Richburg Central School - Quill Yearbook (Richburg, NY)

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Standing, left to right: Patricia Lyman. Barbara Bowen. Margaret Hardman. Bert Womer. Seated, fit desk: Mrs. Johnston (Teacher). First table, at left, left to right: Joe Saunders, Elizabeth Ames- tcry, Marcella Seager, Margaret Hardman, Virginia Champlin, Cecile Kline. Delores Peterson. Nor- man Brenneman. Back table, at left: Pat Childs. Lloyd Higby, Glenn Harris. Doris Drake, Freda Frost. Betty Dutton. Howard Moses, Seldon Jordan. Center table: Nancy Jandrew. Jean Marie Stafford, Helen Shannon. Stella Hale. Howard Dorrett, William Marsh. Eilene Wilcox. Lois Ewans. Helen Lamb. Table at right: Wanda Hurd. Robert Wilcox, Berdena Kinsey. Jacqueline Goodrich. Wayne Tyler. Mary Fisk, Richard Burdick. Eighth Grade “THIS picture portrays an eighth grade mathematics class. The curriculum of the eighth grade provides for intense training in preparation for high school courses. Rules set by the state and prescribed by the syllabus are exemplifying a definite improvement in this process of preparation. Mathematics is the embodiment of arithmetic, algebra, geometry and trigonometry, reduced to the simplicity of the practical problems of daily life within the comprehension of the average eighth orader. Homemaking, science, and art, as presented are guides for determining the answer to the great question, What course shall I take in high school? Character guidance is aiding each pupil to understand the importance of build- ing for citizenship, which after all is each individual's rating as a person; and taken collectively, sets the standard of the whole. What better passport for high school could an eighth grader possess?

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Requirements for Graduation GROUP I Constants required of all pupils: ‘English four years .... ‘American history .... Science, ninth year .... Social studies, ninth year ... Units 4 I I GROUP II Sequences in two different fields selected by the pupil: ‘Major sequence.....................................................3 ‘Minor sequence.....................................................2 GROUP III Electives........................................................ 4 16 All subjects in group I, except English and Ninth Year Social Studies, may be counted toward major or minor sequences in group II, provided a total of 16 units is earned. Pupils may select major or minor sequences from the following fields: Mathe- matics, Science, Social Studies, Foreign Languages, Art, Music, Agriculture, Home Economics, Commercial. ‘The passing of Regents examinations is required in all starred subjects in which Regents examinations are given. All other subjects may be certified by the principal provided courses have been approved by the Department. DIPLOMA REQUIREMENTS SUMMARIZED I. ACADEMIC DIPLOMA: English 4 years, Physical Education 4 years, Social Studies, General Science, History C, 3-unit major, 2-unit minor, enough electives to make 16 units. II. COLLEGE ENTRANCE: English 4 years, Physical Education 4 years, Social Stud ies, General Science, History C; 3-unit major of Latin 3 years or French 3 years or Science 3 years: 2l 2 unit minor of Algebra, Intermediate Algebra, Geometry: enough electives to complete 16 units. An average rating of at least 75 per cent, with a minimum passing mark of 65 per cent for any paper must be obtained in all subjects. These examinations may be taken at any time during the last three years of the high school course. III. MUSIC: English 4 years, Physical Education 4 years, Social Studies, Gen- eral Science, History C, 3-unit major in Music (Rudiments of Music I, Harmony I, Harmony II), other music courses 2 units (' 4 Unit a year in each chorus, orchestra, and glee club practice is allowed). IV. AGRICULTURE: English 4 years, Physical Education 4 years, Social Studies, General Science, History C, 6 units of Vocational Agriculture, Agriculture I, 2 units of elective Home Projects. (16 units). V. BOOKKEEPING: English 4 years, Physical Education 4 years, Social Stu- dies, General Science, History C, Introduction to Business, Typewriting, Bookkeeping 2 years, Business Arithmetic, Business Law, Economics, 3 electives. (16 units). VI. ART: English 4 years, Physical Education 4 years, Social Studies, General Science, History C; 3 unit major of Representation l-ll, Design l-ll, Mechanical I, Advanced Art ! 2 unit, 2 units in other art courses, 2 unit minor, 2 unit elective. (16 units).

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First row (left to right): James White. Mary Lou Jennings. Donna Stohr. Max Hurd. Clyde Stead. Second row: Leona Kelly, Eleanor Wightman. Richard Funk. MarJean Raney. Kathleen James. Phyllis Austin and Junior Bailey. Third row: Lulu Wightman, Betty Ramsell. Billy Gibbon, Clara Jane Wells, Pauline Fisk. Ethel Borden, Charles Borden. Fourth row: Margaret Allen. Bernice Thurston, Clarence Allen. Robert Hale. Alan Harriger. and Wilma Jones. Fifth row: Robert Stuck. Harriet Young. Betty Stewart. Willett Burdick. Calvin Pangburn. Mr. Kohnken (teacher). Seventh Grade j”HE students in this picture are intent upon an arithmetic lesson. The new syllabus for elementary mathematics stresses the importance of thinking out every day problems. These problems are problems which the students are likely to encounter later in life. Examples concerning the measurement of the school room, reading meters, constructing miniature buildings to scale, bring out realistic problems to be thought about. Everyday problems in insurance, installment buying, and social security require new uses of elementary mathematics. Some activities in arithmetic which were like life situations were: measuring the circumference of the smoke stack to find the diameter, measuring the room, reading electric meters, reading gas meters and measuring sidewalks to find cubic feet of cement. The primary aim concerns problems which will be as natural and life-like as possible so that when the student goes to school no longer he will be able to apply these rules himself. Making students live in school from a practical standpoint is better than academic achievement.