Sunbury High School - Torch Yearbook (Sunbury, PA)

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Business and Vocational Departments ABOVE: Mr. Wirt provides individual aid to a class of Business Mathematics. LEFT: Mrs. Hatton indicates proper finger position on a chart of the typewriter keyboard. Basic office skills and operations are taught in the business courses. The curriculum is divided into sec- retarial and accounting classifications. Speed and accuracy are stressed in typing and shorthand. Fun- damental calculation, good salesmanship, and book- keeping are essential subjects. Certain subjects are also designed to benefit students not going into the business field, but entering college or other profes- sional work. Bill Marks and Jayne App observe, as Miss Reichley explains correct procedure in operating a duplicating machine.

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Under Miss Auten's guidance, a team of sophomore girls skin the snake during physical education class. Health and Physical Education Department Aims for Well-balanced Minds and Bodies The health and physical education department strives to develop strong, healthy minds, bodies, and emotions . The rigorous athletic program includes gymnastics, tumbling, and various team sports. Many classroom activities in- volve a thorough study of the human body, disease, and proper first-aid care. Sunbury schools, along with nineteen other schools in the state, took part in a physical fitness program during the year. A series of tests was given to students in the high school with a follow- up program for the purpose of improving the physical standard of each participant. The results of these tests were recorded in Harrisburg and Washington. Mr. Auten simplifies the functions of the circulatory system for a sophomore health class. m w 23

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 Prepare Students for Specific Fields Students observe in the Carpentry Shop, as Mr. Hill accurately measures a current sophomore pro- ject, a taboret. The vocational department is divided into five sections: Ag- riculture, Auto Mechanics, Carpentry, Drafting, and Machine. This course endeavors to develop the necessary skills and tech- nologies for future vocations by the student's working with the actual tools of each trade. Courses include both the study of theories, processes, and methods, as well as the application of learned principles through diligent practice under experienced supervision with standard machinery and materials. RIGHT: In the Auto Mechanics Shop Mr. Foulds helps Bob Klin- ger understand the functions of various parts of a car's motor. BELOW: In the Machine Shop Mr. Delp explains the functions and operation of an external grinder to Leon Clayberger and Paul Duck. BELOW RIGHT: Ted Shamp and Dick Nesbit ask for Mr. Weaver’s advice concerning a project in Vocational Draft- ing.