Highlands High School - Highlander Yearbook (Fort Thomas, KY)

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TEL. V JW, 1940 THE STUDENT COUNCIL This year fhe somewhaf vague +radifion of a Sfudenf Council af Highlands was revived. In +he pasf, ii had died ou+ because of lack of in- I'eresf. Now. however, fhe members of fhe Council have enfered. wifh new en'I'husiasm. upon Ihe fask of IiH'ing from +he shoulders of +he conscienfious Iaculfy a par-I' of +heir bur- Under +he direc+ion of Mr. Ausfin. as- sisfed by Miss Jordan. Mr. Anderson. and Mr. SuIer. a new sfudenf governmeni' plan was dis- den. cussed and adop+ede+ha+ of fhere being Jrwo bodies. +he Delegafe Assembly. Ihe larger of +he IMO. and Ihe Council Hself. which was +0 govern Ihe enfire Assemny. These in combi- nafion were +0 be designafed +he Sfudenf Union. The s+uden+s now. fhrough I'hese sI'u- denf-governed organiza+ions, have an oppor- IunHy +0 preseni Iheir problems and offer fheir opinions on schooI-wide aci'ivii'ies. In order beH-er Io prepare siudenfs for self- direcfion. HighIands Ihis year has inaugura+ed an enlarged program of GUIDANCE. When our school schedule was changed sev- eral years ago +0 include a full period For home-room acI'ivifies. +he main objective was +0 provide a suifable sef-up for guidance. The iunior high school has. for several years. been doing an excellenf job 0F guiding i+s s+uden+s. This year in fhe senior high school in +he field of educafional guidance such unifs as How +0 S'I'udy Effecfively. Budgefing o'I Time. How +0 Prepare for Tesfs and Examinafions. and The Cosf of College have been pre- senfed. Us! In +he vocafional field such pracfical sub- iecI's as How +0 Ge? 3 Job and Wha'l' Ihe Business World Expeci's of Me have been dis- cussed. Thenl +00, a number of unifs on social guidance were presenfed. These +opics in- cluded. among ofhers, The Importance of Personal Appearance, How Io Gef Along wi+h People. and CommunHy Membership. We believe ihai- Ihe resuH's Jrhis year war- ranf our saying +ha+ we are glad +0 have +hi5 kind of guidance af Highlands. In +he foIIow- ing paragraphs we presen+ a resume of Ihe work of +he various depar+men+si beginning wi+h +he subiecI' required OI aII s+ucIenIs. ENGLISH. The aim of +he English deparfmeni is Io pro- vide a course sufficienfly varied Io make pro- vision for +hose s+uden'rs who desire a higher educaIion and. af Ihe same +ime, +0 meeI' 'l'he needs of +ha+ large group of s+uden+s who will immediafely upon graduaiion fake +heir places in +he business world. In +he iunior high school Miss GabbeH. Miss Cooper. and Miss Moore lay +he foundai'ion for I'he work +0 follow by fhe +eaching of func- Iional grammar. simple composHion, and IiIera'Iure such as appeals +0 s+uden+s of iunior high school age. In fhe senior high schooI Jrhe courses vary fo fiI +he needs of college preparafory or com- mercial studenfs. This year sixiy s+uden+s in- feresfed in Hue siudy of fhe drama wenf +0 see Miss Whi'I'e. Mr. Boucher, Mr. R. E. Bridges. and Mrs. Taylor are +eachers oi senior high English. Maurice Evans' HamIe+.