Weequahic High School - Legend Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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semesters of work. Der Deutches Verein, the German club, is its extra-curricular arm. Latin is a language that is diminishing in popularity in Weequahic High. It is taught by Miss Patton and Mrs. Birnbaum with four semesters of work involved. The Latin Advanced Reading club offers advance instruction in Latin for those who have completed two years of Latin but wish to continue their studies in that ancient tongue. Another activity, the Latin club, encourages novice students. The birth of Israel brought Hebrew to our school. Mn Simon Chasen teaches the four terms of Hebrew' that are offered, and also advises the Hebrew club, which concentrates on the cultural heritage of Hebrew. The newest language to be added to the curriculum is Russian, taught by the ubiquitous Mr. Chasen. (Mr. Chasen, a native of Russia, has also been teaching Russian to teachers in the Newark schools system as an in-service course.) The Greek and Swahili classes are new at Weequahic Although Greek is not offered in the curriculum a class in ancient Greek is given after school hours to those interested in Greek. Started as a language experiment, the Sw-ahili class, which also meets after school, teaches this African tongue to a few, select students. Both groups are under the direction of the multi lingual Mr. Chasen. To enable students to further their language study, Weequahic offers the use of language laboratories. The only ones in the city, this means of language education allows students to improve both pronunciation and comprehension. Lawrence J. Del Viaco

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Foreign Language Department: The department of Foreign Languages plays a key role in the life of Weequahic High School. Over half of the student population is enrolled in at least one of the six languages taught; many students study more than one. The most popular language, French, is taught by Mesdames Glucksman ct Misurell, Mesdamoiselles Megaro et Griffin, et Messieurs Bauer, Gobeille, et Del Visco; Monsieur Morris Brenman is the chairman of the department and teaches the seventh and eighth terms of French. Extra-curricular activities stemming from the French language involve the French club, Le Cercle Francais, the French Conversation club and the French Affiliation club, I,'Affiliation du Lycee Mixte du Rainey. The work of this group is well-known to the student body, for this is the organization that was instrumental in arrang’ng the foreign exchange program which sent Susan Arons to LeRaincy, France and brought Alaine Jean-Marie Daniel Bourdeau de Fontenay here. The second language is Spanish, taught by Senora Birnbaum, Senoritas Patton y Griffin, y Senor Freidberg. Six semesters of work are offered in this language with the Spanish Honor Society offering membership to students who have achieved a certain level of success in that language. Honor courses in these two languages are offered for students who have excelled in their work, although the classes do not always achieve their goals. German is a language that appeals to those contemplating careers in science. It is taught by Frau Misurell and offers four

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David A. Bemey I Louis Dulcz Science Department: Science at Weequahic High School seeks to develop in the student a set of attitudes, a reservoir of knowledge, and a mode of action which will enable him to understand, use, and control the materials and forces which are inherent in the physical world about him. Through the Life Sciences (biology and related branches), he learns the interrelationship between all living organisms and the balance between the plant and animal world which makes the two forms of life interdependent. In the physical sciences (chemistry and physics) he inquires into the linkage between matter and energy and into, how man, in his search for the truth, often comes up with discoveries which make life more worthwhile. The science department at Weequahic offers four possible years of work, with a minimum requirement for graduation of one year. General science is given almost exclusively to freshmen. The course attempts to give an overall insight into most of the important fields of everyday science and to help students orient themselves towards further study and work in these fields. The course in biology, taken mostly by sophomores, gives pupils an understanding of the world of living things, especially as they relate to man. Physics and chemistry are taken in the junior and senior years. The study of physics gives the student an understanding of the effects of energy on man and on the world, while chem'Stry makes him aware of the materials out of which the world is made and of the changes that are constantly taking place in these materials. While biology uses much laboratory work, there is no formal laboratory period in the course. When students take physics and chemistry, however, they must attend extra laboratory-sessions in addition to the five class periods a week. Students who complete three years of advanced placement science in Weequahic have taken advanced courses is biology, physics, and chemistry. The participants are carefully selected. They use college textbooks and college laboratory procedures under a program started only in the past decade by the College Entrance Examination Board. Walter Eiienberg