Sunbury High School - Torch Yearbook (Sunbury, PA)

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Business Department After the basic foundation in English has been laid, the next step in education is to provide a variety of subjects and a chance to specialize in these. The business de- partment strives to prepare the student to go directly from school into office work. Typewriting, shorthand, bookkeeping, secretarial practice, office practice, and sales and law are the courses making up this department. Through the use of various machines, many of which are the latest models, and through constant practice, the student has a chance to become highly proficient. This department also prepares the student to be a better homemaker. The courses are of obvious use in the keeping of home records and in the purchasing of goods through the sales class.

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Mr. Nesline shows his Spanish III class a collec- tion of pictures, gathered during his numerous trips to Mexico, of the ruins of Mayan Indian civilization. Language Department To solidify the work of the English department, the language department serves as the background through which the student can see the derivation of many English words. This course is readily accepted as an invitation to a new and different study. The depart- ment,' including Spanish, French, Latin and German, is many times the basis for addi- tional study in college of foreign languages. After fundamental rules are learned, the courses turn to speaking and reading. The studies incorporate information on the re- spective countries, thus enabling the student to become acquainted with a way of life other than his own. Miss Shipc supervises a group of French III and IV students listening to and translating colloquial conversations in French through headsets in the language laboratory.

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During a laboratory period Mr. Ocker explains the procedure for determining the percentage of oxygen in potassium chlorate to Chemistry I stu- dents, 1. to r., Ken Woodhead, Jill Kniss, Marcy Lehman, Suzanne Valentine, Judi Barefoot, Mar- lene Raker, and Lonny Ditty. Math and Science Department Another area of advanced study is the mathematics and science department. Through chemistry, physics, biology, human physiology and general science, the student delves into the phenomena of nature in an attempt to understand more about himself and his surroundings. By geometry, algebra, trigonometry, college mathematics, functional mathe- matics, and business mathematics, information that could be used in any occupation is learned. Because of the increased importance of mathematics and science today, students find this department of great help in their post-high school life. In Mr. Bushick’s fourth period Advanced Biology class seniors gain proficiency in the use of microscopes by observing prepared slides of amoeba and paramecium.