Angola High School - Key Yearbook (Angola, IN)

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COURSE OF STUDY MUSIC Music is, indeed, the universal language. It passes current ever ' where like gold. But none the less, every nation puts a different stamp on its coin- age, and each new sovereign of the realm makes some change in the design and the legend. Plato says of music : It, like other arts, should serve the common weal ; it is false and reprehensible to declare that music exists for pleasure only Music should inspire with love for what is good and ptu ' e liad music is mure pernicious than any other evil. Music has the power of centralization of emotions about pure sentiments, for which reason it naturally becomes a fundamental part of a course of study. In the High School there are three courses of music given : First, to those who have never ]3ursued a systematic study of music in the grades, an elementary course is given. Second, an elementary course in History of Music is offered to those in the Freshman class who have studied music be- fore. The third course is in chorus work to those in the upper classes who desire this work and read music readily. SCIENCE DEPARTM ENT The Science Department offers to the students the following course: 9th year, ist semester. General Science; 2nd semester, Botany. loth year. 1st semester. Agriculture: 2nd semester. Physiology and Sanitation, nth year. Physics. 12th year. Chemistry. Of these Chemistry is the onl} ' re- Cjuired subject, except in the Boj-s ' Practice Course, where Physics is also a requirement. It is hoped, by the variety of subjects offered and the flexibility of the course, to interest all students in some phase of the w ' ork. All subjects taught are correlated by means of outlines until a view of the entire field is before the student, thus he is enabled to see his particular subject in its true relation to life. No line of study prepares the individual to successfully emplo v the things by which he is surrounded for the advancement of himself or his fel- low man, or gives him a broader view of life in all its relations, than the Science work. The Nature Study, Geography and Physiology given in the grades arc thus made stepping stones leading up to the enjoyment of the great laws and principles underlying the phenomena of the natural world. Realizing that in the field of educational endeavor no more rapid ad- vancement is being made than here, so no cft ' ort will be spared to keep be- fore the classes the latest and best in thought and text along all lines of scientific endeavor.

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SPECTATOR STAFF Editor-in-Chief Stanley Castcll Business Manager Erwin Alast Advertising Managers Gaylord Metzgar Dean CHne Alumni Daphne Goodale Athletics Ellen Moss Tom Emerson Literary Phylliss Slade Lolabellc Ciuiidrum Society Gcrt ude Ingalls jMary Ogden Anna Vambaugh Marie A ' elch Martha Welch Jokes Jeanette Pollock Emil}- ' angh Sterling McClellan Pauline Hendry Louis Freeman George Hendry Lucile Carpenter Stage Mildred Hanselman ] larjorie Morgan Art Lois Redding Calendar Berniece Moody Ethel ' oodring Claude Reese Florence McCool

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ENGLISH English dififers in one respect from all other subjects of study. It is not only an end but the avenue of all instruction. Therefore the importance ot the English course cannot be overestimated. Four 3 ' ears are offered, three of which are required for graduation. The course in English consists of the study of composition and rhetoric, the history of American literature, the history of English literature and the study of the classics. Oral composition and memorizing choice selections of prose and poetry are important features of this course. The aims of the En- glish work are to give the student command of the art of expression in speech and writing; to teach him to read thoughtfully and with appreciation; and to form in him taste for rood reading. HISTORY Not until recently has history been gi -en a very important place in the school curriculum. It has been left for modern educators to recognize that pupils, especiall} High School pupils, are real members of society and citi- zens of a commonwealth. Out of this knowledge has grown the history that is now taught in the modern High School. In the Angola High School there are three years of History offered. Ancient and Modern are elective in the Sophomore and Junior vears. American History and Civics are required in the Senior vear. In all three years an attempt is made to make the course practical and interesting. FOREIGN LANGUAGE Latin For the disciplinary and cultural value no better subject is found than Latin. Besides giving permanent qualities of mind and character, it is of assistance to the pupil in understanding and appreciating his own language. The contribution made by Latin to our language, both as to structure and vocabulary, is readily recognized, and the value of the subject in this partic- lar is easily seen. That the pupil may have discipline of mind and thought and training in the power of expression, the Angola High School offers four years of Latin. The first year ' s work consists of a study of forms and syn- tax; Caesar ' s commentaries are studied the second year: Cicero ' s orations the third year. Latin composition is given once each week during the sec- ond and third years. A study of Virgil ' s Aeneid and a short historv of Ro- man literature is offered the fourth year. German German has been given a prominent place in the course of studv, not only in order that the student may acquire a reading and speaking knowl- edge of the language but also to become familiar with the noble and beauti- ful in literature. The Angola High School offers a four years ' course in German. The first year is devoted to the study of grammar forms with much emphasis placed upon conversation and the reading of short stories.