Westmont Upper Yoder High School - Phoenician Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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l PUBLIC SPE.-XKING, as taught in the junior High English classes, proves useful to Nancy lidelstein as she presents a hmnorous mono- logue in assembly. Whether the course is English or one in a foreign language, the primary emphasis is on communication. Communication skills, which involve reading, writing, speaking, and listening, are essen- tial ingredients to the development of a free society. Also, in an age of tension and fear highlighted by sputniks and guided missiles, man's best hope for breaking down the real and imaginary barriers that exist among nations is the ability to understand his fellow man. To facilitate language growth, the language arts curriculum offers a six year program in English and basic and advanced courses in Latin, French, German, and Spanish. ,J f iv., 1 'll 4 Q.. .-3 .. llu RESliARClll THEMES take senior English students. Dick Christ- ner, Mimi Cohen, and Dick Alwine. to the library where they tonscientiouslx exhaust the supplx of axailable material. 22 Language Departments wg' la 5,1 H . If 'I all 'I'.Xl'E RECORDER helps German II students to improve their diction as they record a pas- sage from Gernielslzausen, Nm xi giga- Lumen l..YI'IN l'ROjl-QCTS, designed to highlight Roman cul- ture of t'yester5ear. are admired by jean flrithtou deft, and Susan Lauf fright, as Ellen Fisher proudly examines her own work of art.

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Science And Mathematics Departments Satellite lannchings in 1957 and l95H clrainaticallv revealed the importance ol science and inatheinatics to the world and ushered in the challenge ol the space age. lhis challenge has heen acceptecl Inv the Science and Nlatheinatica Dc-parlnients. Cloinses in hasic and advanced sciences stress IIOL onlv the lnnclainentals, hut also the scientihe inethocl ol prohleni solving. Xlatheinatics cotnses aid the student in nnderstancling the application ol' inatheniatics to proh- lenis of prcigrcws. Several of the inatheinatics COIIINCS are basic' to the specialized learning ol' the acientist. the engineer. and the tech- nician, while others have ewential valuem lor the worker, the horne- inalcer, and the citizen. X2 KX fig i F 5, 3 7 l, :ii V V - I r Q2 ff i , F' A ' ,gf , , XX if 34:52 CilRiII,l1 'IHIEURIQNIS are ev ' plainecl lc: che- plane ge0II1CIl'1' STI-QREOPHONICZ SOVND, clemonstrated l :ITS hz lluhlijoqnlllir huh :iw 'fed Fairchild. Nlr. l'rhain. ancl 'loin Kei lulllio an I mlm lon ml IC illustrates the flc-xihiliiv of sonncl waxes to thc ,mm ' QN physics class. NA I L5-3 . hr! ua: L Ig! C 5I,11J1iR '11'R'Il11QS 11131, 111g 1111011111111 111 119111 19311 NIIC1RUSC.Ol'lCQ NlIR.XI.I.ES capture the attention of Nliilllll 11111111 31111 1101111110 111111,1- 11, 1111-1 1-1111111119 1116 1-1-c1111, 1,1 c,olclhahc-1. Ilannx O'Snllivan, l'hil Heiiing, and Rosemary an c-ig11111 g1'g111- c1iQ1111- 111111011 lfelg av ihev view vlides of parainecilnn nncler the watchful eve of NI1. Paone. hiologv instructor, 23 sf: 2