Freeport High School - Polaris Yearbook (Freeport, IL)

 - Class of 1932

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4- 1' ANNA LEE GARRETT EDNA MILLER KATHRYN Bancoclc Eorm LYLE HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT HE well-managed and well-equipped Home Economics Department of Free- port High is one of the school's most interesting courses. All girls are required to complete two years of home economics which includes one year of foods and one year of clothing. For students who wish to continue in this department, there are advanced classes in both courses. The clothing classes are under the direction of Miss Garrett and Miss Lyle who have done much to increase the value of this department. In Clothing I and H, girls are given technical instruction which is necessary in the practical work of an advanced class. During the second year, class work in advanced sewing, original designing, and the study of color, materials, and style are taken up. The responsibility for the successful management of the foods classes and the cafeteria this year has depended upon Miss Miller and Miss Babcock. As in the be- ginning clothing classes, first year foods students are given the foundation for practical cooking. The study of food composition, food value, and the better methods of preparation are included. Further study may be continued in advanced classes. The second year consists mostly of instruction and practice in good cooking. Cor- rect service is a part of this course, and experience in serving and waiting on tables is afforded by the various organization banquets held in the cafeteria in addition to several other large dinners during the year. The success of our high school cafe- teria is due largely to the excellent assistance of many of our high school students. Quick efficient work is essential in our busy cafeteria in order to keep it running smoothly. Credit for such work is given just as in any other high school course. Without the complete equipment in the clothing and foods laboratories, the work would be accomplished much more slowly, but in the well-lighted rooms, students are taught under the best possible conditions. Proofs of the success of this depart- ment are made evident by the delicious enticing odors that float around the west corridor on the first floor, and by the number of stylishly dressed high school girls. Page Sixteen

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CAROLYN Mussan HAZEL CARD LEVON SHUNK ALICE Cox KAT ARINE HUTCHINS NELLIB Scdrr , - .y-Zlxexbgxv-Iwi. ENGLISH DEPARTMENT VERYBODY, be he rich or poor, good, bad, or indifferent, is taking English. Eight semesters of it are required including three of literature and four of composition. During the semester regularly devoted to junior literature, those who have elocutionary or journalistic tendencies may scribble away to their hearts' content in the news room, shake Mr. Crawford's four walls with their ravings, or cheerfully smear themselves with grease paint under the direction of Miss Whitfield. The student is thus introduced to activities during his Junior year, which, more often than not, he continues. Composition is a study of spoken as well as written English. People who were previously petrified at thoughts of facing an audience are helped to overcome their stage fright gradually. They are allowed to address the other members of the class upon subjects in which they themselves are interested, things they have done, books they have read, or instructions on making anything from fudge to bird-houses. Written themes are required, too, and large numbers of students have shown ability in familiar essay writing as well as the more complicated forms of creative writing, poetry and short stories. During the recent contest sponsored by the Freeport High School News, much of this work won prizes. In the literature classes, much of the really great literature of America and Eng- land dating from Beowulf to the twentieth century is carefully discussed. Shakes- pearian plays and the novels of such authors as Stevenson, Dickens, Eliot, and Hardy are being studied at present by the various classes. Each semester each student is required to read from five to eight books, selected from a standard and up-to-date list. This outside reading is by far the most important- English activity, because it helps to form a life-long habit of good read- ing. In this department, there is particular although limited opportunity to read the works of contemporary writers. The opportunity of being advised as to books which are most likely to agree with his own tastes and of discussing what he has read with someone else who has read it has changed the opinion of many a student who hated all reading in general and non-fiction in particular. Miss Shunk is, at present, the capable head of this department. Page Fifteen al' Lg X i



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Qx EDGAR HOFF PAUL SCHRADER HARLAN PORTER THOMAS SPRING SCIENCE DEPARTMENT ODERN science and modern social and industrial life are so closely linked together that anyone should proht by choosing a science course. The science department of F. H. S. is composed of four courses- namely, general science, biology, chemistry, and physics. General science, which is taught by Mr, Schrader, intro- duces the student to the principles of science and covers several different branches of it, The purpose of this course is to make the student more scientific minded and to enable him to choose in which ofthe sciences he wishes to continue his study. Biology, taught by Mr. Spring, is a study which always arouses the enthusiasm and sincere interest of the students. It covers a very wide field including botany, zoology, and hygiene. Biology has several major aims: to increase the pupil's appreciation ofthe factors of his environment, to develop his powers of observation, to teach him how to preserve health and to develop character. The growth of in- terest in the biological department is shown by the increase in enrollment from fifty students in 197.8 to over one hundred in 1931. The chemistry department, in charge of Mr. Hoff, had a decided increase in enrollment. Chemistry unlocks the secret to progress in modern industry and civil- ization, with practically every other science dependent upon it. Retardation in the department's growth had been due mainly to the old tradition that chemistry is dry, dangerous, too technical, and overly difllcult. To experiment this year, a wide deviation from the regular course routine was instigated. The results were so re- markable that next year's course will be still more generalized. Some of the policies carved out this year were as follows: a passing grade guaranteed to anyone who honestly tries, complete liberty in laboratory work, the requirement being honesty and application, a-new humanized type of test, a liberal consideration of the student's viewpoint of the course, and wide application of the honor system. The purpose of the physics department which is headed by Mr. Hoff and Mr. Porter, is to enable the student to understand many common machines which are used today, such as the automobile, the radio, and the telephone. The work is divided into live divisions: mechanics, heat, sound, light, and electricity. It is of special interest to boys. Page .Yezicfzleefl

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