Angola High School - Key Yearbook (Angola, IN)

Page 16 text:

§ pertat0r 8 taff Editor-in-Chief WARNER WOODRING, ' n Business Managers Ned Ettinger, ' n Ralph Urwig. n Subscription Managers Aha Gilmore, ' n Alda Weir, ' n David Palfreyman, ' 12 Pyrl Dole, ' 13 Literary Clifton Freligh, ' 11 Frances Robertson, ' 12 Clela Omstead, ' 11 Ruth Goodrich, ' 14 Mildred Webb, ' 13 Earl Rinehart. ' 12 Jimmie Butcher, ' 14 Poetry Muriel Watkins, ' 11 Louise Powers. ' 13 Edith Honess, ' 12 Donald Sheldon, ' 14 Music Leighton Wells, u Neva Dewey. ' 11 Birdena Hayward. 13 Genevra Bixler, ' 14 Calendar Florence Gilmore, ' 11 Florence Abrams, ' 13 Lois McCool, ' 11 Mildred Garn, ' 14 Edith Honess, ' 12 Jokes Mabel Fast, ' 11 Marjorie Burkhart, ' 12 Charles Kidney. ' 12 Martha Pollock. ' 13 Roland I ' .aker. ' 14 Art Wilma Coy, ' 11 Paul Swift, ' 14 Clifton Freligh, ' 11 Imo Smith, ' 12 Pyrl Dole. ' 14 Athletics Clyde Snellenberger. ' 13 Alonzo Meyers. ' 14 Helen Smith. ' 13 Society Aria Pence, ' 11 Mildren Heckenlively. ' 14 Helen Kunkle, ' 12 Barbara Dodge, ' 13 Alumni Tovce Creel. ' 11 Faye Burt, ' n

Page 18 text:

(Eoitrsr of $tudu The following is a brief survey of the course of study pursued in the Angola High School during the past year. While the course of study con- forms to the State requirements, a large amount of supervised election is permitted. The aim in granting election of studies is to fit the course to the individual needs and not to fit the pupil to the course. Practicability is the chief factor kept in mind in planning the course. Thirty-two credits are required for graduation, fourteen of which are left to the pupil ' s choice. ENGLISH English is the most important course offered in the high school. Ninety- five per cent, of the failures in high school work is due to the inability to read English correctly, forcibly, and effectively. It is the aim of the de- partment to make English practical, and to establish, as far as it is possible for the school to do so, the habit of correct writing and speaking. Rhetoric and composition, together with a constant review of Grammar are empha- sized throughout the course. Literature is studied to serve as models for forms of discourse, to enlarge the vocabulary, and help the pupil enjoy our best literature. The rhetoric work is based on Thomas and Howe ' s Com- position and Rhetoric ; the work in American literature is based on New- comer ' s American Literature: in English literature, Halleck is used. FOREIGN LANGUAGE The two foreign languages studied in the high school are Latin and German. Students are required to pursue one of the two. Four years of each are offered, but a student may graduate with the minimum require- ment of two years ' work. LATIN The study of the Latin language is of inestimable value in cultivating the habits of accuracy of expression and thought. Xo subject in the high school course, with the probable exception of mathematics, has the power of overcoming careless ami slovenly thought habits as Latin. Again the clear and effective interpretation of English literature requires an extensive use of Latin words and roots. For this reason Latin becomes a practical subject. First year work is based on Bennett ' s First Year Latin. Caesar ' s Gallic Wars, Cicero ' s Orations, and Virgil ' s Aeneid together with Com- position furnish the basis for the last year ' s work. GERMAN As a language study in the high school, what is true of Latin may be said of German. In addition, it mav be said that inasmuch as German is a