Angola High School - Key Yearbook (Angola, IN)

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Latin II. Four books of Caesar are read during the second year and the student is taught to apply the rules of syntax, learned in the first year, to the reading of ordinary Latin. Latin IIL During the third year four orations of Cicero against Catiline are read, together with the Pro Archia Poeta Oratio and the Pro M. Marcello Oratio. In order to keep the principles of Latin syntax ever before the mind of the pupil, prose composition is studied one day in each week throughout the year. Latin IV. Six books of Vergil are read during the fourth year. Scansion and versification are studied and a certain part of each day is devoted to sight read- ing to enable the pupil to read with greater ease. ENGLISH Throughout the four years ' work in English a twofold purpose is kept in mind — to develop the power of (I) Expression and (2) Literary interpretation. The work in Rhetoric in the first two years is replaced by the History of Literature in the last two years — History of American Literature being taken up in the Junior year and that of English Literature in the Senior year. The work in composition extends through the four years, not less than one period each week being devoted to that branch of the work. The following classics are studied carefully : Freshman Year — Cooper ' s Last of the Mohicans, Goldsmith ' s Vicar of Wakefield, Shakespeare ' s Merchant of Venice, Hawthorne ' s House of Seven Gables, Lowell ' s Vision of Sir Launfal. Sophomore Year — Scott ' s Ivanhoe, Shakespeare ' s Julius Caesar, Coleridge ' s .Ancient Mariner, Scott ' s Lady of the Lake, Franklin ' s Autobiography, Arnold ' s Sohrab and Rustum. Junior Year — Tennyson ' s Idyls of the King, Dryden ' s Palamon and Arcite, Shakespeare ' s Macbeth, Eliot ' s Silas Marner, Ruskin ' s Sesame and Lilies, Shake- speare ' s Twelfth Night. Senior Year — Milton ' s Minor Poems, Addison ' s De Coverley Papers, Macaulay ' s Milton, Addison, and Johnson, Shakespeare ' s Hamlet, Palgrave ' s Golden Treasury, Anderson ' s Word Study. In addition to the above-named classics to be studied carefully, two or three books are read outside the usual work by each class. The course in English is intended to give students a rather comprehensive view of English and American Literature with a glimpse, from time to time, into that of other countries. GERMAN A four years ' course in German is offered. German I — The chief object of the first year ' s study of German is to secure a good working knowledge of the grammar and the ability to make use, in con- versation, of the vocabulary. Correct pronunciation is insisted upon from the be- ginning. The text used is Spanhoofd ' s Lehrbuch der Deutschen Sprache. German II — In the second year a deeper and more thorough study of the grammar is made, Thomas ' German Grammar being the text. Storm ' s Immensee and Grimm ' s Kinder und Hausmaerchen are read and are made the basis of frequent exercises in conversation.

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Physical geography is taught during the first half and commercial geography during the second half of the Senior year. These subjects afford many oppor- tunities to study questions of direct practical value. Chemistry is taught in the Senior year. A great amount of laboratory work is done; it is believed that the best way to become familiar with compounds is to study them in the laboratory, rather than to read the description from a text-book. The work in chemistry is planned to assist those interested in agriculture, domestic science or any subject in which the fundamental principles of chemistry are needed. HISTORY Ancient history is studied in the Sophomore year, especial emphasis being placed on the history of Greece and Rome. In the Junior year mediaeval and modern history will be taught, the history of the English people being emphasized. United States history and civics are taught in the Senior year. Our purpose in this is to give a thorough knowledge of the history of our country followed by a practical study of the present political condition of our government. MUSIC The work in music has been under the direction of Miss Louise Steagall, who has placed especial emphasis on the fundamental principles of music. Considerable time was spent in reading music and in rote singing, and much has been accom- plished along these lines. It will be the purpose next year to place more emphasis on chorus work. DRAWING A hundred years ago children had opportunity to participate in many phases of industrial life. Every child had certain household duties to perform. They lived in an environment of industry, invention and progress, which occupied their minds and removed from them many temptations so often met to-day. As a result they grew into manhood and womanhood with an early training which fitted them to begin at once the duties of life and citizenship. To-day this is changed. The child has but few household duties to perform and grows mto manhood or woman- hood poorly prepared to take his or her place in the activities of life unless the public school comes to the rescue and prepares him along this line. Our work m drawing is being organized to assist in overcoming these defects. Drawmg and industrial work will be combined, thus laying the foundation for a more extended industrial training; and it is hoped that we will soon be prepared to accomplish much in domestic science and manual training. LATIN The Latin course includes four years of high school work, the last of which is elective. Considering the value of the Latin language in a course of liberal education, the prime object of our work is to give the student a practical knowledge of the subject which will enable him to read accurately and with a certain degree of fluency. Latin I. During the first year the fundamental principles of Latin Grammar are studied to give the pupil an accurate idea of the peculiarities of Latin Grammar. Especial emphasis is placed on the declensions and conjugations, and an effort is made to have the student enlarge his vocabulary as much as possible.

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CeTman III and IV have been necessarily combined this year. The work has been chiefly the study of two of the best classics in German literature, Schiller ' s Jungfrau von Orleans and Goethe ' s Hermann und Dorothea. In addition to this work a study of the history of German literature has been made from Bernhardt ' s Deutsche Litteraturgeschichte. During the second semester one day of each week has been set apart espe- cially for conversation and composition. A number of the German students have taken an active part in a German Club organized among the teachers and students. TEACHERS ' MEETINGS Teachers ' meetings were held the first Monday of each month at 4:00 P. M. No effort was made to conduct these meetings along the line of literary clubs, but the purpose was to discuss problems and questions which were of direct value to the school. The purpose, throughout the year, has been to organize the school according to one general plan, which means a system of schools in which all are working toward one ideal. The teachers have been very flexible in their notions and always willing to surrender any individual opinions, if by so doing they could assist in improving the general organization of the school. With this continued co-operation much has been accomplished and much greater results are expected in the future. THE TRAINING SCHOOL According to the requirements of a new state law, arrangements were made by the Tri-State College, whereby the Educational Department of that institution is connected with our public schools for the training of teachers. This has proved to be very helpful both to the public schools and the college, and the teachers and pupils greatly appreciate the privilege of this co-operation. Three teachers, whose qualifications and experience must meet the demands of the State Board of Educa- tion, are selected as critic teachers. College students are permitted to visit the classes conducted by these teachers and observe the work done. This stimulates the teachers to do their best and has a wholesome effect on every teacher and pupil in the building. nnnnn