Sharon High School - Mirror Yearbook (Sharon, PA)

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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

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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 SYKES MISS McCLENAHAN MISS WELLER MISS ERB LIBRARY In the library of Sharon High School composed of a fine collection of four thousand reference books, several shelves of fiction, and monthly editions of twenty-four of the best current magazines, students find an inexhaustible supply of material to aid them greatly in their school work demanding outside reading and which affords a pleasant and profitable means of recreation. Grace McCIcnahan. Drcxel College of Library Science, Librarian. PHYSICAL EDUCATION The aim of this department is to teach people to do better, desirable activities which they are going to do; that is. to form good habits. Health, the most important objective, must be obtained bv development of correct habits and an observance of health rules. It is expected that ultimate development of skill will result in self-confidence, satisfaction of achievement, and desirable mental and moral qualities. Dorothy Weller, Slippery Rock State Teachers College. David B. Stewart, Grove City College, B.S. MEDICAL CARE Good health is the most important requisite of students. At Sharon High this fact is recognized and once during each year each student receives medical inspection. Records of these examinations are kept by the school nurse who has charge of follow-up work and attempts to have all defects corrected. Regina Erb. R. X., C. H. Buhl Training School for Nurses. HEALTH Each student in school unless studying biology is required to health class once each week. Here he learns all the important health essentials, such as good posture, correct foods to eat, and practical safety-first aids. Oscar Sigler, Slippery Rock State Teachers College, B.S. Nineteen