Arcadia High School - Arcadian Yearbook (Arcadia, OH)

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Agriculture v i 'E es l , -Af. I. ,L 'QI' --.. ., l .lin ii -A 18 Vocational Agriculture consists of a program for all four years through high school. Crop and livestock projects are re- quired in order that boys may gain practical experience from them in addition to earning money which will assist them in preparing, for farming. The first two years are made up of a study of crops and livestock. The later years involve the study of engineering and farm management. Farm shop is integrated throughout the whole four years.

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Science We live in an age of science where science has become the most important single field of human knowledge. Students, as well as adults, are eager to learn the biological and physical principles that govern the world in which we live. In the seventh grade a student's natural curiosity carries him into an elementary search for the why, when, and how about the things around him. Although general science is, as the name implies, a general treatment ofscience many ninth grade students begin to specia- lize in their favorite areas of scientific achievement, giving some idea of direction in a chosen vocation. Chemistry, the final course for juniors and seniors, gives the student an opportunity to get acquainted with science in the first person, handling chemicals, and equip- ment, and even searching for sometimes unknown goals in an experiment. The ad- vances that have been made in chemistry have completely cliauged the operations of the modern world. Of all sciences, biology has perhaps been the least appreciated. To many people it is a subject in which you pin bugs to a picture frame and cut open an unfortunate frog or two. Yet, biology can be a magic carpet of adventure and discovery. lt brings to lifc a fairyland in your own back yard, if you just take the trouble to go out and look. But most important of all, biology is the study of you yourself--your body and mind, and how they work. It holds the se- cret of bodily health, of mental happiness and of useful citizenship, 'Wu X

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Home Economics ir ff' AF if if if 'R Home economics is a course that most high school girls desire to take. The art of homemaking is taught by Mrs. Wykoff in this class, butprobably the most emphasized are: cooking, sewing, general manners, household duties, and family relationships which help prepare the girls for the future. X 'LLQEE - is .- -0 'H Q itll l' ' . -t , ,X:' X fx 4, L-9 f , V - d Q t - ,Le B- ,- 6 Ill H if 19