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

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 In the picture, upper left of the pre- ceding page, members of the acceler- ated chemistry class gathered accurate data for an experiment. Shown lower left is Miss Saren's academic typing class—a course open to all students. Pictured at the right, future farmers demonstrate automobile motor repair in agriculture class. In the picture below, boys of the Arts and Crafts Course study the metal lathe in metal shop. 17

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 Upper Darby offers preparatory training for many occupations and professions. In our Academic Course, students become ac- quainted with history, economics, and other social studies. The Scientific Course pre- sents concentrated study in intermediate and advanced mathematics and in varied science topics. The experimental facilities make biology, chemistry, and physics prac- tical as well as theoretical. Commercial students learn to operate modern business machines and typewriters. They receive instruction in shorthand, Eng- lish, and law. Many of them obtain actual business experience, working in the commer- cial office. Girls taking the Arts and Crafts Course find their work in the home economics de- partment not only interesting but also very valuable in their future life. The boys learn manual skills in the shops, thereby obtaining preparation for many and varied occupa- tions. 16

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SCectect zctifem felcitwect,,, During the past five years the School Board has doubled the size of the Senior High School campus by adding sixteen acres of land. The carefully-planned expansion program, now nearing completion, includes an academic wing, a gymnasium, and a bus garage. Meanwhile, the problem of in- creased elementary school population has been partly solved by the building of two new elementary schools—Primos and Hill- crest. Claiming the School Board's attention while administering these projects totaling $4,000,000, have been all the usual problems of maintenance, finance, and instruction, and a sustained interest in all the schools of the Township. Members of the Board pictured above in the first row are: Mr. Vanleer I. Bond, Mrs. Bertha S. Wert, Dr. George G. Dilworth, Mrs. Rhoda S. Seeburger, Mr. John H. Fra- zier; in the second row: Dr. Edgar B. Cale, Mr. George W. Hoehler, Assistant to the Superintendent, Mr. N. Horace Berman, Dr. J. Vernon Ellson, Mr. John H. Tyson, Super- intendent of Schools, Mr. John C. Parry, Mr. John J. Schiedel, Secretary, Mr. Stewart B. Harkness, Treasurer, Mr. R. Winfield Baile, Solicitor. 18