Upper Sandusky High School - Indian Village Yearbook (Upper Sandusky, OH)

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., ,WNW NOLA G. BATES Home Ecmzofmics Home Economics is a new department in our High School, being established in 1915. During the first year, although there was no labora- tory, the work was under the supervision of Miss Helen Ashcraft of Mt. Vernon. The course consisted in the study of the convenience of house plans, textiles, care of the sick and injured, the planning and serving of meals and some time was also devoted to sewing and to the learning of the different stitches. But this year a new laboratory was equipped and a more efficient and complete course was offered to the Senior and Junior girls. Under the management of Miss Nola Bates of Columbus, the girls have been given a very eflicient and instructive course of study consisting of a study of textiles, of the classification, selection and preparation of foods, planning of dietaries, and also a period of two days a week was devoted to plain sewing. Each one of the girls made her own outfit for the laboratory. Judging from the amount of work accomplished and the interest mani- fested by the girls, this course is proving to be one of the most beneficial departments of the High School. Written by MARTHA BOWEN. 15

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CARL E. GIFFORD Science First Year Science, as studied this year, is not a complex, confusing or technical subject: The book is very simple and the principles are thoroughly illustrated by experiments. A treatment too terse and cone densed tends to confuse young studentsg hence the topics are suniciently discussed to enable young pupils to master them with ease. The methods of study followed enable the student to obtain the first elements of science -physics, chemistry, meteorology, botany, Zoology, physiology, astronomy, forestry and agriculture. The chief aim of the physics department is to present elementary physics in such a way as to stimulate the pupil to do some thinking on his own account about the hows and whys of the physical world in which he lives. With this end in view we have abandoned the formal text book method. The consideration of how a thing happened is followed by the consideration of why it happened. This method leads inevitably to the final grouping of the apparently disconnected facts about certain great underlying principles. Concerning the chemistry department, the effort has been made to make the subject interesting, to provide a text easily within the grasp of the average high school student, to develop the theoretical portion as a natural outcome of the facts already presented, and to emphasize the ap- plications of chemistry in everyday life. The addition of badly needed apparatus and chemicals to the equip- ment of the physics and chemistry laboratories has made these studies more interesting and has aided in making lasting impressions upon the students. This department is ably conducted by Prof. Carl E. Gifford. Written by ROBERT SLEMMER. 14

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ff X EVELYN SCHUMP English and Algebra Last September there were more Freshmen and Sophomores than the teachers could instruct, so Miss Schump was added to the faculty. Miss Schump teaches two Freshman English classes, a Sophomore Rhetoric class, a Freshman Science class, a Freshman Algebra class, and a Commercial Geography class, open to both Freshmen and Sophomores. The two Freshman English classes study Brook's Composition Book One. Besides this, Merchant of Venice, Sohrab and Rustum and The Lady of the Lake are read as classics. The Sophomore Rhetoric class studies Brook's Book Two. This class reads the following classics: Silas Marner, Sir Roger de Coverley and Julius Caesarg while book reviews are required of this class, as well as of every English class every month. Miss Schump's Science class uses the Snyder Text. The study deals with science in general. This is the first year it has been taught in the Upper Sandusky schools. The Sophomores and Freshmen studying Commercial Geography use the Trotter edition. Last, but by no means least, is Miss Schump's Algebra class. The Cajori and O'Dell Text is used, which is less diflicult than the text used in former years. So it can be seen that Miss Schump has somewhat Varied and difficult subjects to teach, yet she has made herself more than equal to the occasion. Written by HELEN KUENZLI. 16