Sunbury High School - Torch Yearbook (Sunbury, PA)

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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

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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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In the auto shop boys can learn to repair and service engines, radiators, carburetors, and ignition systems. Here Ken Badman and Bob Klinger work on the intricacies of the com- bustible engine under the supervision of Mr. Foulds. Drafting teaches students to be able to pre- sent facts and ideas in the international lan- guage, mechanical drawing. At right, Mr. Weaver and his senior students study the sym- bols plotted by John Yagcl. Carpentry shop helps boys to acquire knowl- edge and develop skill in various phases of home construction. Obtaining valuable prac- tical skill are Jud Keener and Charles Oshctski as they nail the floorboards of a model house. The fundamental theory and the development of basic skills in metal work are the prime con- cern of the machine shop. Ernie Poff demon- strates the operation of the complex milling machine as Mr. Delp nods his approval. Bob Houghton pays close attention to the proce- dure involved. 21