Angola High School - Key Yearbook (Angola, IN)

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Picture Study: The Angelus, Sistine Madonna, The Mill, etc. Lives of Great Artists: Millet, Raphael, Corat, Rosa Bonheur, etc. You must look at a picture studiously, earnestly, honestly. It will take years before you can come to a full appreciation of art; but when at last you have it, you will be possessed of one of the purest, loftiest, and most ennobling pleasures that the civilized world can offer you. — Y. C. Van Dyke. MUSIC. MISS RIEMAN The man that has no music in his soul And is not moved by the concord of sweet sounds. Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. — Shakespeare. The purpose of the course in music has been : (1.) To inspire love of good music. (2.) To develop a musical voice. (3.) To teach sight singing. The problems in melody and rhythm are developed in the proper grade, according to the advancement of the grade in the subject. The first four books of the Natural Music Course are used as the basis of music reading. Many supplementary songs are learned, including codas. The biographies of great musicians are studied and a brief sketch written of each. The music course given in the High School consists of the following: Theory of music, history of music, musical forms with definitions of same, and biographies of great musicians. The choruses studied, besides several other songs, have been as follows: Song of Peace, Lovely Appear, Bright Star of Eve, King of the Forest Am I, Gloria, Morning Ramble, Springtime, Our Jack, Joys of Spring, and Medley of Na- tional Airs. Wouldst thou know if a people be well governed, if its man- ners be good or bad, examine the music it practices. — Confucius. MECHANICAL DRAWING. MR. ACKLEY Two courses in Mechanical Drawing have been given this year. The first course has been an introductory course for those who have never taken up any form of mechanical drawing. The work of the first semester consists of a study of the principles of geome- trical drawing, using as a text Thomson ' s Mechanical Drawing

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HISTORY. MR. BURTSFIELD The History work covers three years and includes Greece, Roman, Medieval, Modern, United States and a course in General and State Civics. The study of Grecian history is preceded by a survey of Egypt, Tigris-Euphrates States, Persia, Palestine, Phoenicia, and the States of Asia Minor. One year is given to Greece and Rome, taking the subject down to the time of Charlemagne. 800 A. D. Medieval and Modern history covers one full year. In this course special attention is paid to Feudalism, the Crusades, the Reformation— showing the origin of our Protestant churches of to-day— the French Revolution, and the political history of England. The United States history covers one semester, and is intended to be intensive in character, with the purpose of getting the student to see the great periods of our growth in their relations to each other. In the beginning of the course each student is assigned a special topic to report on at the end of the term. During the past year topics like the Tariff, Slavery, Banks, Indians, Political Parties, Bills and Compromises, etc., were handled by the students. This course is followed by one semester devoted to Civics, in which the workings of our government from the school district is traced up through the township, county and state to the centralized govern- ment as laid down by the constitution. This course will be made as helpful and practical as possible. DRAWING. MISS RIEMAN It is of more importance to educate a hundred people to appreciate art than to educate one artist. — Perry. The subject divisions of the course in drawing as given in the schools and adapted to grade and High School work are, briefly, as follows : Color: Primary, secondary, and intermediate. Nature Study: Grasses, leaves, flower and fruit sprays, veg- etables, trees, etc. Representation: Type forms, animals, birds, persons, etc. Design: Balance, rhythm, harmony, measures, etc. Illustration: Color, pencil, charcoal, inks, paper-cutting, etc. Composition: Horizon-line, entering and filling space, con- trast large and small masses, crossing of vertical lines and horizontal lines, etc.

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Book No. 1. The second semester completes the subjects of geometrical drawing and then takes up projection drawing, the foundation of all further work in mechanical drawing. This work is done from models, and the text used is Thomson ' s second book in the above series. The second year course takes up the subject of mechanical drawing proper. Each member of the class is required to provide himself with a set of drawing tools, T-square, triangles and drawing board. The work consists of drawings of bolts, screws, and ex- amples of carpentry work drawn to scale. Towards the end of the course actual working drawings are made of various forms of girders, trusses and roof construction. (Emtl trB Mtttxn B The city teachers have met monthly throughout the year and discussed various pedagogical questions. At each meeting a pro- gram of varied interest was given with the result that the meetings were both a pleasure and profit. Supt. Shockley arranged the programs so that each teacher would appear twice during the year. The programs were as follows : September. Supt. Shockley — Essays in Application. Miss Fairfield — Pestalozzi. Miss Rieman — Mozart. Mr. Kyper — Philology. October. Parent ' s Meeting. Kyper — Relation of Parent to Teacher. Klink — Relation of Teacher to Parent. November. Wm. B.C. Prof. Carter — Essays in Application. Miss Schovill — Froebel. Miss French — Handel. Supt. Shockley — Ten Thousand Years of History, • pW