Sunbury High School - Torch Yearbook (Sunbury, PA)

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Mr. Shoener’s second year art students, first row 1. to r., Sally Stevenson, Daylene Hoffman; second row 1. to r., Tina Wilson, Bob Koletar, Charles Eichner, and Bob Boardman, complete work on their entries in the Hire the Handicapped Poster Contest sponsored by the local Bureau of Employment Security. Crafts Department The area of significance to students interested in becoming skilled in the arts is the crafts department. Making up this section are mechanical drawing, home economics, auto mechanics, car- pentry, drafting, machine shop, art, chorus, music theory and ap- preciation, graphic arts, driver education, and band. The craft de- partment is of value to those students who intend to secure em- ployment immediately after school. Hobbies are often initiated in this course and become a part of a student’s life thereafter. Principles of the various subjects are learned and then put into practical use in this department. Girls in a Home Economics I class begin preparation, under the direction of Miss Hooven, of a dinner to be served to Mr. Hatton and several members of the faculty. Mr. Hill inspects the progress of senior boys enrolled in the carpentry shop program who are working on the construc- tion of a practice house. Gloria Faust, Diane Dockey, and Sharon Neidig increase skill in the operation of printing presses as they print tickets- for the Senior Class Play during a class in Mr. Muhleman’s print shop. In the background Bill Jenkins and Bob Koletar are using paper cutters.

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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.

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Dr. Derr lectures to a Problems of Democracy class about a significant economic problem, the high human cost of labor. Juniors studying American history listen as Mr. Schlegel discusses Theodore Roosevelt and his relation to the reform period. Social Studies Department Mr. Ellwood refers to a diagrammed chart of the human body to supplement discussion in a senior boys’ health class on the effects of cigarette smoking. The final step in our educational system is the develop- ment of the mind and body. The social studies department in- cludes world cultures, American history, problems of democ- racy, current world problems, and health and physical educa- tion. After all the specialization in other courses, this depart- ment teaches the importance of profiting from other’s mistakes as a fundamental. The evolution of man and his society is stressed in this course. Class participation through discussion makes this department an important asset to any student. The development of the physical student rounds out the complete education of the school. Senior girls in Miss Autcn’s first period gym class perform warm-up exercises prior to playing a volleyball game.