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

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Upper Left: With senior stenographic students Jean Cyckowski anti Betty Crouthers at the wheel, a commercial-office duplicator turns out morning sheets in mass-production fashion. Upper Right: Typists keep their eyes on the books and olf the keys. Lower Left: The excel- lent business background of UD commercial graduates results from training by Mr. Minacci, Mr. Forsgard, Miss Garen, Miss Scott, Mr. King, Mrs. Hup. Miss Richards, Miss Kerr, Mrs. Danehower, Mr. Rhile, Mr. Bernardino and Mr. Milne. Lower Right: Mr. Bernardino checks J.B.T. homework. COMMERCIAL The commercial department, directed by Thomas J. Milne, offers courses to those Upper Darby students who plan to enter the business world immediately after high school. The courses arc similar for all sophomore commercial students. However, in their junior year, students are per- mitted to branch out into one of the four fields covered in the curriculum—accounting, general business, salcsmenship or stenography. A special course in distributive education, which is open to all senior commercial students, combines regular classroom subjects with actual working experi- ence in local business establishments. The DE course is supervised by Joseph E. Rhile. 20

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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

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MATHEMATICS Upper Darby's mathematics department, pop- ularly know as the “math” department, instructs college-preparatory students chiefly in two gen- eral fields—plane geometry, which all members of the college-preparatory group must roster, and algebra. Supplementing these basic mathematics courses are the more advanced studies in trig- onometry, solid geometry and advanced algebra. Courses in workshop mathematics arc offered for arts-and-crafts and commercial students. This year Mr. Diehl, head of the department, and his assistants have conducted surveys to determine the effectiveness of UD’s math pro- gram. Their findings have resulted in several changes to be introduced next year. The present plan of offering trigonometry and advanced algebra as half-year courses and solid geometry as a threc-period-per-wcek course will be changed to include half-year courses in trigonometry and solid geometry and a full-year course in advanced algebra. Moreover, the department plans to install special algebra-review classes for seniors who plan to take college-entrance examinations. Upper Left: It take» a lot of figuring, but senior Wilma Prewitt gets the answer with a little supervision by Mr. Hartman. Upper Right: Mr. McDonnell's joke merits a laugh from his Algebra II class. Lower Left: Topping the roster of UD mathematicians arc—Seated: Mr. LeOates, Mr. Hartman, Mr. Diehl and Mr. Shull; Standing: Mr. Wolfgang, Mr. Twoe and Mr. McDonnell. Lower Right: Two math students collaborate to explain a tough geometry problem. 21