Sunbury High School - Torch Yearbook (Sunbury, PA)

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ART DEPARTMENT Thought and feeling reveal themselves through self-expres- sion. Sunbury High School offers as its answer to this need a very unique course in art. For the student truly interested in art, a course of three years may be taken. Although the first year of the course is usually devoted to the fundamentals of art, the student may show his creativeness in certain fields during this year, follow this field the next two years and eventually make it a lifetime career. Students have many chances to compare their work with students of other schools in county, state, or city contests. Sun- bury usually has the distinction of placing very high in these events. One of the major contests open to students last year was the designing of a poster to be used as an advertisement for the city of Sunbury. The winner of this event was Elizabeth Snyder, Class of 1958. Her poster is now seen by thousands of people entering Sunbury. Another phase of the art department is the Industrial Arts Shop where students learn to do commercial printing and work with materials such as wood, metals, and plastics. This may be important in helping one to make a wise vocational choice. Robert Shoener, B.S. Kutztown State Teachers College Art Fred J. Muhleman, B.S. California State Teachers College Industrial Arts Shop As Larry Ditty and Frank Bartholomew watch, Mr. Muhleman explains the operation of the printing press. Beverly Snyder and Mr. Shoener pause a moment in Art II class.

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Arlene E. Hatton, B.S. Susquehanna University Typing, Law and Salesmanship Henry R. Mitterling B.S., M.S. Susquehanna University Bucknell University Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Commercial Mathematics Eva Reichley, B.S. Bloomsburg State Teachers College Office Practice, Shorthand, Secretarial Studies, Typing, Bookkeeping COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT Ben H. Wirt, B.S. Susquehanna University Business Mathematics To meet the demands of the complex business world, interested students of Sunbury schools have the opportunity to pursue a commercial course. The course is divided into accounting and secretarial studies. This division does not occur until the junior year, as all commercial stu- dents are required to take the same subjects during their first year. Typing, shorthand, secretarial studies, and advanced general math comprise the secretarial course. This appeals to girls planning to start their careers immediately following graduation. Typing, bookkeeping, office practice, law and sales, and advanced general math are offered in the accounting course. During the senior year students in this field are able to gain work experience and part time training by working in the high school office during free periods. This is a practical way of learning the basic fundamentals of maintaining an office. The technique of operating various types of business machines is another phase of the course made available to the student. Patricia Rhodes and Judy Rown compare figures as Mr. Wirt unknowingly hovers above. Miss Reichley’s class has deserted the typewriter for the test paper.

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Augusta S. Watkins, B.S. East Stroudsburg State Teachers College Health and Physical Education John M. Auten, B.S. Susquehanna University Health and Physical Education Margaret Reese, R.N. Geisinger Memorial Hospital School of Nursing School Nurse HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION Mr. Auten explains the daily food chart to a senior health class. Health is “a state of physical, mental, and emotional well-being, and not merely absence of disease.” This is a very broad field and not just a consecutive series of “gym” classes. Physical exercise, in the form of competitive sports and calisthenics, develops healthy bodies and good sports- manship. The hygiene classes, which al- ternate bi-weekly with the gym classes, cover the basic essentials of good health, a study of the parts of the body, and the symptoms and prevention of diseases. In the final year the course widens into a study of character development, person- ality traits, proper living conditions, and mental attitudes. Miss Margaret Reese, the school nurse, is retiring this year after more than twenty years of carefully protecting the general health of the student body. John Bain can depend on Miss Reese to take care of his pains. Mrs. Watkins has her juniors right in step.