Paris High School - Arena Yearbook (Paris, IL)

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Fifteen OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE WITH LANGUAGES AND MATHEMATICS Olio R. Aritas, Margaret Steele, Leellyn Clapp. C. J. Little. Fannie M. Luckhaupt. Science and Mathematics Above are grouped the staff of science and mathematical teachers at P.H.S. Miss Steele, instructor in General Science, is a graduate of Paris High in the class of ’26, and has been on the staff seven years. Some of Miss Steele's objectives are: the acquirement of some basic principles which help us understand modern life better; tin development of wholesome intellectual interests which furnish a basis for vocational and educational guidance. Miss Luckhaupt, a popular zoology and botany teacher, has been a member of this staff for nine years. Her main object is to teach a pupil how' to solve problems by using facts, and on the practical side of the subject to teach pest-eradication and better methods of cultivating plants. Mr. Little, our expert chem-R. WILLIAMSON, SCIENTIST j8t, ig notefl chjefly for his scientific view' on subjects. However, he also teaches modern history and vocations. Mr. Clapp is an “old grad who teaches geometry and commercial arithmetic. Mr. Ariens, our instructor in algebra and physics, came to us in 1934. If any of the class stumbles on a problem, he finds Mr. Ariens an expert mathematician.

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Fourteen IN THE MODERN WORLD SOCIAL AND LABORATORY SCIENCES ARE Don Sweelry. Effir M. Fancier, Catherine Farrell. Harold Cotlingham, El.ia Tale. Social Science and Language LATIN IV Miss Fansler and Mr. Sweeley of the social science department believe a knowledge of history is essential to understand the institutions of society in our own and other countries. The four history courses reveal the centuries of struggle through which the race has passed to attain its present stage of freedom. Miss Fansler and Mr. Cottinghain endeavor to picture the government of American people as a going concern, with activities which reach deeply into the social and economic life of the nation. Paris High School offers its students Latin and French, which are taught by Miss Tate and Miss Farrell respectively. Latin affords valuable training in English and in principles common to all languages. French students learn of actual life in France hv reading hooks written by French authors. They gain knowledge of the people, their customs, habits, and characteristics as well as the government, the geography, and history of the country. To understand our own tongue wrc should have a knowledge of some other language, preferably Latin or some Romance language such as French.

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Sixteen TRAINING FOR INDUSTRY IS AIM OF VOCATIONS DEPARTMENT Zulu Z. Wright, E. W. Eveland. Stella Ri »er. Don H. Hamilton. Anna Marie Green. Mary A. Periaho. Harry B. Hunter. Vocations Department Our vocations department, with its seven instructors, embraces four different fields: commercial, agriculture, home economics, and manual training. Miss Wright, Miss Kisser, and Mr. Eveland have charge of the commercial courses. Bookkeeping and first year typing are taught by Miss Kisser, together with a special course in typing, open only to seniors. Miss Wright teaches shorthand and the advanced typing classes, two years being given to both subjects. Mr. Eveland and Mr. (Nottingham have charge of the junior business training. Mr. H. B. Hunter is the instructor in the two-year course of manual training. During the week his students work three days in the shop and two days in mechanical drawing. His hoys have helped with the construction and repairing of many things about the school. Mr. Hamilton has charge of a three-year course in agriculture. the work continuing through the summer. The F. F. A. win many prizes, thanks to Mr. Hamilton's efforts. The economics course is directed by Miss Green ami Miss Perisho; Miss G r e e n has charge of the clothing classes and one in foods while Miss Perisho has the remaining food classes. TYPING IV