Linden High School - Cynosure Yearbook (Linden, NJ)

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OUR LIBRARY SEWING CLASS

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OUR COMMERCIALS CHEMISTRY LAB

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IN THE CLASS ROOM OR a number oT years There has D960 TakIng place IH The currIcula oT Lmoen I-Irgh School a change ID lIne wITh The besT oT presenT day educaTIonal pracTIce ThIs year IT IS more marked Than ever b Tore In all classes The eITorT IS oeIng made To sTress IndIvIduaI work ra her Than ThaT oT The mass Thrs Tends To leT boTh The slower and he TasTer sTudenT soend ex ra TIme on phases oT The work d TTculT Tor hIm and branch ouT INTO TIelds oT IndIvIdual InTeresT The Teachers have Tound dITTerenT ways oT carryIng ThIs plan ouT each usIng The meThod besT suITed To hIs Teld In The ApplIed BIolog, sec Ions a conTracT IS handed ouT every sIx weeks ThIs mmeograohed sheeI IS dvded InTo Two parTs daIly and ouTsIde assIgnmenTs In The Tormer s cTIon The work IS so arranged ThaT The sTudenT may do T durmg any oT hIs s udy TIme Among The laTTer are many InTeresTIng Ideas Tor proIecTs To be carrIed ouT or evra credIT Some oT The resulTs oT ThIs work are dIsplayed In The Trophy case whe e There are examples OT soap carvIng and paInTIng For n'IaTerIal on ToreSTry 400 bookle s Tr m Torh, Th ee dIT'erenT sTaTes have been secured In The chemIsTry de parTn'IerI each sTuoenT I requIred To hand In a ccllecTIon oT maTerIal IIIUSIFGIIVG oT some TIeld or chemIsTry and here also supplernenTary readIng IS pVOVId9d The general scIence pupIls have made book eTs and posTers To IIIUSTVGTG The TexT and TollowIng The sugges Ions OTLIGFBO Inem have made small models oT moTors Te egrabh keys and sounders boIlers and par s o a radIo As The SenIor class IS sTudIIng AmerIcan hIsTory IT IS only TITTIng ThaT The day news be Included as a regular parT oT The lesson Each day a desIgnaTed pupIl pre pares a summary oT The news oT The day before Each week a reporT oT TITTy pages oT ouTsIde readIng IS requIred and one day a week IS seT aSIde Tor oral reporTs The Freshman LaTIn class has made posTers IllusTraTIng The dITTerenT declensIons The second and ThIrd year sTudenTs are makIng bookleTs conTaInIng LaTIn rules and are compIlIng a TranslaTIon oT TheIr TexT book The TourTh year class has been gIven a conTracT T TUITIII and each pupIl keeps a noTebook All I.aTIn classes have been collecTIng maTerIal on VergIl In honor oT hIs bIn'IIllenIum All commercIal Teachers ThIs year have been sTressIng pracTIcal applIcaTIon OT The work InsTead oT merely soeed The gIrls IU several Classes have acTed as secreTarIes To The varIous eache s and have mImeographed The conTracTs used In The Enghsh deparTmenT The plan IS bemg developed exTensIvely The work In lITeraTure IS dIvIded InTo Three levels Level I conTaIns The mInIrrIurn of work requIred Tor a passmg grade whIle levels ll and III are much more dITTIcuIT IH quaIITy and CODIGID a larger amounT oT readmg A conTracT IH grammar based on sImIIar prIncIpIes IS also gIven To each sTudenT In he TIrsT Two ears These IIlusTraTIons by no means QIVS a compIeTe pIcTure oT The work beIng done In The I-hgh School They do IndIcaTe one OT The changes In The school planned To make The work oT Incre1sIng b neTIT To The sTudenT GIERTRUDE KASPER 3 I 'O . I , - - . I I I I I - I . . R , f . I . S . I . .. L . I I I . 1 L I . . . I X I I U I I , ' I . , . - - L- II II - s - I I VI , . . L . I. . . . . IIII XI I I , . O I I I L . . I . . . I I . I 1 . . . . I ,I , I I , T' I . ', C '- F II ' I , . f L I .P . I . . . . . .I, I' 3 , I . , . . . . I , ' . . . I I . . I I . I L' V I L' I I , , I .. 4 1 . , , . I . . . X. . . . . . . ,F I I J , . I I - - II II . - O , . l . I. I . . A . II II . I I' . Q I - I I T y . . . X . . . . 1 9 I . I , .