Southington High School - Chronicle Yearbook (Southington, CT)

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Seniors mastering the operation of the adding machine. Business The business MRS. ANNA FONTANA Mrs. Fontana, head of the Business depart- ment, is 'in her eighteenth year of teaching at Southington High School. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree at Boston University. She teaches classes in Shorthand and Secretarial Oflice Practice. Mrs. Fontana is the advisor to the local chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America. This year she was nominated for the New England Business 'Teacher of the Year Award, truly great honor for so dedicated a teacher. JAMES F. D'ANGELO Central Connecticut University of Hartford University of Connecticut B.S., M.S. Business Education MELKON ADAMS Central Connecticut State College, B.S.g Bookkeeping, Oi i:lCC Machines 24

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f the equation lies the mystery of time and space. ' Thales ll JOHN P. LEWIS Central Connecticut State College, B.S.g University of Connecticutg Plane Geometry, General Mathematics, Algebra and Trigonometry MISS EUGENIE GUTERCH Algebra I, Modern Geometry Saint Joseph College, B.A.g jim Potrepka shows Ron bone how its done. MATHEMATICS Math is a dynamic department. There is no exception here at Southington. These revolutions have not changed the basics of mathg rather they have strengthened the bond between its con- cepts and life. Many students and teachers alike, have found this transition to new approaches a diflicult one to undergo. It has required, in some instances, a reversal of the reasoning they have long been accustomed to employing. Yet these difficulties cannot keep math from surging forward. The numerous math courses at Southington include subjects from Business Math to Trigono- metry. The modern world has enlarged the need for a sound math background. MISS ANITA ZOBBI University of Connecticut, B.S.g Plane Geometry, Algebra I Tyrell and Dave Car-

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of America is business. ', Calvin Coolidge QQ! SSW -af' MRS. LUCILE SIMMONS Illinois Vlesleyan University Wayne University, A.B,, M.A.g Typing I, Junior Business Training MRS. JANET VISELLE Central Connecticut State College, B.S.g Business Law and Arithmetic, Typing Ig Advisor to the Law Club BUSINESS A sound knowledge of the necessary skills is of utmost importance to the boy or girl planning to enter the business world. In order to simplify the taking of dictation, the student is offered training in the language of signs and symbols. He is also offered a course in bookkeeping and in the adept operation of oflice machines. In office practice, the business students put this knowledge to the test. Not only does the business department pre- pare the interested student for a career in the business world, but it also aids in the production of the Emblem, the school newspaper. MRS. ANGELA VILLARI Bryant College, Bay Path College, B.A.g Typing I, II, Personal Typing fl. to rj Dolores DelSanto, Donna Pasquale, and Mary- lou Alfano, practice operat- ing the duplicating machine.