Kewanee High School - Kewanite Yearbook (Kewanee, IL)

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C5he Silver Qwanito ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Kewanee High School offers four years of English, three of which are required for graduation. In the first and second years the greater emphasis is placed on composition, including grammar and punctuation. Literature is given secondary attention. Oral composition is regarded as important. In the third and fourth years the emphasis is reversed. Literature is stressed and composition is given secondary attention. The aim of the work in literature is to develop a generous appreciation for good writing and to attain an enlargement and an enrichment of the ideals of life for the student. The purpose of composition is to establish accurate usage of the correct form of expression in a clear-cut and forceful manner. 'A year's course is offered in Public Speaking to juniors and seniors. The pur- pose of the course is to enable the students to become skillful conversationalists on ordinary subjects, and to give them a mastery of the principles underlying the organization and delivery of an effective speech. HISTORY DEPARTMENT The high school offers five courses in this department: Community Civics is a one-semester course open to freshmen and sophomores. Not only is the Constitution studied, but also governmental functions and problems appearing in everyday life receive considerable attention. Economics, a one-semester course open to juniors and seniors, covers the funda- mental background of industrial and business organization. Work covering one year is offered in Early European History. Beginning with the earliest records of the human race, the course includes historical development in Europe up to the Treaty of Paris fI763D. A yearls work in Modern European History is offered to sophomores and juniors who have completed the previous course. They study the political and indus- trial problems in Europe since the beginning of the eighteenth century. American History and Civics are now required of all seniors. During the first semester the class takes up a rapid survey of American History from the first colon- ization to present day developments. A thesis is required for each semester. The second semester is spent in the study of American Government, its organization and development. HOUSEHOLD ARTS The course in Clothing and Millinery is usually offered to freshmen, however, students from the upper classes may be admitted by special permission. The course consists of a study of textiles, garment making, elementary dressmaking, and mill- inery. The student is also taught how to make a clothing budget. The course in Foods and Cooking is usually offered to sophomores, although others may be admit- ted by special permission. This course deals in the selection, preparation, and preser- vation of foods, planning and serving of meals, marketing, and the principles of family budgeting. 14

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' Cfiihe Silver Kewanitea The School N 1874 the first class ever to graduate from a high school in Kewanee passed from the halls of the Academy, a small, unimposing, red building resting beneath the great maple trees of South Chestnut Street. A second great step in school history was the completion of the Central School in 1889. In IQO6 the first class was graduated from our present building. The graduating classes have increased from twelie to ox er one hundred, the faculty from two or three to over thirty. ART Fw: classes in Art are conducted in the high school in the afternoon, a begin- ning class and an advanced class. Prom being merely classes in drawing the depart- ment has developed to a carefully planned course in Art for two years which carries university entrance credit. The first year the history of art from the origin of art through the period of Romanesque and Gothic architecture is studied. The course covers the relations of color and value proportion, freehand sketching, lettering, craft work, etc. The second years work is an adianced technical course. The study of the history 1 f art is continued through the nineteenth century. The class-in the advanced work is luffely indiiidual instruction. LOIVIMERLI AL DEPARTIVIILNT The aim of the Commercial Department is to prepare students to enter directly into business life upon leaving high school. A year's work is offered to freshmen in with the general methods and procedure of business and to prepare him for clerical positions A one semester course in Retail Selling is offered to sophomores. The student is trained in the cire and handling of stock, the display of merchandise, including idvertising, the meeting of problems pertaining to customers, and in the mastery of Business English Work covering one year is offered in Bookkeeping I, for juniors who have had umor Business Training. It is followed by Bookkeeping Il. There is a year's course in Personal Typewritinff and a year's course in Stenography I, in which the time is divided between typewritinff and Shorthand I. The fundamental principles of Gregg shorthand are studied, and a thorough knowledge of the keyboard and the typewriter is obtained by the student. To those who complete this course, a year of Shorthand II is open Commercial Geography is a one-semester course open to sophomores. Its Object is to acquaint the student with the physical, social, and economic conditions which influence commerce Commercial Law is a half-year subject offered to seniors. It aims to giie the student a sufficient knowledge of the fundamental principles of busi- ness law to enable him to avoid mistakes in later business life. . . g . . ' 1 . . 3 ' 1 . . . . , 1 , 7 . - - - Junior Business Training. The chief purpose of this course is to acquaint the student . D I A -- . C L Q .i ' 2 . 1 . ' K U K V U . .1 I V K .u K K . L V su I 6 . I K 13 Q X

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Fha ,Silver Kewanito LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT LATIN- The high school offers four years of work in Latin. This work has several important aims. Primarily, it is planned to give the student a better understanding of the principles of English grammar, through which he will obtain a greater ability to speak and write English correctly and effectively. Scarcely less important as an aim is the understanding of the life, history, institutions, laws, customs, mythology, and religion of the Roman people. In the Work of the first year close attention is paid to the fundamental prin- ciples of Latin grammar and to pronunciation, word order and vocabulary. The students in Latin II translate parts of Caesar's Gallic Wars. The third and fourth years alternate, one year the Orntions of Cicero are translated and the next year, Virgil's ffeneid. FRENCH- ' Two years of work in French are offered in the high school. The object of this course is to acquaint the student with the customs, people, language, and liter- ature of France. The first year the student is carefully trained in pronunciation, forms and prin- ciples. The second year a fundamental review of French grammar is conducted. Oral French receives great emphasis. Letter-writing is required and some short plays are presented. The student is required to read a considerable amount of modern French prose. MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT Three years of work are offered in Mathematics, although colleges require only two years, work in this department-Algebra and Plane Geometry. Students plan- ning to take Chemistry or Physics are required to take Elementary Algebra. In this age of machines, modern life demands a knowledge of mathematics. Elementary Algebra is a yearis course offered to freshmen. When the student has completed that course he may register for a yearls Work in Plane Geometry. A one-semester's course in Solid Geometry is open to students who have com- pleted the first two years. The following semester a course in Advanced Algebra is open to anyone who has had the first year's work. A semester of Trigonometry is offered if there are enough interested students to make a class. This work is for those who plan to carry on their study of math- ematics. They are required to have completed the work in all the courses and should have received high averages. 15