West Babylon High School - Eagle Yearbook (West Babylon, NY)

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Mr, Raymond Kearns, Mr. George Cooke, Mr. Peter Fabregas and Mrs. Rita Botwinick. Absent are Mr. Efstratios Kalogerakos, chairman, Mr. James Dour, Miss Suzanne Maher, and Mr. Sanford Wahl. . . . for English and Social Studies Under the direction of Mr. Kalogerakos, new chairman of citizen education department, sev- eral new additions were introduced this year. A course in advanced history was taught for the first time. The course includes historiography, sociology, political science, geo-politics and philosophy and is available upon the recom- mendation of their history teachers and the chairman of the department to students who have completed three years of history. Miss Maher, new at West Babylon this year, taught History 3 and Citizenship Education 9. Isnt V umti , -A L ,-,Dv-' 'ififfb ' Mrs. Botwinick quizzes students on their previous day's reading assign- ment in American history. Using a relief globe, Mr. Fabregas in- dicates Pakistan to the students in his Citizen Education 9 class,

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Mr. Errick is a firm believer that constant exposure to knowledge will produce the desired results. In line with this philoso- phy, he posts in his room well-known quotations and their sources, hoping that at regents time his faith will be rewarded. Students in Mrs. Langfordis English 12 class make use of English department audio material as they listen to a record- ing of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Mrs. Ruth Robinson, Mrs. Arlene Lorenzen, Mrs. Evelyn Foley, and Mr. Peter Errick, chairman. Members of department not pic- tured - Mrs. Laura Langford, Mr. Paul O'Brien, Mrs. Natalie Emmett, and Miss Margaret Corcoran. New Heads of Department . . West Babylon's English department 1S making every effort to meet the chal- lenge presented by the increasing de- mand of colleges for better English us- age. This is evident in the departmentls superior regents record. New to the department are Mrs. Ern- mett, Mrs. Lorenzen, and Miss Corco- ran. Mrs. Emmett received degrees from both Adelphi and New York Univer- sity 3 Mrs. Lorenzen is a graduate of Albany College of Education, while Miss Corcoran is a graduate of St, Francis University. Mr. Errick, the new department chair- man, has recently completed a book ti- tled, '4The Sketchbook of Literature, American and Worldf' designed for the use of high school seniors and college freshmen. f

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11 West Babylon's excellent science faculty includes - N. Mr. Olsen watches while advanced biology students Virginia Jones and Danny Nagengast prepare a slide. M. Harrington explains the proce- dure to be followed to chemistry stu- dents Chuck Ohlmiller, Suzanne Hal- pin, Alice Enders, and Virginia Jones. FRONT ROW: Mr. Donald Harrington, Miss Marie Eberhardt, Mr. Salvatore Mangone, chairman, and Mr. John Olsen. SECOND ROW: Mr. Claude Gange, Mr. Al- bert Ritacco, Mr. Fowler Hoernel, Mr. Richard Marches- chi, and Mr. James Gregory. Directed by its new chairman, Mr. Mangone, the science de- partment this year saw many changes. After having completed a one-year scholarship at Syracuse University, Mr. Olsen returned to Vv'est Babylon to teach a new course in advanced biology. Students are able to take this course only if they are recommended by both the science and guidance departments. The major purpose of the course is to develop laboratory techniques. Mr. Hoernel and Mr. Gange, new to West Babylon this year, are graduates of Dartmouth College and St. Johnls University respectively. Mr. Hoernel taught general science and health and Mr. Gange taught general science. Hibe- ,L