Central High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Pueblo, CO)

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W' Sllllll!lllS Sllllly Slllllill SlIlEllCl!S, lflIlQllillIl!S The study of languages plays an important part in the curriculum of the Central high student. The most important, however, is English of which three years are required The fourth year is optional, being taken mainly by those students who plan to attend college, In the f1rst and second years English usage and general literature make up the course of study. American literature and creative composition are studied by third-year pupils, while fourth-year students study English literature and English essentials. In speech and dramatics, branches of the English department, pupils gain experience in public speaking, acting, and the Writing of speeches and plays. Most students take at least two years of one of the foreign languages, namely Latin and Spanish. ln the first year of Latin, the so-called dead language, basic principles are studied. Second-year pupils follow the Gallic wars of Caesar and his soldiers. In third year Cicero is translated, while in fourth year Virgil's Aeneid is the object of study. During the first and second years of Spanish, students obtain a background of grammar and the principles upon which the language is based. Third-year and fourth-year pupils study commer- cial Spanish and the literature of Spain. The social sciences are also important as a part of the curriculum of the student. Ancient history is studied by first-year students, followed in second year by modern European history. American his- tory and civics make up the next year's work. In the former subject the history of the United States up to the present time is studied, while in the latter students gain knowledge about our government today and how it affects them and their lives. Psychology and sociology, two other l social sciences, are of interest to many Cen- tralites. In the first half of the year the social problems of the day are studied in sociology, while in the second semester, students become psychologists and study people, their actions, and the reasons for these actions. Left to righl, lop to button:-W .i I5 OXV YU 0 JUSLI' S Yvfl 'nowledge o imnis is my 'e ' English students study family trees, liramatisrs dream over discourses, llistory students examine recent changes in map of Europe.

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' 'T' XV. S. Stoddard, boys' adviser. explains to Herbert Miss Mary C. McNally, girls' adviser, assists Mary Lea Le 'S 't ble ' ' ' i ' - ' ' ' wi Vocational pamphlets in room 5 are always available to the girls desiring information in chosen fields: Mr. Stoddard points out opportunities in his collection of occu pational material. Page Eighteen a sux A arrangement of his program. Morris in planning her course in accordance with a Xoca- tionnl outlook. lilllllillwl! lll lllillllllllll lIlS SlllllEIllS To help students help themselves is the main objective of the guidance department of the high school. It is personnel work which attempts to fit the school's offerings to the needs of each particular student, With a View to his physical, emotional, and social Well- being. lt is a continuation of the program begun in the elementary school and carried on in the junior high school. This program encourages self-analysis on the part of students in order to discover and correct their short-comings. Guidance in the high school includes individual as Well as group guidance. Individ- ual counselling is done by teachers and the principal, but especially by the girls' and boys' advisers, whose offices are located in rooms 5 and 6. Here can be found the most extensive vocational pam- phlet library in the state, and large numbers of stu- dents use these materials during study periods to discover just what qualifi- cations and training are needed in various careers. Social adequacy is a subject near to the average high school student's heart and the books and pam- phlets giving advice and hints on such development are much in demand. ln- dividual social and emo- tional problems are dis- cussed in the confidential atmosphere of these offices. Everyone is becoming increasingly aware of the importance of desirable personality traits, personal grooming, and proper attitudes: accordingly, a part of this program is to help young people to develop poise and emotional maturity. Educational planning is a big part of the guidance set-up, and pupils' programs are worked out in line with their special interests and abilities as Well as their vocational plans. College catalogues and all sorts of additional information concerning higher insti- tutions are available, so that no high school student need worry about not qualifying for his chosen college.

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Loft Io right, lop to bottom-- Physicists inspect the spcctrcscopc. Budding biologists examine stuffed animals. Curious che-mists experiment with apparatus. Varietl Suhteets Interest llentralites Typcwritcrs are tapped by dancing digits . . Busy bookkceper balances her accounts . . Sten- ography student demonstrates skill. Mathematicians display examples of plane and solid geometry . . Nlechanical drawing student cuts tom- pass capers . . . Printing student assembles head lines,