Strong Vincent High School - Spokesman Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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Sylvia Galinsky B.M. American Conservatory of Music Music; Art; Senior Girls ' Chorus Walter J. Groschke Penn State — Smith Hughes Certificate Wood- Working Harriet H. Hearn A.B. Allegheny English Faculty Critic of News; Adviser — 11-2 Class H. Merrill Hughes B.S. Grove City Geometry; Trigonometry; Business Arithmetic O. L. Grender A.B. and Music Diploma- St. Olaf College Choral Music Bertil C. Gustavson A.B. Upsala College M.Ed. University of Pittsburgh Economics; Problems of Democracy Coach-Football; Mgr. -Track; Basketball; ACappellaChoir Edith E. Hirt A.B. Oberlin English Alfred E. Humphrey B.S. Stout Institute Drafting Adviser — Spokesman Board; Coach — Boys ' Tennis The commercial course, or the course in business training, is definite vocational preparation. Graduates who have suc- cessfully completed this course are able to go directly into business. This field in- ' eludes preparation for a variety of occupa- tions. For those desiring preparation in secretarial or office work. Typewriting, Stenography, Commercial Arithmetic, and Bookkeeping are taught. Typing is a two- year course, the first year being devoted to learning the keyboard and acguiring speed, the second to transcribing notes. Two years of Bookkeeping and one of Com- mercial Arithmetic furnish some knowledge of accounting. Half year courses are taught in Business English and Commercial Law. Graduates in commercial work should have acguired the accuracy and training which enable them to work suc- cessfully with other people, as well as to manage their own affairs more efficiently and wisely. Commercial Thirteen

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Howard Dean A.B. Grove City M.Ed. University of Pittsburgh English Manager — Band; Orchestra; Adviser — February Senior Class; Monitors E. Marion Esler B.S. Ohio State University Typing; Shorthand Adviser — Spokesman Board Grace Kane Flynn A.B. Mercyhurst Biology; Senior Science Chairman — Musical Comedy Alice E. Foust A.B. Penn State Civics P.T.A.- -Historian Virginia DeCecco A.B. College of Wooster English Dorothy M. Evans A.B. Allegheny French; History Recording Secretary — P.T.A. Adviser — Language Club Hulda Forsberg Diploma from Iron City College Typing; Shorthand Adviser — Commercial Club Rose M. Galbo A.B. Mercyhurst Exchange Student — Univers- ity of Milano, Italy Italian Adviser — Language Club; Italian Club Foreign Languages Hie, haec, hoc; le, la, les: Thus we struggle through our first year of Latin and French to find the second year lightened by more literature and less gram- mar. Those who have selected an academic course and plan to go to college must take at least two years of a foreign language and maybe more, depending upon the college reguirements. Here in school we have ample opportunity in the field of languages. Our capable and dependable foreign language department offers Ger- man, Italian, French, and Latin. Since much of the value and brilliance of an author ' s style is lost in translation, our language course is broad and com- prehensive enough to enable us to enjoy reading works in the original. And if anyone is fortunate en ough to travel in a country whose language he has studied previously in high school, he will find the trip more agreeable and educational. Twelve

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Bess Kohout A.B. William and Mary German Adviser — German Club; Language Club; 12-1 Class Gretchen Lange A.B. Syracuse University Shorthand Margaret McCarthy A.B. University of Pittsburgh Geography; History Junior Assembly Programs M. Inez Mercer A.B. Westminster Latin National Honor Society Senate; Adviser — Vergil Club; Girl Reserves; Language Club Harold I. Kramer B.S. Grove City Physical Education Coach — Football; Basketball; Intramurals; Track Ruth M. Lutje A.B. Penn State English Justin McCarthy A.B. Grove City M.Ed. University of Pittsburgh History Coach — Football; Manager — Swimming; Water Polo; Adviser — 12-1 Class Cora A. Pearce B.S. Penn State M.Let. University of Pittsburgh Art Adviser — Spokesman Board; Stage Settings Strong Vincent ' s Department of Math- ematics is weW prepared to eguip the student who is interested in this field. The study of Mathematics throughout the junior and senior high schools follows the customary order of progression; and a complete math course from Elementary Algebra through Trigonometry is offered. This year the Algebra course has been changed somewhat in that Algebra 3, which formerly reguired one semester, will now be divided into two semesters in order that more time may be spent on subjects which need extensive treating. The former Algebra 4 will now be called Advanced Algebra. The mathematics department offers Advanced Algebra and Solid Geom- etry, which so often are necessary for college entrance, as well as Trigonometry, which is also taught whenever there is a demand for the subject. This is a distinct advantage for boys who expect to enter schools of engineering. Mathematics Fourteen