Somerset Area High School - Eaglet Yearbook (Somerset, PA)

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M . 1 wap , Stimfniun, .XI tl I- Z I MISS YINGLING shows her students liuw to keep accurate ac- counts. The big World of science is introduced to pupils in a general way during their Freshmen year. MR. PAUL SCHROCK shows his classes how vacuums may be formed and how plants breathe. MR. LOI-IR tells his biology classes of all kinds of plants and animals. MR. SAYLOR shows the Seniors the practical application of science. MR. WAGNER tells the chemistry students of chemical changes and the physics students of levers and balances. MISS KUFFER is willing to help anyone Who has any troubles or needs-anything from a postage stamp to fifty mimeographed copies of a test. MR. VAN VORST trains trios and sextets along with the boys. girls, and mixed choruses. He also teaches a theory and harmony class. Art classes, stage sets and magician shows keep MR. KLINE busy for many hours during a school term. MISS TRUXAL helps Latin students translate Caesar, Cicero and Virgil. MR. STINEMAN directs the band and orchestra and gives private instrumental lessons. He has organized small instrument groups. MR. RINGLER'S big job is to teach pronunciation and transla- tion of French and German. He teaches one mathematics class. Social studies is really a six-year course. MR. DIETZ teaches his- tory during the first two years. Then MR. YEVAK tells the Freshmen of civic life and what it means to us. MR. LLOYD informs the Sopho- mores of events in world history. MR. ROY SCHROCK explains fully to his Iunidr classes the history of the United States. MISS LONG discusses Problems of Democracy with her Senior social science classes. Seventh and eighth grades are informed of World geography by MISS MEYERS. J'-nfl TELLS ITQ STORY 12 Xl Ilu I XII

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Our capable faculty deserves much credit for the success of our school careers. It is our teachers to whom we turn for advice and guidance in practical knowledge as well as book learning, and their friendly encouragement makes our troubles seem small. MISS MAIER is the one to whom we go for reference material in the library. She very capably supplies the needed information whether it be from a new book or a magazine of several years ago. MISS PIPER tells the Iuniors of the tragedy of Macbeth. Her junior high closses learn the fundamentals of composition. She also gives many helpful suggestions to the Literary Staff of the Eaglet of which she is advisor. MISS STOKER tells the Freshmen of the correct uses of verbs and pronouns and quizzes them on Ivanhoe and Iulius Caesar. MRS. MEYER gives the Iuniors a chance to write essays. The jour- nalism class studies newspaper reporting and writing. This class, with Mrs. Meyer as sponsor, publishes The Scoops of Somerset. To be or not to be that is the question. But it is not the only question in MISS MILES' class, for Hamlet is just one of the many interesting units. Her Senior English students even have a formal dinner party with imaginary food. Along with English MISS BAUGHMAN tells the Iunior High stu- dents of life's vocations and how to apply one's talents to one's work for a lifetime. MISS SNYDER explains the technique of precis writing and out- lining. Her classes learn to make speeches too. Reading, 'Riting and 'Rithmetic-MR. MENSER starts the seventh and eighth graders on the mathematics road. MR. FRYSINGER helps the pupils through algebra, geometry and finally trigonometry. MR. GRIFFITH develops the study of finding the x in second year algebra. In the vocational department We have the foods laboratory. MISS SPENCER, since her arrival in Ianuary, has taught her classes how to fix many appetizing dishes. MISS ROSS oversees the work in the cafeteria. Her meal-plan- ning ability is known to all who eat there. MISS MENG helps the girls in sewing classes plan complete ward- robes and make most of the clothes. Wood shop activities are directed by MR. DIXON. In these classes the fellows make everything from small knick-knacks to large desks. MR. PYLE is the instructor in the metal shop. Here the boys make tools, kitchen utensils and jewelry. The principles of raising crops are learned from MR. BILLICK. MR. CLEEVES teaches the boys how to tell good livestock from bad livestock. MR. KERIN shows the boys the fundamentals in wrestling and tumbling. MISS WEBER helps the girls to acquire finesse in tennis and hockey. MISS ROMANOSKI shows beginners how to manipulate the little gadgets of a typewriter. I MISS STERN teaches transcription to those who are more ad- vanced in typing and shorthand. ' ....11... Izfoulff .4 Guides and Leaders

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SENIORS LEARN THE VALUE OF ACI-IIEVEMENT An old picture of our now dignified Seniors shows a group of dimpled, shy-looking Fresh- men. However, that is deceiv- ing for the present Seniors were the liveliest and peppiest of greenies. Their Freshman circus was a thriller to the whole school. The timid Fresh- men were changed overnight into daring acrobats, swagger- ing clowns, and dashing ani- mals. which appeared faintly mals which appeared faintly related to burlap sacks, were most clever of all. Walt Disney has always been the patron of this class. In their second year they gave a Snow White Dance for the Seniors. The gym was gay with forest greens and flowers. Even the royal atmosphere was there, for a king and queen were selected from the guests to reign supreme over the affair. They were attended by dwarfs dressed in typical Dis- ney style. In their Iunior year they presented Fer- dinand the Bull on the auditorium's stage. The crowd roared with laughter as Ferdy refused to budge in the arena. However, they not only drew gales of laugh- ter from the school. When they presented Ghost Hunters, the chills ran up and down the au- dience like a monkey on a stick. In their third year of high school Booth Tarkington's Trysting Place was skillfully per- formed in an assembly program. The complica- tions that occurred when several groups of lovers happened. to choose one and the same room for a little spooning were all faithfully given. When this class gave their Iunior Prom, the guests were transported over the lazy South Sea and landed gently in Hawaii. A false ceil- ing of blue cellophane hovered over the floor. ....13.. 'K It is no secret that this cost seventeen dollars. The Seniors were proud of their extrava- gance, for they wanted nothing short of the best. A thermosta- tically controlled moon bright- ened and dimmed above the palm trees as the evening passed. Leap Year makes its appear- ance but once in a class's high school career, and the Seniors took advantage of the time and gave their Leap Year dance. The affair was made truly novel by the fact that the girls asked the boys to the dance. Iunior was escorted from his home under the very eyes of his amused parents. The couples danced under a colorful cloud of gay balloons. Balloons also made the party the Seniors gave the Freshmen a merry occasion. A net of the feathery bubbles was released from the ceil- ing. The floating balloons were the property of those with the longest reach. A lone survivor of the scramble floated tauntingly out of reach and was the object of many hilarious minutes of sport. The crowning achievment of four years of high school occurred on February first and second. On those two nights, long to be remembered by the class of 4O, Mother Carey's Chickens was given to record audiences. The Seniors practiced day after day to make this play a success. Even at noon hours the typical Sefnior hastily swal- lowed a sandwich and rushed pell-mell to the stage. There he rehearsed his lines with others as ambitious as himself. The effort they put forth during the four years was well worth it, too, for l94U's Seniors may C. graduate with the confidence that they left more than a passing contribution to the reputation of Somerset High School!