Bridgeport Central High School - Criterion Yearbook (Bridgeport, CT)

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au THE 1937 CRITERION M0 CA RIE M BARSKE CLI-RA P BARNIUM FREDER Ck APMSTRONF LILLIAN S BOYNTON CRACE BEDWIN YATHERIN C BARSS ORA BRlN9MADE ALVIN BREUL PAUL M BOYNTON Iuu-ultw and Depart ments NDER 'rhe guudance of ul capable laculfy Cenlral l-lugh School has always ranked al lhe lore arnofug rh school of 'rhe Unul d Slafes Probably lhe predomunahng lo un susfaununo lhe huoh educaruonal sfandards whuch have been se'r for some lvuenly Years nas been lhe deoarlure from The ordunary un educalruon These deparlure crps of uleachers nol only proluc enf buf also alerl and progressuve lceepung un slep w 'rh ll up lo dale melhods of leachung Cenfral s compelcnl facully has enabled lhe school lo keeo abreasl ol fhe la+es+ developru eruls un lne varuous branches of learnung If us becau o of fhus lad lhalr Ccnlral s graduafes fund Themselves befler fufled +o luve vu +he uvorlo loday Why should we sludy Englush ur hugh school'7 For cenlurues sfudenls por d over lhe classucs buf lrhey would have Thoughl ul r duculous +o spend precuous hours sludyung lheur rnofher fonguc Then chools awoke lo lrh lacf fha un Englu lu we have a language lar rucher lhan Lalun or Greek b cause uf us a luvung growung 'rhung Thaf has added fo Hrs l'5l R . or , ' Ai J? u 5 ' 1 Y ., W . I . S r . . . e s '.e . . ' ' +60 T. . . J . 1 I . u I k l. E . . . I S ccunnol ordinarily be allernplred by schools such as Cenlrral because 'rhey necessilale a C J I 1 . E. I . I . . E Ex - - . ' . ' - Q N . , . . ., I . . . . qv . A . . I . H. ' I ' . '. ' . ' e . I I . . I . . . . ' 1. s u e V 'S I

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X MISS 'VIARJORIE GRANT DEAN DR. ARTI-IUR C. SIDES ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

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aa THE 1937 cRlTERloN n, Facultv IJLJRO EIY N BURNHAM MARJORIE BUSHNE L IZABETH A CARTER RACE COCHRANI WILLIAM COLE! EDWIN COOPER EDWIN COOPER JR IUCT S CJRTISS BERENICE DANIELS Tardy Anglo Saxon Tock branches and Twuo and leaves Trom every lmporTanT language soolcen among men YeTTh1s unsTrumenT o oelucaTe In The hands oT The word arTusT ns handled bv The average Amerncan ugnoranTly or carelessly We sTudy English ThereTore nsT +haT we may learn To appreclaTe Thus ma velous geTT of language To apprehend The houohTs ThaT have been expressed In :T by oThcrs and To express our own wuTh accuracy and power We sTudy English nexT ThaT we may lfnow someThung oT The vasT body oT luTeraTure whnch has developed Through The cenTurles and The Idcals whuch IT embodies ThaT we may enTer lnTo The heronsm of Beowulf The genTle humor of Chaucer The human under Tandmg oT Shakespeare The varled experiences oT The oreaT characTers oT Tuchon The beauTy and lnsughT of poeTry This as our hcr1Tage Through IT our narrow horuzons may be widened our llmlTed Knowledge of luTe be deepened and enruched The Teachnng oT maThemaTncs In The sccondary school has been and IS undergoing many lmporTanT changes In conT nT and mefhod I I I 'T T. I. I L EL . L5 . . S 'V 6' . -.1 7 Vx Y R G -1 I , ll . - s ' 'S ' - n ' j Q 1 . I I ' I: - I . . .. , l - 1 I 1 1 -1 . . Q I . , , : ' A I I - F . - . . . . -, , - , . . . . .. . , . ' ' e . lb