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

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Business Methods Front row: Miss Non Scot», Miss Dorothy Kirker, Mrs. Elizabeth McGonnigle, Miss Alice Huston, Miss Julia Miller, Miss Emily Cunningham. Second row: Mr. Arthur Packer, Mr. Joseph Rhile, Miss Eleanor D'Amelio, Miss Lucretio Kerr, Miss Pearl Garen, Miss Louise Nicolino, Mr. Jome Kashnor, Mr. Fred Forsgord. Bock row: Mr. Joseph Fodoraro, Mr. Joseph Loeper, Mr. Mario Todaro, Mr. Woyne Govitt, Mr. Charles King, Mr. Fenn Minaoci. In insert above, eft; Mr. R. Paul LeCates, Head, Indus- trial Arts Department. Right intort: Mr. Potor E. Bernardino, Head, Commercial Department. HOME ECONOMICS AND INDUSTRIAL ARTS Home Economics offers a variety of subjects: clothing, food, costume designing, family rela- tionships, home nursing, and interior decoration. Modern Living classes, which are open to senior girls, include units in personal and social relationships, child care and develop- ment, family management, and household mechanics. Modern Living and Foods II are offered to boys. The new industrial arts buildings include four shops and one mechanical drawing room. A unique feature is the inclusion of home mechanics activity conducted in the shop ap- propriate for that course. The total experiences provide youth with a background as a basis for developing further avocational interests or as a foundation for choosing a vocation. IN A boys' cooking class, Fred Corletto and Dick Gortian learn the art of boiling water.

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IN A senior ogriculturc class, R. Compono, P. Smith, D. Sarkis, B. Bot- tisto, F. DoMorco, B. Trocy, ond Mr. Remley discuss complete produc- tion of hybrid seed. AN INTERIOR decorotion class constructs a model living room to be used PRACTICING SPEED drills ore Carol Kinney, Betty Farrel, Ruth Runske, Sue Buseros, Potty Lynch, Margorite Canakes ond Moxime Windermon. 20 Better Skills for COMMERCIAL Business preparation curricula emphasizes specia ization in eleventh ond twelfth grades. Pupils who have demonstrated ability in mathf matics and bookkeeping and who have develope satisfactory skills will be recommended for th accounting curricula. Students who seek positions as general office assis ants receive training in filing, mimeographing, cleric work, typewriting, and bookkeeping. The salesmanship curriculum aims to acquaint bo) and girls with sales procedures and to develop ce tain personal qualities essential to success in busines Only commercial students possessing superior abi ity in English, pleasing personal qualities, and tf power to develop skills in speed and accuracy w be counseled to elect the stenographic course. Gir receive a chance to work in the commercial offic mimeographing and delivering morning sheets, ar operating the new dictaphone under the supervisic of Mr. Peter Bernadino. Distributive Education, under the direction of M Joseph Rhile, consists of fifteen hours of classroo work and at least fifteen hours of supervised emplo ment per week. IN WOOD shop, Ralph Bruno, Richord Prim, ond Williom Smith cut designs on linoleum blocks. ANNETTE EGAN typos os she listens to the dic- tating machine.

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Front row; Mr . Mao Putey, Min Barbara Reimann, Mi»t Elizabeth William», Mr . Mildred Stevenion. Mi Yvonne Gro , Mi Lydia Yerke . Second row: Mr. Chariot Brooke, Mr. Clayton Shonk, Mr. Randolph Grimmett, Mr. Horry Wike, Mr. Jame Scholl, Mr. Frank Reichle, Mr. Arthur Purtell. Bock row; Mr. Albert Jackton, Mr. Paul Coffey, Mr. Harold Thompton, Mr. Carton Thompton, Mr. Chariot Leonard, Mr. Fred Loeb. Not pictured: Mr. Robert Doane, Mr. Lewi Stamus. In intori above, eft: Mr. Herbert S. Herzog, Head, Phyticol Education Depart- ment. Middlo inter»: Dr. Clyde R. Dengler, Head, Mutic Deportment. Right intort: Mr. Charles L. Wood, Head, Social Studies Department. HISTORY Social Studies is a major requirement in the academic curriculum. United States history is required of all students for graduation from high school. Of the students planning to take the Pre-Professional examinations, two units of Social Studies are required. Mr. Charles Wood, head of the history department, leads discussions concerning mar- riage problems, religious sects, and various aspects of crime and culture. In their senior year, students may elect Problems of Democ- racy, a course in which world problems and economics are discussed. The Social Studies Department stresses the problems of living effi- ciently and of understanding the America of today. Its program is designed to give a knowl- edge of the background of the American and European history. MR. WOOD explain family living »o Glnny Deaver while Glnny Reigel, Carole Kothland, Joyce Marlin, and Dan Danforth tfudy the chapter.