Upper Darby High School - Oak Yearbook (Upper Darby, PA)

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IF TWO COM PETENT F O IT AT OIK S DR. WILLIAM C. SAMPSON We have passed from Grammar School to Junior High and from Jun- ior High to Senior High during the past twelve years with Dr. William C. Sampson, Superintendent of Schools, eagerly watching our improvement and making our well being his con- cern. We shall ever cherish his guid- ance and long remember his fifteen years of faithful service in the Upper Darby Schools. rliss Burgess, Dr. Sampson's ecretary, lakes a letter. Miss Caillie, one of the office sec- retaries, rattles off a letter. Mrs. Talcott, newly arrived in our midst, at work in Room 101.

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ENTRUSTS IT TO THE ABLE OIIKECTIO MR. JOHN H. TYSON Behind the gray stone walls of the Upper Darby High School there is one who for the past twenty-two years has been a symbol of the true spirit of the Purple and the Gold. We will ever remember Mr. John H. Tyson, our principal, for his unselfish labor and genuine interest in all that we did. The efficient Miss Thompson runs off a few tests. Miss Cole gets a record ready to send off to college. Miss Gabriel says most often, I’m sorry, the lines arc busy.” r

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THREE MAJOR COURSES ARE OFFERER 'THREE courses, one in col- m lege preparation, one in business training, and one in general work, are offered to satisfy the different needs of the students. Statistics show that ap- proximately fifty-five per cent of the senior class are gradu- ating in either the academic or scientific groups of the College Preparatory course. Boys are found to be in the majority in the scientific di- vision, while the academic group has a higher percentage of girls. These students look forward to entering college, university, or some higher form of educational institu- tion. Those taking the commer- cial training number thirty per cent. This course branches into four divisions in the junior year, giving an opportunity for specialization in stenography, accounting, salesmanship, and general business. The remaining fifteen per cent are made up of those students who wish to have training which will fit them for employment immediately after graduation. The Gen- eral Course is also divided into separate divisions, the practical and cultural groups. The course gives the student an opportunity to study home economics, and shop work, but also contains a taste of language, literature, science, and mathematics. If you choose to take the College Preparatory Course, it may be that you will take the academic curricu- lum. If you do, one of your re- quired courses will be history. Here, a young lady points to a spot of interest on the map. If you do not choose the aca- demic curriculum in the College Preparatory Course, then you must take the scientific. This will mean that along the way you must struggle valiantly with such head- aches as physics and chemistry. Twenty