Sidney High School - Reflector Yearbook (Sidney, NY)

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'Hi lo School ponders atoms and politzdp 952 was an election year and keeping up with the times the American history classes did a special unit on the election. For each state they predictated how that state would go and reason why. When the electoral votes were totaled, the students were able to predict the final outcome. CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION DEPARTMENT: Mr. Albert Ossman-Syracuse Univ. -B. A. , M.A. Mr. Alan Drake-Univ. of Alabama: Ithaca Collegeg Syracuse Univ. -B. A. , M.A. Mrs. Mary Ruland-Syracuse Univ. -B.A. , M.A. ELIEVE it or not, all things are made up of molecules. Mr. Ran- kins is holding an exact replica of a real molecule. This and other unbe- lievable facts are studied in chemistry. Every day we eat NACL and CHH22012 fsalt 8- sugari. We also drink H20 which is water, of course. SCIENCE DEPARTMENT: Mr. Robert Rankins-Albany State: Cornell Univ. -B. A. Mrs. Erma Halbert-Potsdam State: Cornell Univ. -B. Ed. , M. S. Mr. Jarvis Wades-Hartwick College-B. S. .Sn fax CIENCE, Nlath, Citizen Education and Art are iust a few of the subjects that Mr. Gifford teaches his seventh grade. Science includes the study of trees, animals, homo sapiens and astronomy. SEVENTH GRADE DEPARTMENT: Mr. Royal Gifford-Albany State: Oneonta State -B. S. , M. S. Mr. William Johnson-Oneonta Statep Albany State-B. Ed. Mr. Allan Littler-Oneonta State: Syracuse Univ. -B. Ed. Mr. Donald Jankoski-Fredonia State-B. S.

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'Scholars stud classic languages JUDY freadingj. At that time, my mother and father were a very affectionate couple. He used to call her his enfant gate, which is French for spoiled child. HARRY fstarts violentlyl. Now, listen GRACE fsoothinglyl. Just a minute, Harry .... HIS is an original scene from the play ,, Junior Miss. Miss Metz is coach- ing Shirley Segall Uudyj and William Hunt fHarryl. Barbara Henderson as Lois and Neila Hodges as Grace complete the family group . ENGLISH DEPARTMENT: Miss Lydia Metz-Syracuse Univ. -B.A. Miss Mary Quinn-Albany Slate-B.A. Mr. Francis Walters-Syracuse Univ. -B. A. , M. A. Mr. Howard Kinch-Hiram College-B.A. C'est une affiche du Mont Saint-Michel. Elle est une vieille eglise situe sur un ile dans la Manche. Greek, heavens no, it's French. Translated it means- Markley Opdyke, one of many struggling Latin students, is ointing out a mistake to the rest of these classic studying scholars. One of the first things a student wants to learn is ego amo te - l love you, but for the sake of passing a regents, it is necessary to learn Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tresg quorum unam in- colunt Belgae. fAll Gaul is sepa- rated into three parts, the first ofwhich the Belgians inhabit. .467 -vi This is a poster of the Mont Saint-Michel . lt is an old church situated on an island in the English Channel. fi HE students receive a monthly magazine La Jeunesse which is written in French. It contains stories, iokes, sports, new books and cross-word puz- zles. French is the only language spoken in the class- room, even when they are being reprimanded. FRENCH DEPARTMENT Mr. Howard Kinch-Hiram College-B.A.

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ll... 'Tkey .rleetcla portraits in fzlgureiii' .., 5, . r',l 1-'luv ba. . ?f? l ll 2-crisis? ' v .,.,1.yL-5 ,hlviqu t - Q' -1.5 .J l .1f .t 'zz-f - . ffl - ' J5ife:'Q'2 5-,lisa , 3 X f -t- ziflf f' fl-.5 '- I ' - -' 'S' -'ff .an N To 'eff '-mlm X - P ll 'ff -3 iff: A . lv .fi-4 ws fl 'va 'x f K 5 ' F two sides of a triangle are equal, the angles opposite those two sides are equal. Mr. Grahm tries to explain this to his geometry class, but the students seem to be more interested in the parallelogram rectangle and pro- tractor. F lmi- x l, C RS. Heimer times her Shorthand ll Class as she dictates a passage to them . There's a great demand for secre- taries in Sidney. Many students from these classes are employed immediately after graduation. Most of the second year students can write IOO words a minute. Just try that in longhandl COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT: Miss Gladys Gardner-Hartwick College: N,Y. Univ. -B. S. , M.A. Mr. Nathaniel Combs-Syracuse Univ.: M.A. I. -B. S. , M.S. Mrs. Anna Heimer-College of Sr. Roses Syracuse Univ. -B. S. , M.S. , ,f' Q. 41 xl x , 1 v 1. ff' CT R. Wade patiently explains this object of a square within a triangle to his 8th grade math class, as the students show interest by asking questions. Mr. Wade is preparing these scholars for elementary and intermediate algebra along with geometry which they will be taking in the near future. MATH DEPARTMENT: Mr. Jarvis Wade-Hartwick College-B. S. Mr. Henry Graham-Hartwick College: Albany State-B. S. , M. S. Mr. Claude Hickling-Albany Stateg Hartwick: Oneonta State-B. Ed., M.S.