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

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 Upper Left: It’s serious business when Miss Gaukrodgcr stresses a point for an absorbed accelerated senior English class. Upper Right: Don’t worry, the gun isn’t loaded,” assures senior Bob Dawson as he demonstrates the weapon for Miss Mo wry and public-speaking students. Lower Left: Junior journalists take notes as Mrs. Slick directs activities from the back of the Acorn office. Lower Right: The UD English department, which supervise grammar and liter- ature studies for 1600 Upidites, includes—Seated: Miss Koch, Miss Yerkes, Miss Ferree, Miss Mowry, Miss Weil and Miss Weimer; Standing: Mr. Boyd, Miss Reed, Mr. Noel, Miss Gatikrodgor. Mr. Morris, Mrs. Slick and Mr. Miller. ENGLISH Under the chairmanship of Miss Edith Gauk- rodger, UD's English department of 13 instruc- tors trains every’ Upidite in English fundamentals during each of his three years on the hill. In addition to regularly-required English courses, journalism and debating are electives for those students who maintain above-average work in English. The department also offers courses in speech arts, public speaking and dramatics. The individual English teachers instruct their classes in grammar, literature and composition—all of which arc needed for a well-rounded education. Coordinating their work with the curricular activities of the English department, two clubs— Pleiades and Tay Wistalvan—enlarge the dra- matic and literary backgrounds of English students. 18

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HISTORY Correlating courses in history, economics and current events, the history department, under Mr. Billingslea, offers a diversified program for UD's social'Studies students. The subjects offered, which vary with curriculum and grade, include the following: general history, for commercial and arts-and-crafts sophomores; modern European history, for college-preparatory sophomores; American history, for all juniors, and economics and problems of democracy, for col lege prepara' tory seniors. American history, because it is re- quired for all eleventh graders, boasts the greatest enrollment. Working hand-in-hand with the history department, the World Affairs Forum provides an outlet for current-evcnt-mindcd history' students. The club translates both class- room learning and other information into debates and skits which it sponsors in conjunction with similar outside organizations. This year, for example, a group of almost 40 UD history stu- dents. under the auspices of the WAF, repre- sented Egypt in the Civic Forum Leagues mock United Nations session at Temple university. Upper Left: Event , date and place arc in the line of duty for history instructors Mr. Barlicb, Mr. Coffey, Mr . Abram , Mr. Wood, Mr. Grimmett, Mr. Shcnk, Mr. Brooke, Mr. Wikc. Mr. Andersen and Mr. Billingslea. Upper Right: Joan McCrea takes the floor in Mr. Coffey’» American history class. Lower Left: Current events in the form of the weekly news review are in the spotlight for Mr. Billingslea’ POD students. Lower Right: Sociology students pause in note-taking to smile at Mr. Wood’s joke. 17

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LANGUAGE With instructors in both the ancient and mod- ern languages, the foreign-language department is able to offer courses in Latin. French. German and Spanish. Miss Mary A. Taylor, and the six other members of the department combine their teaching of the languages with developing stu- dents’ understanding of the people who speak them. Augmenting the classroom work, the Latin club, lc Cercle Franca is, die Deutsche Gesell- schaft, and la Sociedad Panamcricana provide an outlet for use of the languages, in conversation and in song, and for such activities as the pro- duction of plays in foreign languages. Through these media, the cultures connected with the languages are transmitted to the students. Thus, the language department helps to instill greater understanding of other nations in language stu- dents. Upper Left: Advertising the beauties of South America to UD Spanish students is one of Miss Goodman’s travel poster . Upper Right: Virgil proves absorbing to the seniors who work with Miss Noble in fourth-year Latin. Loner Left: Miss Taylor indicates the lesson of the day for fellow foreign-language instructors Mr. Clugston, Miss Goodman, Mr. Stermer, Miss Chris- man, Miss Grunberg and Miss Noble. Lower Right: It’s right there, sophomore Gini Trimble asserts, pointing out Paris for members of Miss Chrisman’s French II class. 19