Bellevue High School - Gleeman Yearbook (Bellevue, PA)

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Catherine Hortenstine Nina Johnston Isabel Riblett Hugh Q. Rebert ll..-X, HA. lin-X. ll..-X Foreign Languages The Modern Language Department in Bellevue High School is comprised of Spanish and French students. The Department strives to awaken in the stu- dent's mind an appreciation of the genius of a people widely different from his own. It tries to create a cultural, historical, and human background which will lead to better international understanding. VVe study Latin to learn about the history and life of the people of many centuries ago in order to get a true perspective of our own times and its problems, and to make us duly conscious of what we owe in the heritage of our language. ideas. and customs. 17

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Virginia G. Taylor Marie P, Ohle Robert Montgomery Mildred VX'agoner B.A. B,A. B.A., ll..-X. l1l.,X. English English is one of the most fundamental subjects in the entire curriculum. It is a part of every subject taught, and it reaches into every activity of the school. Furthermore, it extends into the life of the student as a means of help- ing him to a greater power of self-expression. linglish furnishes an incentive toward more effective writing, it provides a reasonable command of the spoken language, and it guides in the selecting of books for pleasure and instruction. The basic character of English determines its ultimate values. Its power as a conf trolling factor decides definitely the status of the student intellectually, vocation- ally and socially. P f 16

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K. ll Dodds G. T. Gilliland Q. ll. lillenberger R. H. Ruthart B. Chem., MS. l3,A., 1'l..'X, BS., RIS. l3.S., ll..-X. I Science Perhaps no man has yet imagined what a forest may some day beg-a forest of great trees, without disease, free from stinging insects and vindicative rep- tiles, open, verdant, and delightful. VVith the aid of science that condition may someday exist. Science has advanced to such a stage in recent years that today it determines our very existence, proving the fact that human life is moulded by human knowledge. Social science is a concentrated study of man's entire accom- plishments and of the everyday problems that he must face. XYith these and other facts in mind Bellevue High School maintains an erticient and capable science department, consisting of six courses: general science, biology, physics, chemistry, history, and economics. Under the able guidance of Mr. Ruthart, Miss Mitchell, Mr. Gilliland, Nlr. Dodds, Miss Rowley, Mr. Shope, and Mr. Schenkel, experiments and discussions on various subjects are conducted. Therefore, this department should go far as a determining factor of the school. 18