Wyomissing Area High School - Colophon Yearbook (Wyomissing, PA)

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ocia! .gjfuciiea at 6 For each grade some social study is offered in order to give the student a loetter knowledge anci IIN- derstancling of both past and pres- ent world conditions. These sub- jects are under the direction ot lvtrs. Lillian lVieyers, Miss Jean Stack. ancl Mr. Charles Gehenslehen. The seventh graciers were intro- duced to a new hoolc, Mlqhe Old Vvortd and its Gittsu. which takes up European history and geogra- phy. Their study of ancient history and the unit on the pacific were planned hy the students themseives. Creative work is encouraged since it teaches cooperation and develops seti expression. The eighth graders' course in United States history SOCIAL STUDIES-Mr. Gclx-nslt-In-n. Miss Stuck. Mrs. Meyers. takes up the geographical conditions and industrial advancement of our country. Civics is the course offered to the freshmen, who stucly the functions ot the local. state. and national governments. A complete and detailed American history is studied during the next year, with a special unit on Pennsylvania. The World history course ot the junior year gives a complete picture of Euro- pean history. ancient and modern. Supplementary reading. investigative reports. themes and special reference wortc are required in this course. These are even more necessary for the seniors, who are faced with the problems and history ot Latin America and the fundamentals ot economics. RIZFITRIZNCE READING-R. Rakim-r, S. ARAB FASHION SHOVV-L. lmubm-ti. K. Sinmntnn. .l. XV:-auger, t. Zinnnermann, Acnsta, M. Sutton, H. Kotrlitz. Seventeen R. Gnrtner. 'V S' fe x X156

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790 6Ll'lgLl,6lg2:5 LANCliAGiiS'-Mrs. Edna F. Springer and hir. Edwin R. Haag. The language department is a very active one, for under the guid- ance of lVlr. Edwin R. Haag and Mrs. Edna Springer, courses are of- fered in four years of Latin and two years of Spanish. ln his freshman year the pupii is introduced to the mysteries of Latin grammar. The mastering of vocalo- ulary and the translating of simple stories are interspersed with the study of Roman life and valuable investigation of derivatives. The second year course consists mainly of the reading of simplified stories of mythology and some accounts of Caesars Gallic Vvars. To those students who wish to continue, Cicero with lesser prose Writers is offered in the third year. ln the fourth year Virgilis Aeneifi. an epic poem, and writings oi lesser poets are presented. The Spanish courses are among the most popular ones in the school. All the classes are conducted in the language, even in the first year. Here fundamental grammar and vocabulary are mastered so that in the second year efforts can be concentrated on verb forms, conversational Spanish, and oral recitations. By the end of his senior year the student should he well prepared for any college language course or even Irips usouth of the Borcieru. LATIN TRANSLATION-Br-isy Mt-llvnin. Sixteen CLASP DE ESPANOL-J. Scholl, M. Gardner. H. Clc-miner. S. Kline.

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i950 Wafhemafica lwalliematics plays a most im- portant role in tlie preparation of our students to meet future cie- mancls because it is a science of ex- actness for wbicb we are all 'striving in tliis age of teclinology and atomic power. Junior liigb matiiematics, taugbt by Miss Tlielma V. Brunner, is the stucly of time fundamentals of aci- ciition, subtraction, multiplication, ancl divisionf Application to prac- tical situations aicls time student in analyzing and interpreting tbese problems. Algebra and simple MATHEMATICS-Mr. H. Y. Brubaker and Miss Tbelrna V. Brunner. ment of logical anct argumentative reasoning powers. Learning to prove coberently tlie statements of tlie tlieorems belps tbe student in sell expression and clemancis sound juclgment. Tbis is expandecl in tlie senior courses of soliol geometry and lrigonometry wbere advanced slcills in matbematics are mastered. Matliematical training in scien- tiiic investigation ancl logical ana- lyzation of problems is a valuable preparation for life in tliis mecban- ical Worlct. Eigbtee LET X Ostrom ancl P. Riciiarclson. forms of trigonometry are intro- cluceci cluring tbe fresbman year. Mr. H. Y. Brubaker unclertalces time task of furthering time stuclents' knowledge of the bigber matiiemat- ics. Second year algebra involves more intricate applications of tlie basic laws plus fractional equations and tbe extracting of roots. Stu- clents in tbeir junior year find that plane geometry aids in tbe develop- XVRl'I'l'EN REVIEW -Mr. Brubaker and Senior Mrrign Class. Il