Sunbury High School - Torch Yearbook (Sunbury, PA)

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Business Department OPPOSITE: Mrs. Hatton closely supervises these industrious typists. Below: As business adviser to the School Times, Miss Reichley ob- serves the head typists, Christine Gill and Linda Weaver, and Danny Paulnock, business manager. The commercial course, specializing in accounting and sec- retarial studies in the junior and senior years, prepares students for the active business world of today. Presented in the accounting course are advanced general math, typing, bookkeeping, office practice, and law and sales, in which the students study clerking and business law. The primary difference between the secretarial and account- ing courses is the emphasis on shorthand in the secretarial. Also included in the secretarial course are typing, advanced general math, and secretarial studies. Available for the use of both courses is actual office equip- ment such as the duplicating and calculating machines, a mimeoscope which duplicates pictures, and a soundscriber which gives direct dictation from a record with the use of ear- phones. During free periods seniors acquire experience by operating the intercom or switchboard, and by helping with attendance records and errands in the office. OPPOSITE: In addition to his classroom business program, Mr. Wirt is the organizer of high school banking. Here he assists Pat Mahaffey in preparation for a deposit. Above: Mr. Mitterling speeds up dictation to these future stenographers. 19 OOOOQGQ ooooo

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Social Studies Department LEFT: A senior P.D. class taught by Dr. Derr sits spellbound won- dering who got “one hun-dred” on that last test. BELOW: Mr. Thurston advises his sociology class on the problems of love and marriage. World Cultures, a course given to students in the sopho- more year, familiarizes future citizens with the accomplish- ments and frailities of the past. It is the aim of this course to create a better world for tomorrow from the experiences of yesterday. Preparedness for adulthood is supplemented by American History courses in the junior year. Not only is the early histori- cal development of the United States presented, but the political and economical aspects of a democracy are included in this study. Problems of Democracy is an actual investigation of the wheels which turn a democracy. Why a democracy functions and how it does so, are explained in this course proffered to seniors. Faculty members of this department are above, left to right, Mr. George Amerman, Dr. Emerson Derr, Mr. Robert Thurston, and Mr. James St. Clair. ABOVE: A note of humor is injected into the sophomore World Culture class by Mr. Amerman. OPPOSITE: The recent election of Senator Kennedy is the topic of discussion led by Mr. St. Clair. 18

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Vocational Department The primary purpose of the vocational courses is to prepare the students to enter the ‘world of work’. Included in this department are, SEATED: Mr. Charles M. Foulds, Auto Mechanics; Mrs. Laurie Forsyth, Home Economics; Mr. John Kaiser, Director of Vocational Education, who is con- stantly laboring to improve the offered training STANDING: Mr. Russell Delp, Machine Shop; Mr. Clarence Weaver, Drafting; Mr. Earl Hill, Woodwork. Sherry Lehman and Diane Porter lend a hand to Mary Jo Bzdil in her sewing project. The future health and happi- ness of today’s youth centers around the training given the girls in the Home Economics De- partment. Here students are taught not only the basic skills in both sewing and cooking but also many other areas of home- making such as caring for chil- dren, laundering, and planning their own home. Study of the basic food nutrients enables stu- dents to prepare well-balanced meals which are both attractive and healthful. Added interest in the class is created by films, guest speakers, field trips, and a home project each semester by the students. 20