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

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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

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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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Math 13, a new course combining aspects of analytic geometry, integral calculus, and differential calculus, was made available to West Babylon students this year. Upon completion of this course students may take Advanced Placement Examinations and receive college credit, depending upon their scores. Honor programs were also ar- ranged in the math department for excep- tional students taking Elementary Algebra and Math 10. Mr. Taplin, Mr. Ford, Mr. Janis and Mr. Neill, new additions to the math faculty are graduates from The University of Alabama, Albany State University, City College of New York, and Ohio State Uni- versity respectively. O Mr. Friedland doesn't appear to think much of Fred Hal1's approach to a problem in advanced math. Science and ath Departments Offer New Courses FRONT ROW: Mrs. Marion Berls, Mr. Murray Friedland, chairman, and Mr. Clyde Payne. SECOND ROW: Mr. Samuel Janis, Mr. Owen Neill, Mr. Frank Taplin, and Mr. Charles Ford. Entry 5 f R ..,. ,J 111