Beaver Falls High School - Tiger Yearbook (Beaver Falls, PA)

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si if ii li 5: Willa: ll iii-in LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT Miss Dougherty Miss Rom-y ff'll2lil'lll2l1l'l, Miss Harm-tl 'Language is not words: it is thinking, thinking by means of symbols . Language has been rightly called the tool of understanding. It is the instru- ment that makes it possible for men to be social, and not merely gregarious beings. Therefore, in the teaching of foreign languages, one of the objectives is to extend the pupils' intellectual horizon, to broaden his feelings for people of other lands through the study of their language and literature. It is only by understanding the lives of people of other nationalities, their hardships, their joys, their contributions to civ- ilization, their ideals, that we can help destroy the barriers of ignorance and self- ishness, that we can respect ideas besides our own, that we can become sympathetic and can encourage the feeling of friendship between nations. In the development of this chain of friendship and peace the study of language should furnish a valuable link. To aid in the formation of this chain our language department offers a two year course in French and a three year course in Latin. These two languages are required for graduation in the classical course and are elective for the scientiiic and general. As extra-curricular activities, two clubs are organized that arouse interest and enthusiasm and contribute to the social life of the members. 16

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. A ,i I Ir! 1-1 5: 'FPS is Skill: THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Miss Barnett Mr. XVPIDSIPI' Miss lh-dpatli Miss Nunnah ffliairnmnj Miss Fnlvin Miss VPIIUIIIEIS Miss Levis Miss XYilson fliibl'2ll'iilIlj The Library is a most fitting background for the English Department, because more than any other department in school it is dependent on the Library not only for reference Work, but for almost all outside reading. Although our library is com- paratively new, more books are being added each year, and we hope that in the near future we shall have as good a library as any in the state. Instruction in the use ol' books and libraries is given to all students in the high school by the-librarian. This feature is a regular course in the High School curriculum. The aim of the English Department is two-fold: to teach the student to express himself clearly both in written form and orally, and to read understandingly, both of which he must be able to do before he can expect to study any subject intelligently. In order to carry out this two-fold aim, grammar, composition, the history and devel- opment of literature, and certain classics are studied during the high school course. Emphasis is placed on cultivating in the student the ability to express thoughts clearly, concisely, fluently, and forcefullyg in the study of literature, the ability to get the thought from the printed page with accuracy and reasonable rapidityg the ability to use books as tools: and the desire to turn to reading as a source of pleasure and inspiration. I5

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W W... ,..,.,,..,W,,, .. ,i A r ': : 'W is fu u . M xlidii SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Mr. Blair Mr. YV9bSt9l' Mr. He:-kathornel Miss Mary Cook Mr. Smith Miss Martha Cook QChairma,nJ Mr. Mathews Miss Fullerton During these times of change a11d stress, thinkers believe that the art of inventing and the material prosperity, which follows it, are not unmixed blessings to mankind. In earlier periods of history change came so slowly that it was almost imperceptible. Now organized invention, stimulated by incentives of profit and encouraged by the popular appetite for change, sets all relations of men in violent motion, and creates enormous problems faster than human wisdom can comprehend themf How to assimilate these changes and use them for man's help rather than for his harm seems to be the challenge to the schools of this era. The public depends upon the consequences of the acts of individuals and groups of individuals. To learn the consequences of these acts in this ever changing environ- ment comes within the field of the Social Sciences. Through the study of Civics, European and American History, and Problems of Democracy, the students of Beaver Falls High School may learn a little better to deal with the continually unexpected changes in their surroundings and to understand a little better the consequences of their acts. If this lesson is learned in our country, invention and change will be our servants, and we can enjoy the true fullness of life, 17