Sunbury High School - Torch Yearbook (Sunbury, PA)

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Tlie guidance program in Sunbury Area Senior High School is carried out by two directors — Miss Martha Fisher and Mr. Frederick Padgett. Miss Fisher’s duties consist primarily of administering special education tests and evaluation of the re- sults. This being Mr. Padgett’s first year as a guidance counselor, he has assumed the duties of advising secondary students concerning the selection of appropriate colleges. He also makes arrangements for scholarship tests. Mr. John Kaiser, who is the vocational educational director, has overall charge of the entire vocational course in the high school. All problems of this curriculum of the school are handled through him. He is also responsible for scheduling adult education classes. Also in this department is the driver education course under the direction of Mr. Carl McEntire. At some time in a person’s life there is a desire or necessity to learn to drive a car. Thus this course is a forward step in education. A student is taught the mechanics of an automobile and the way to handle it correctly. Frederick Padgett A.B., M.A. Heidelberg College Bucknell University Guidance GUIDANCE Mr. McEntire takes Barbara Boone out in the school’s Pontiac. Martha A. Fisher B.Mu., A.B., M.A. Susquehanna University Bucknell University Bloomsburg State Teachers College Guidance School Psychologist John M. Kaiser B.S., M.S. Pennsylvania State University Director of Vocational Education Carl W. McEntire, B.S. Mansfield State Teachers College Driver Education 15

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George M. Amebman A.B., LL.B. Dickinson College George Washington University World and Pennsylvania History, Problems of Democracy Carl Shively, B.S. Bloomsburg State Teachers College U. S., Pennsylvania and World History Emerson L. Derr A.B., M.A. Susquehanna University Bucknell University Problems of Democracy SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT “A knowledge of the past is a prepara- tion for the future” might well be the motto of the social studies department. The three year history course is divided in the following manner: During one semes- ter of the sophomore year an intensive study of the history of Pennsylvania is made, while the other semester is devoted to a study of ancient world history. A stu- dent may elect another year of world his- tory if he desires. In order to establish a background to understand the making of America, the entire junior year is spent in the study of American history. Problems of democracy, the senior course of study, includes subjects of importance to society, the machinery of government, and eco- nomic problems. The purpose of studying ancient history is to learn how the past generations con- tributed to the greatness of our country. The study of history and problems of democracy prepares each individual to meet with intelligence the problems of our everchanging political and economic na- tion. It develops patriotism and teaches love and respect for our country.

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Francis C. Hatton, B.S. Albright College Algebra, Plane and Solid Geometry P. K. Jarrett, B.S., M.A. Susquehanna University Bueknell University Vocational Mathematics Trigonometry College Algebra Mr. Hatton, hands on hips, searches his mind for an answer to that one. MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT With such emphasis as is placed on sci- ence these days, it is essential that the stu- dent understand one of its basic tools— mathematics. Mr. Hatton always stresses that one of the prime functions of math class is teaching the student to think for himself. Sunbury has such thought-pro- voking classes in algebra — first, second, and college; plane and solid geometry; and trigonometry. Algebra progresses from the fundamental operations through equations and graphs, verbal problems, factoring, variation, roots of numbers, exponents, and logarithms, un- til it reaches trigonometry. The step after algebra in the mathemati- cal education of the student is usually geometry. It is divided into two parts— plane, which deals with figures lying in the same plane; and solid, which deals with figures such as cubes, cylinders, and spheres, all of which do not have all their parts lying in the same plane. The course in plane trigonometry encom- passes trigonometric functions, identities, and equations; radian measure, functions of two angles, and the oblique triangle. If you hear some dazed-looking senior mum- bling such weird words as “cotangent of Theta equals one over tangent of Theta,” don’t get excited. Mr. Jarrett just likes those fundamental relations down pat. Terry Beaver seems a hit surprised as the camera catches Mr. Jarrett cor- Mr. Van Horn, who also teaches many vocational subjects, is recting Terry’s trig problem. Also in the picture are Fred Dunkelberger, pictured at the front of his algebra I class. Nicole Schenk, Micbael Heffner, and Mimi Willard.