Clymer Central High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Clymer, NY)

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Freedom of Expression History is merely a record of the status' of man in regards to his freedom. Some periods are niarleed by advances in freedom and others by the suppression of freeonz. I t is a word of many nzeanings but a man is more completely free when he can express himself as he desires. Dur- ing the last few hundred years common man has been prevented from expressing himself by political pressure or by being denied the use of a language. For many years most people could neither read nor write and the result was a dearth of understanding and expression. The history of religious expression is a bloody one and seems to have represented anything but those ideals on which religion is based. Half of Europe's wars have been the result of a desire for free expression in religion. At the present time nien are being killed for nzerely expressing their political ideas. In the European countries a man must look to the right and left before he speaks for fear that he might say the wrong thing to the wrong person. It is a deplorable condition. In Clymer High School there is a definite attempt to produce in- dividuals free enough to express themselves. The first step is to give them the proper tools in form of the languages. Art courses are avail- able to those people that need cultural outlet. It is hoped that with nzore freedom of expression there will devlop a tolerance of the opinions and tastes of other peoples. This is the only way to a peaceful world. 23

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ART NDER the direction of Mrs. Dean in room zo we learn the fundamentals of line, space, balance and other phases of art expressed in many designs. Participation in this Held of learning acquaints us with the basic principles of drawing, design, and color. We apply these basic principles to practical forms of art such as advertising, interior decoration, costume design and furniture. Adapting our own ability of design to create' pleasing and useful things for our own everyday use and others brings satisfaction and real enjoyment. Students with talent for art are discovered, guided, and encouraged toward higher education in their field. Those who do not undertake college can use it as a leisure time ability. ENGLISH 55 EADING maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact manf' - So wrote Sir Francis Bason in the seventeenth century. But that isqexactly the kind of citizens we need now in the twentieth century - full of ideas, ready to work, exact and careful in what they do. These are the aims of our English Department and our English teacher, Miss Fancher. In our four years of English we have done all three. We have read from Shakespeare, Stevenson, Sandburg, and from many other authors and poets. We have held panel discussions, debates and interviews, given oral reports and extemporaneous speeches. We have written research papers, essays and letters. A democracy such as ours depends upon citizens offering constructive cri- ticism and ideas to our leaders, and to apply these principles to our own lives. The mastery of English is essential if we are to become good citizens who plan to have a voice in our democratic government. FOREIGN LANGUAGES F YOU choose as your vocation nursing, doctoring or any similar profession you must become acquainted with some of the foreign languages. Our school offers the students who wish to prepare for such a profession, courses in Latin and French. Miss Hewey, who has been our language teacher this year has taught classes in Latin I and III. There were nine students in Latin I who started out last fall with- Brit- tanica est insulav- and have proceeded rapidly receiving good grades as a re- ward for their studying. They have developed quite an extensive Latin vocabu- lary and have learned the basic grammar principles so that next year they will be able to read of the conquests and exploits of Caesar. The Latin III class has been very small this year - the entire class consisting of Shirley White and Frances McDonald. They have read the Orations of Cicero and studied the lives of the early Romans. The study of Foreign languages can be both interesting and useful. It helps one to increase his English vocabulary and to become acquainted with people on the other side of the globe. 24-