Angola High School - Key Yearbook (Angola, IN)

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In the second, third and fourth years, German classics are read and a review given in grammatical constructions. The second year reads such classics as Immensee ; the third year studies Das Edle Blut, ' ' and Die Jungfrau von Orleans, ' ' and in the fourth year is offered the greatest of aU German novels, Freytag ' s Soil und Haben. MATHEMATICS If a boy can think in terms of millions he will sometime have millions. The above statement is one of the greatest factors of great financial suc- cess — ner -e, work, good fortune do not ec|ual it. Some time ago a survey was made of superintendent ' s salaries and their ability to add. A direct raticT was found to exist. Underlying all exact science, business transactions, the most exact philosophy and absolute truth is mathematics. Algebra and arithmetic give a conception of general and special numbers. Numbers represent quantity of matter, dimension of space and force of energy. Geometry teaches form. Mathematics is the only formal logic to which the High School student has access. The Mathematics course is a four year course, of which three j ' ears are given to the study of pure lathematics. Algebra and Geometry, and the fourth year to Commercial Arithmetic and Book-keeping. Three semesters of Algebra and two of Geometry are required; one of Geometr)-, one of Commercial Arithmetic and one of Book-keeping are elective. Students are encouraged to continue in lathematics if they can at all adapt themselves to the study of the subject. Everyone needs the course in book-keeping to insure his private accounts against error and loss. MANUAL TRAINING The purpose of education is to train the hand as well as the mind. Hence Manual Training has become a permanent part of the course of study. The manipulation and care of tools, the sawing of boards, and the making of joints gives the hand a training which establishes a proper balance be- tween the learning and the doing. The chief aim is to give an opportunity for expression through the hand, and to de ' elop an interest in vocational activities. On the other hand, by studying the literature which deals with the life history of the material, the process in i ts manufacture, and the peo- ple engaged in the work, develops an appreciation for the common work- man who makes, with his hands, so many useful and beautiful things. Four years work is offered : three in the grades which is required, and one in the High School, which is elective. The course consists of wood- work, including joining and cabinet making as outlined by the Progressive system of Manual Training. WHAT IS ART? Art is the breath of life in an object. ' ' The highest aim of art is to make some useful thing beautiful. Art is the best way of doing whatever needs to be done.

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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.

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The quality of harmonious relationship existing between the parts and the whole, or between the maker and his material, in any field of labor con- stitutes art. We believe in the democracy of art for the people, of the people and by the people. No art is so fine, as to be unfit for daily use. The principles of art can be intelhgently presented to the understanding of the ordinary individual so that he may see their application to the affairs of his occupa- tion, his business, his profession and his home. Art is soon to be shorn of its mystery and its vagueness. That it is about to take its place as a teachable and demonstrable science, possessing a quality that is inherently divine. We must apply to the teaching of art the same pedagogical intel- ligence, the same common sense, the same preparation and the same tests that are applied to the studies of language, mathematics and the sciences, that the results from the teaching of art should be definite and tangible. Beauty is coming back to the useful arts and that the distinction be- tween fine art and useful art is to be forgotten. The teaching of Drawing leads to the studio of the painter, illustrator and sculptor. The teaching of Design leads to the home, the shop and the factory in which the child must live and work. Just as we have given up Art for art ' s sake, it seems evident that we are going to abandon Draw- ing for drawing ' s sake. In its place we shall be teaching Design, not for design ' s sake, but that it may be applied to make some useful object more beautiful. Drawing will ne ' er be eliminated from the public school courses, but will be used as an instrument in the production of beauty. Children love and construct an object and decorate it. The combined joy of making and beautifying gives the children a new pleasure in their school work. A teacher of art has an incomparable opportunity for doing a big and valuable and beautiful thing. He considers it one of his greatest duties to bring pleasure back into education. - Instead of teaching art for art ' s sake, to teach art for the children ' s sake, to satisfy their natural hunger for pleas- ure which will be appeased somehow or other. Art touches every phase of human life and every department of human activity. Not until art becomes one of the most important subjects in the school curriculum will the coming generation be able to make all useful things beautiful and be able to compete in the markets of the world with clarefully trained craftsmen of other lands. Not until art was developed in Domestic Science and Domestic Art did our children care to study Science. Children should have a definite, organ- ized outline to follow in art as is required in other subjects. Such an out- line would include: Principles of Drawing. Lettering. , Proportion. Mechanical Drawing. ' Still Life. Designing. Plant Composition. Applied Design. Perspective. Architectural Drawing. Interior Decoration. The above subjects are taught through the grades and through three years of High School. The Senior year is given to picture making.