, sound, magnetism, electrostatics, etc. These studies bring about a better understanding of the scientific marvels which surround us. The principles used in making possible the radio, television, photography become self-explanatory. Physics reveals the why and wherefore of many things which puzzle us. In other words, Science is, because it treats with and concerns, life. A. W. DICKERSON W. PAY IRVINE Franklin College. B.S.; B.Ped. Physics. Marietta College, A.B. Biology. JAMES R. MARKS KENNETH COLLINS Thiel College, B.S. Biology. Westminster College, B.S. General Science. CARL T. FLACK Ohio State, B.S. Chemistry. Seventeen

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MISS BOYCE MISS WILLIAMSON MR. SEWALL MISS COUSINS MISS LOUTZENHISER Mathematics Department In silent awe we gaze at a bridge, as, phantom-like, it gracefully spans a river. Gradually, respect and admiration for its designer creep into us. admiration for the one who painstakingly designed every detail of this beautiful object. Little do we realize, however, that mathematics was the foundation of it all. Almost every movement in the designer's plans has involved mathematics, usually of the highest type. But the basis of all this difficult mathematics is that which is found in high schools. Such a foundation, Sharon High School offers to every pupil, and this mathematics teaches him to “think straight and get the right answer.” During his first year in Sharon High each Freshman is required to take Algebra I, after that, all mathematics is purely elective. The other mathematics courses offered to students are namely: Algebra I, Plane Geometry. and Business Arithmetic, each for one year; Solid Geometry, Algebra II, Trigonometry, and Algebra III, each of one semester’s duration. With the number of occupations that require mathematics increasing so steadily, such a wide range of that study which Sharon High is able to extend to its pupils can do naught but prepare them to be the best of citizens. ELLA BOYCE Pennsylvania State College. Algebra I. IRENE WILLIAMSON Ohio State University, A.B., M.A.; One Sommer Session. University of Colorado: Two Summer Sessions, University of Southern California; Plane Geometry, Algebra II, Algebra III. Trigonometry. FRANK J. SEWALL Westminster College, Ph.B.; Graduate work. Harvard; Algebra I, Plane Geometry, Solid Geometry. BEULAH COUSINS Geneva College, A.B.; One Summer Session, Grove City College: Two Summer Sessions, University of Pittsburgh. Algebra I. W INIF R EH LOUTZEN HI SEP Thiel College, A.B.: One Summer Session. Columbia Teachers College. Algebra I, Plane Geometry.

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MUSIC The Music Department includes band, orchestra, girls’ and l»ys’ glee clubs, and special courses in string, reed, and brass instruments. Since active members of thi department receive valuable training and non-active receive a fuller appreciation of music through the activities of the department, it is one which benefits the entire school. David Rees, Glamorgan School of Music, W ales. ART The object of the Art course is to develop appreciation, stimulate interest in creative work, and acquire skill in handling materials. The work is varied to give students a chance to discover their line of greatest interest and develop along it. and also to suggest and further new phases of the course to those students who are undecided as to what phase of art they wish to follow. Elizabeth Sykes, Allegheny College, A.I?.; Graduate Cleveland School of Art. M EC 11A NIC A L DRAWTN’f Mechanical Drawing, for all classes of pupils, serves as an important means of developing visualization, strengthening the imagination and forming habits ot careful observation and perception. The course is thoroughly practical, much stress being placed on orthographic projection, the other systems of drawing ic-ceiving due consideration. The course enables the student to acquire a genet a knowledge of drafting and is generally sufficient to enable him to secure a position after graduation. It also serves as a necessary foundation for engineering work. E. N. Newton, Jr., Penn State, University of Pittsburgh. Einhtccn