Cambridge High School - Yearling Yearbook (Cambridge, MD)

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Students study some form of history all four years of high school. As Freshmen they study Civics; Sophomores learn the most important facts of world history; and Juniors become more thoroughly acquainted with United States history. Mr. James Wilson is instructing the Seniors shown here in the fine points of European history. The students hold discussions on the problems of Europe. Dictation plays a very important part in the study of the French language. The students learn to read, write, and speak the language correctly. Mrs. Yvonne Martin here gives her class a dictation exercise. Mrs. Estelle Murphy (not shown) is CHS’s other French teacher. She teaches some second and all third year students the art of speaking French. 24

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Best of all schools is a log with the teacher on one end and a student on the other. The goal of all educators today is still one-to-one ratio of stu- dents to teachers. However, the realization of this utopian dream is far in the future. Today’s condi- tions dictate that some system of regular hours and schedules must be set up. The teacher of today must budget his time in order to obtain the maxi- mum coverage of students. Such a system would be easy to set up if only one teacher and a number of students comprised a school, but when you take 30-odd teachers, 700-odd students, with a room for each teacher, and a myriad array of subjects, the matter approaches gigantic portions. Yet each year it is the task of Principal Otis M. Trice to bring order to this chaos. CURRICULUM Not always has this been such a huge task. In the early days, the enrollment was under one-tenth that of today, with only three or four teachers com- prising the faculty. The subjects offered were like- wise limited, in some cases offering the entering stu- dents no choice at all. Latin and algebra were required subjects for every graduate at the turn of the century. Today, with expanded facilities and teaching staff every student can have a schedule tailored to his needs and ambitions.

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Dona Dctamorc and Reggie Dean ponder the routes taken by ancient explorers when they set sail for the New World. Great men, explorers and inventors are all brought into view by the efficient history classes of CHS. From these studies, students gain a respect for their heritage and valuable information about their past. Each class has its own type of history' in this school. The Freshmen have civics. Sophomores have world history’. Juniors have U.S. history' and the Seniors have problems of democracy. The history section of this school offers a well-balanced course of study for each student. Mrs. Anita Moore keeps a careful check on her Sophomore English students as she tries to help them over the rough road toward the comprehension of English and its con- struction. Between book reports and sen- tence diagrams, the English section of the school is a steppingstone to- ward mastery of the English language. The English depart- ment also includes a thorough study of early American and English literature, famous poets and writers.