Upper Merion High School - Pioneer Yearbook (King of Prussia, PA)

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LISTENING IN! The Qadlo Course THE RADIO COURSE maugurated February lst has 'attempted to acquamt the sophomores vuth the fundamentals of radlo T1me rs equally dxvlded between theory and practxce work The course began vxlth the construction of crystal sets students wound thenr oxxn colls 'md ln some cases supplled mlneral Crystals from the h1lls of Port Kennedy Several students brought ln old sets on whlch to work Cne group of boys bu1lt an aud1o ampllller and another a rectlher for use on all completed sets Tubes and thelr characterlstlcs were studled as encountered Enough practlcal work has been experlenced 1n the course for the graduates to earn a lxvrnq ln the radlo lndustry The course IS deslgned pI'lI1Clp3lly to help the boys who are to enter the armed SQIVICCS 8' 9 U54 X JZ pl' 'Wh'-4 yl. JY fe WA I if I ft I 1 v C . V. . . 'A U c 1 H Y ' L C . ' I K . . . . . V 1 'I' fl 1 . ,I 11- , K ' b ' I ' I 'I 'rv , T s We Ir 1 F 4-. All .- ..,.- . I 1 Nga. R '7 , It .V . Mau. 1' it , . ua! ' fr.-.j ' H: 5. . , .,. ..., '-'T' 1 f ,. f' fgf b I I . ,L X . ,J . -l'4W!.. ',l M L.. . Inf ' B

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Seventh Graders . . . Rom Oxl- DAmblLJbll F1 Nchetta K Dans Keeblel Suthelland C Denis L HOIlLOL, VhllllLh Del-Ia en Spxlngcl Smith Rxchlak Angelus Andexson Ron 'Iwo VI Vlllle NIXGIS Dlffer Mlllel Knaphle Stac-helek Cuthlle IN 'Vlclntxle Buddw Plehlel Bengcn IIQIIJCK Impellal K Griffith Ron Tum-,1-. stewart Dlllmdl Tutlllaxo Wattexs Vhlhams Plelce DAngel1 Xhlllams Toth Deubex Mckenzie Celhaxt N1 Heutzog Snow Nlanzo Row FOIR N0x1tSk1 Gambone Wllls Bonamleo SIIEiXNh21Ck6l NT313'9 Piles u3lCOXlClx SChmll7 Rlchaldson XI Intwe Pollock Geals Daxoc We-ntzel Rouden Kellx Tor Row Petrecz McDonald Saboe Gxlffth Pascquale Dolga Ll1lCk Buxkext hutz SITCOX Yakscoe XR ood Romu, Watson Pezluns Romano Vkxlllams Zugax ROBERT S BRACKIN PreSzder1t Vice Prevdent MISS M J EVANS Preszdent Vzce Preszdent Secretary Treasurer MISS M J BREHM Preszdent Vzce Preszdent Treasurer Secretary Homeroom Teacher of 7 1 BETTY JANE DIFFER JACK MURPHY LORETTA DITTMAR LEONORA TUFFILLARO LISA FICHTER JOSEPH SABOE Homeroom Teacher of 7 3 NORMA MCINTYRE FLORENTINE FRASCHETTA MATTHEW DIAMBROSIA JOSEPHINE MANzo . . ..... , .....,.....................,.. Homeroom Teacher of 7-2

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PLANE FUNDAMENTA LS Aeronoutlcs THE PuRPosE OF 1NTRoDuCxNG aeronutxc classes at Upper Menon rs a result of our attempt to do our b1t ln helpmg to Wm the war The a1r forces of the Allles and Axxs have already proved a great factor m all the najor olfenslves To have a strong a1r force we need pll0tS navlgators bombadlers and ground crews as well as men and women to bulld our planes Our aun IS to g1ve puplls ln the aeronautlcs classes a background so that they wlll be better prepared to help ln the war effort upon graduatlon These puplls wnll also be prepared for the advances IH the Axr Age whlch IS bound to follow World War II The aeronautncs course IS offered to Juniors and Senlors The Senlors due to the llmlted tlme are covermg as much materxal as pOSS1bl6 1n a short course The Jumors wxll contmue thelr Course next year The course IS d1v1ded Into fll Alrplane Structure and Arr craft Identlflcatlon QZJ Aerodynamlcs Q35 Alrcraft Engmes HJ Meteorolgy and Navlgatlon George Mclntyre has been accepted by the Navy Arr Corps geveral other Senlors have passed the tests for the Army A1r orps MOVIQS slldes and models are used m the teachlng of the course I I , 1 1 1 v . . ra . n . . v r 1 v v 1