Western Beaver High School - Aurora Yearbook (Industry, PA)

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ANCIENT HISTORY gives Mr. Gallo an opportunity to lecture on Roman civilization. Classes to Life The excitement of the national elections was brought to Western Beaver as the P.O.D. classes staged a mock election on November 4, 1968. Students and faculty who wished to vote were first required to register. This election resulted in victory by a wide margin for nationally defeated Hubert Humph- rey. GEOGRAPHY CLASSES, taught by Mr. Compston, provide many interesting facts as well as knowledge ofthe earth's physical aspects. 'iw lbs CONTEMPORARY HISTORY proved thought provoking to sophomore students of Mr. Hornick. CIVICS TEST results are discussed by Mr. Latherow with Irene Lilly and Ron Patton. x A1 l 27 1 l

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'Mm lNil0CK ELECTION RESULTS, which were not characteristic ofthe nation, are tabulated by Mr. Temple and members of the senior P.O.D. c asses. Students, Mock Election Brings SGCIAL TUDIES Social Studies enables a student R to develop a broad perspective of 3 world events. While investigating the important issues of the day, Western Beaver students become Nauthoritiesw on our government and prepare to assume civic re- sponsibilities. Ancient Civilization, Pennsyl- vania History, Civics, American History, World Cultures, P.O.D., and Economics are all required courses. For those wishing further education in social studies, World Georgraphy is offered. Mr. Fred Latherow is head of the depart- Horn solicits the aid of Jim Hill and Dave Collins as Ralph Webb listens intently. ment' E -s Q WORLD CULTURE students gain insight to foreign lands by use of movies. Here Miss GRQUE-DISCUSSIONS under the supervision of Miss Johnston aroused freshman students to express their opinions on controversial is- sues in ivics. Auhw .,X..w-4 26

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qi' AR , xffi x ,fights x bww Kew? , X... ,tw- X MR. CUPANI often uses the projector to demonstrate mathematical concepts in Modern Math. Here he is aided by Francis Feragotti and Don Anderson. BOARDWORK is helpful for everyone, Mr. Bruno's Algebra II students Sharon Cindrich and Jeff Wentz find that two heads are better than one. 28 . ,,,, ' MATH ANALYSIS is challenging for even our senior academic students. They nevertheless enjoyed the work as they pre- pared for collegiate study. MATH Proved In an efTort to become a stimu- lating source of knowledge in prac- tical and technological fields, math- ematics oflers many courses mea- sured to the individual capacities of the student. Besides Modern Math I and II, Algebra I and II, Plane Geometry and Trigonometry, Analytic Ge- ometry, Math Analysis, Economic Math, Practical Math I and II are also available. Students with ex- ceptional ability may pursue a pro- gram in advanced mathematics. Students not wishing to pursue fur- ther mathematical study may choose non-academic algebra. This year skilled students were able to take the 1969 National Mathematics annual High School Examination and to participate in the Algebra I contest at Carnegie- Mellon sponsored by the Mathe- matics Council of Western Penn- sylvania. The department chair- man is Mr. Angelo Cupani.