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

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aa THE l937 CRITERION ,,,, Faculty EMMA S DAY EVELYN H DAVIS TERESE D AREZZO KA'IHARINE r-ALL ALICET FAIRBANKS JEQSIE W DJHIGG GLENDON R COOD ALICE FLA JACAN JULIA C FARNAM There us a rahonal brealcmg down of The barriers separahng arrrhmehc algebra qeomelry and +rngonome+ry IH order 'lhar lhe s+uden+ may secure and reraln a broad v ew of fhe whole held of elemenlary malhemahcs Whale fhe fundamenlal processes ol arnfhmehc are laugh? before rhe secondary pcrnod of ducahon lhe vu'ral nmporrance of accuracy and facullly In numerrcal compu Tahon requnres fha? drills and lnsfrucllon b conhnued as 'rhe occasion arnses The confenl of malhemahcs of lhe secondary school IS changing 'ro meef 'rhe needs nol only ol The srudenl who wnll go To college buf also of lhe s+uden+ who wall go nnlo business or sludy a 'rrade The undersfandung and nlerprelahon of slahshcal dala which appears In news oapers Trade reporls and lournals qovernmenl sloclc exchange and marlcef reporls and In many busnness services us beromnno more and more a necessary parl of educahon I l 5 1. I .v N .w . .1 - I 1 xg. V, I , -. Q . . . , .. . . I N' I N. . Y I , . .. I . .. . . - - I , n v- n I I 1 I - 1 -

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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

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K., THE T937 CRITERION DH' Faculty NEL9 N S CC RON MARION CREENE CAROLYN HALL AOA HALLOCK FLORENCE HAJKTN FRANCES B HATCH Lcwcep., N .V TE N F TTAVNE BELLE HORNE M-XRGRETTA HURLEY For These reasons many TheoreT1cal Topucs are now omlTTed and a greaTer Tmmc alloTmenT as guven To The use oT The algebrarc Tormula and The developmenT oT new ormulas To The malcmg and readmg oT graohs To The use oT The proTracTor Tor drawing and checkang angles To The use oT con passes and ruler To The sTudy of raTuo and propor Tlon To The measuremenT oTanqles areas volumes To The use oT numerncal TrngonomeTrv and nogar Thms A greaTcr period of Tsme ID boTh plane and solid geomeTry IS gnven To ne develoomenT oT spaTual smaglr1aTuon and T 1 The Teachung oT logncal sequence and The wruTnng OT logical orooTs Research worker and arTusT In adduT1on To :Ts prnmary purpo e OT acguannhng The sTudenT w1Th The LaTm lan ouage The LaTln course has several oTher mann oblechves Among The e are The de vLlopmcnT oT an appreclahon Tor classuc prose and poeTry a l9eTTer undersTandung oT The sTudenTs own language Through The sTudv oT LaTln vocabulary and The presenTaTnon Tan opporTunnTy To sTudy The social and pollhcal lnTe oT anc enT Rome l I ,O ,vl ' J - 'Jx if' r 1lE J. 'S 1 . . . ' I - I I ' , , ' T , 1 ' - T 3- 4' 4 I 'I A , . 5 . . . . . . -I - . . . .I Q . . . . . . C - 4 V , . .J 3 K H . . T- . 3 . I I A . . J ,- Q . Q . O .. E ' I8