Fostoria High School - Red and Black Yearbook (Fostoria, OH)

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Miss VANAUSDALL Mrss MCCAULEY Miss STACKHOUSE Miss CRAWFORD Foreign Languages VVe feel that the teaching of modern foreign languages is very necessary in the high school of today. In studying the lan- guage of such countries as France and Spain we not only acquire a reading and speaking knowledge of the language of the country in question but a somewhat com- prehensive understanding of the customs and ideals of the people. Such an under- standing is an important factor towards world fellowship and international peace. The students must first master the essen- tials of grammar and then they may begin to read short stories, plays and novels of France and Spain. The objective of the modern foreign language department is to give to each pupil the ability to understand the spoken language, to read the literature of the country, and to be able to express himself orally or in writing. The study of Latin enables the student to better understand his own language and other modern languages and as well gives him a cultural residuum that is difficult to over-estimate. To a degree far greater than is generally realized our civilization is Roman, and so by the study of Latin there can be brought about an understanding of the sources of many of our laws, customs, beliefs, and ideals. Twenty

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Mathematics and Science Napoleon has said, The progress, the improvement of mathematics are linked to the prosperity of the state. The appreciation of the power of mathe- matics and of its fundamental place at the base of all our civilization has been stressed to establish within the student self-confi- dence and ability to analyze a situation, to apply the best methods of solution, and to reach a conclusion which he knows is correct. The practical side of the course has been developed by the emphasis of those parts of the subject which are more directly and frequently useful in everyday life. We are living in an age of science. Poor indeed would be a school which allowed its students to graduate ignorant of this subject. Our school requires each student to take at least one year of science work. This department aims to give an increased power over surroundings and an increased ability for adjustment to our present day civilization. In the pursuit of this objec- tive every student is required as a freshman to take the general science course. Nineteen 'jf ir . 11. K V MR. STEED MR. COOK Miss KELLY MR. BLOOM MR. BEARD

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History and Social Science The social science department of Fos- toria High School offers courses in Voca- tional and Community Civics, Modern History, English History, Sociology, Eco- nomics, American History, and American Government. In the Civics classes the student is given practical assistance in finding his life work, and is instructed in the opera- tion of his local government. In the history classes the student is given a survey of the world's history, ancient and modern, but more emphasis is placed on recent history and the facts which explain it. In American History and government those things are stressed which will make the student a more valu- able and clear thinking citizen. Every effort is made by the department to make these senior courses thorough and prac- tical. The department as a whole tries to give to the student a back ground for the social and political institutions and problems which he must deal with as a citizen. Its solutions cannot, like those of arithmetic problems be graded the next day or week, but only the length of years must decide how these lessons are taught. The public school system is keenly aware of its responsibilities with respect to the health of its pupils and employs a full time nurse whose headquarters is in the high school building. Twenty-One MR. SOMERS MR. BONE Miss LEISURE Miss KNABLE