Warren Area High School - Dragon Yearbook (Warren, PA)

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Miss Steele's helptu- counseling supplemented career and college materials available in the guidance office. .lean G. Steele, A. B., B. S., Warren E. Carr, B. S., M. Ed. M- Ed- Clarion State College Wilson Colfege Geneva College Carnegie Institute of The Pennsylvania State Technology University University of Pittsburgh Syracuse University Guidance Guidance National Honor Society Me Gui ance 0 ce mapped the route. Problems? Everyone experienced them from sopho- more year through the senior year. Day-by-day problems of the typical high school student, varying between the serious and those less perplexing, demanded constant accessibility to competent guidance counsel. Giving freely of their time for consultation, Miss Steele and Mr. Carr played an important and vital role in the lives of Warren students. Desiring information on future careers, students always found a sympathetic and helpful audience. Sophomores and juniors received advice about necessary courses in high school, and inquiring seniors took advantage of advice pertaining to a college educa- tion, scholarship opportunities, and various careers. Mary Martin, a college-bound iunior, sought advice from Mr. Carr in making her selection. Readily available in the guidance oflice were cata- logues, scholarship programs, and bulletins with informa- tion concerning the various vocations and colleges which students might enter upon graduation from high school. At the request of the Guidance Department, college representatives contributed additional information to pro- spective students. Administration of various aptitude and achievement tests included Kuder Preference Tests, California Tests, and Scholastic Achievement Tests. The guidance ofiice recorded results and kept them on file for reference to- gether with a complete record of each student. Mary Martin, Connie Schearer, Carol Waldeck, Jean Benze, and Judy Gardner served as guidance oitice workers. Nineteen Q

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These industrious assistants, Linda Gustafson, Sandra Ercolani, Joyce Cole, Susan Larson, Clara McDannell, Laura Kirb , Margaret McClelland, Sandra Spencer, Linda GuiFfre, and Pamela Snyder, contributed to the efticiency of the lgbrary service. Me library offered tri information. The library assumed a very important position in the life of Warren Area High School. Rectangular in shape, the main room afforded seating space for ninety people at long, comfortable, solid cherry tables with pastel yellow tops. An adjoining room equipped with shelves for news- papers and magazines and with plenty of table space served not only as a currrent reading room but also for conferences. The librarian also had a work room and an office. Through the year many attractive and educational displays enlivened the bulletin boards of the library and informed students of special interests, modern events, and achievements. Mrs. Donaldson efficiently helped students to find reference materials. With a display of over 6000 volumes of fiction and non- fiction the library provided an adequate collection of books and reading material. Encyclopedias, reference books, science, biography, travel, fiction, and poetry were available for research, pleasure, and required reading. Proving the importance of the library, a large number of students availed themselves of its advantages every period of the day. Mrs. Donaldson and Mrs. Brunke, librarians, were most helpful, and they enthusiastically offered their expert services in supplying desired books and in teaching the use of numerous reference books and files, Mary Brunke, A. B. Helen B. Donaldson, A. B. Lake Erie College Allegheny College Syracuse University Genesee State College English Syracuse University Library Librarian Eighteen

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Kathryn B. Martin, A. B., M. A. University of lowa Northwestern University English Speech l . tw Meredyth Coe, A. B. Allegheny College University of Chicago Columbia University English ln January, members of Miss Martin's Speech ll class, Suzann Anderson, Jillorma Bova, Jerry Berdine, Pamela Duncan, Rebecca Samuelson, Joyce Johnson, and Clara McDannell, demonstrated their knowledge of public speaking following an enioyable dinner at Pace's. Engdslr p avi d communication. English, an essential subject for everyone, was a re- quirement for all students. This year the English depart- ment continued the Honors Course, introduced last year for sophomores and juniors who were especially proficient in English. Endeavoring to master three years' work in two years, these students prepared for the senior Advanced Placement Course. Sophomores not in the Honors Course stressed grammar, composition, and selections from world literature with special emphasis on Julius Caesar, by Shakespeare. Junior classes continued the study of gram- mar and vocabulary and concentrated on composition and American literature with its accompanying history and its development. The seniors spent much time on gram- mar and the works of important Writers of English litera- ture. Macbeth was an enjoyable requirement. College- Jo Coan Thorn, A. B. Allan Frank, A. B. Bucknell University Cornell University The Pennsylvania State University English lndiana State College Terre Haute, indiana Chicago University Eureka College The Pennsylvania State University Edinboro State College English bound seniors stressed the writing of original themes and compositions besides additional reading assignments. Speech was an elective. Students learned the funda- mentals of speechmaking with emphasis on vocabulary, pronunciation, voice, and poise. Expressing themselves in pantomimes, students cultivated ease and naturalness. Morning announcements for home rooms enabled students to practice proper expression, diction, and poise. More advanced work dealt with organizing, preparing, and giving speeches and with storytelling. The dramatic class emphasized the various phases of the drama. The class stressed the study of acting tech- niques, make-up, costuming, set design, and types of plays. In dramatic reading and monologues the class developed skill in characterization. Richard Andersen, A. B., A. M. Chl-isqine Hurd' A, 3, Allegheny College Alfre U ' ' Edinboro State College Englggh mverslly The Pennsylvania State DRAGON University English Dramatics National Thespian Society l Twenty l i