Walnut Hills High School - Remembrancer Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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LEFT: Miss Helen Pelton, Latin; Mrs. Laura Renfrow, Latin; Mrs. Marie- Louise Creelman, Spanish. ABOVE, ROW 1: Miss Irene Steinem, French. ROW 2: Miss Martha Kitzmcm, Ger- man. ABOVE, LEFT: Members of a German class study the construction of c: sentence. Common languages span differences The extensive program of modern longuoge ovoiloble cat Walnut Hills proves very beneficial to students of varied purposes and interests. Those planning to enter The fields of medtctne and science soon discover The importonce of German. Interest in international business ond foreign ottoirs stimulates enthusiasm for Spanish and French. Besides these motives, the purpose of 0 great number of pupils who are studying mod- ern languages is to understand the people and customs of other coun- tries. With the serious problems confronting the world ot present we must cooperate with other countries in o sympathetic 0nd intelligent mon- ner. The benefit from the knowledge of a common language is o feeling of intimacy which makes possible closer and simpter relations. Thus modern languages are truly 0 factor contributing To the development of o more prosperous and peaceful civilization. To supplement instruction received in Classes, clubs have been formed in which pupils learn more of the background or details involved in the study of the different Ionguogee 17

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ROMAN i3 AZETTE ABOVE, ROW 1: Miss Laura Riffe, Latin. ROW 2: Mrs. Dixie Cumpbeii, Latin. ROW 3: Miss Lillian Dorsch, Latin; Mrs. Madge W. GalbreaTh, Latin; Miss Rosemary Hope, LuTin; Mr. Joseph Knub, Latin, Social Studies. ABOVE, RIGHT: Special proiecTs bring vorieTy To Latin classes. Classical cuITure lives again Lofin, The TeundeTion of all Romance language, is one of The Tradi- Tionel courses offered eT WeinuT Hills. The compuisory sevenTh end eighTh grade course, for which one crediT is given, is one of The fecTors making This school unique. The background gained by learning LeTin ceniugeTions, declensiens, and complex consTrucTions isemesT bene- Ticiei in The sTudy of English and eTher modern languages. The lower school sTudies The TundomenTel grammar of LeTin while freshmen find Themselves deep in The accounT of Caesar's Goilic Wars. The ad- vcmced classes seek The meaning of The wise words of Cicero end Virgil. WiTh This background They learn To understand more fully The phiiosophies of greeT wriTers end sTeTesmen of The pesT. They discover LeTin's releTionship To oTher Tields, such as phrases in iiTeroTure end ancienT hisTory. The ciesses also realize LeTin's exTensive use in legal and scienTific Terms. For These reasons in The oduiT world They will greele epprecioTe The Latin sTudied in high school. 16

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MaThemaTics and science courses The moThemoTics course 0T WolnuT Hills rewards hard work and sincere inTeresT wiTh powers of obiecTive reasoning, onolyTic Thinking, and a disciplined mind. The extensive program, beginning wiTh The mastering 0T TundomenTcls in The sevenTh 0nd eighTh grades, goes on To include The beginnings of The COmprehensive courses OT oigebro 0nd plane geo- meTry offered in The freshmen and sophomore years respecTiveiy. Following These basic: courses, sTudenTs may conTinue wiTh one year of oigebro 0nd 0 year of TrigonomeTry, advanced algebra, and solid geo- meTry, which Teach The advanced skills as well 05 precise colcuioTEOn 0nd accuraTe organionion applicable To every phase lof IiTe. HobiTs cmd knowiedge gained frorn The moThemoTics curricula as a resulT of conscienTious sTudy 0nd epplicoTion comprise only 0 perT of The impor- Tonce of This subiecf. MGThemCiTics makes possible brillicmT discoveries in such Tields OS medicine, chemisTry, physics! and osTronomy. The Trained mind, which Ci sTudy of such exocTness produces, aids any en- deavor we may underTer. .aoclcttli' BELOW, ROW '1: Mrs. Fannie BarneTT, MaThemaTics; Miss Marie Becker, Mathematics. ROW 2: Mr. Howard Black, Muihemafics; Mr. Richard Bourn, Mathematics. RIGHT: Mr. Den- zil Carpenter, Mathematics; Miss Janet Kemme, Moihematics, Spanish; Mr. Stanley Leeds, Mathematics. BELOW, RIGHT: A proposition of solid geom- etry is discussed by Math IV sTudenTs. 18