Central High School - Maroon and White Yearbook (Sioux City, IA)

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UI Il UU .L v 1 i f , ,L , . 1 ' 'lop Row: Kyle. Hodge. ?N1.Banks. C. Nelson. .Y Ill! Bnttrm Row: Linrh, V. Banks. Mourning. Schatz. physical training. IA credit is earned at the completion of one semesters work in any subjectl. In the junior schools. a semesters work in physical education. foods. and clothing constitutes a half a credit . ln senior high school. a semesters work in any subject earns a full credit. with the following exceptions: band. orchestra. junior orchestra. junior chorus. senior chorus. choir. and girls' glee club. These last mentioned groups earn a half a credit each. The general requirements for graduation from senior high school are twenty-four credits and one credit in physical training. The specific requirements are two majors. consisting of seven credits in English. and six credits in another subject. and two minors of four credits each. Unless either mathematics or history is offered as a major. they both must be offered as minors. One year of science is required. ln computing the above majors. minors. and science. the subjects taken during the ninth grade at junior school are included. If the courses are followed as they are printed on the curriculum sheet. the majors and minors will take care of themselves. The pupils at Central have the advantage of having many electives from which to choose. In a number of smaller schools. the electives are limited and the students are compelled to follow a prescribed course of study. Even in a school as large as Cen- tral, pupils, especially those intending to go to college. should choose their electives cautiously. If a definite college has been selected. it is well for the student to consult its catalogue for its specific entrance requirements. Electives must be chosen from the year and semester in which the pupil is classified or the semester next preceding or following. Not more than eight credits may be offered in any one subject toward graduation. Only one subject at a time may be taken in any one department. f

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ggi w om.. ll ur Top Row: Hickman, Hobbs, Waechter, Hissong. Bottom Huw: Rarkcr, Yahr, Seheuerman, Littlejohn. courses are classified under the high school graduation group. None of the courses in this group should be elected. if the student ever expects to attend college. The commercial course requires seven semesters of English tlwo of these are business Englishl. two semesters each of bookkeeping. American history. typcwriting. and physical training. and one semester each of commercial geography, salesmanship, and commercial law. Many students in the commercial department elect three semes- ters of typewriting and four of shorthand. Commercial students who take shorthand must take at least three semesters. Shorthand must be accompanied by typewriting. but typewriting may be elected without shorthand. In the high school graduation course. one is required to take the following things: six semesters of English, two semesters each of American history and physical education. and one semester each of civics and economics. The cooperative retailing course requires five semesters of commercial English. three semesters of retailing. two semesters each of business arithmetic. public speaking. and merchandising, and one semester each of commer- cial geography. textiles. economic history of the United States, advertising, color and design. economics. sales psychology, trade journalism and bibliography, sociology, mental hygiene. and sales demonstration. To take the cooperative auto trade course, one must include the following: three semesters of mechanical drawing. two semesters of business arithmetic, and one semes- ter each of shop mathematics, general science, commercial geography. history of industrial United States. mechanics. sales and business letters. commercial law. civics. and bookkeeping. To enter senior high school. one must have met the follow- ing requirements while in junior school: eight credits in academic work. one credit in industrial arts. and one credit in

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I lvlxle-2OCjlXl.fz. ill Ill Tup How: Muhuny. lloff. Sid:-lius, Iverson. Hottoni lion: XYr'llhnusr'n. ltr-id, Williamson, It.ILr1-1-nr-n. Although foreign language is not a requisite for graduation. many students take advantage of the complete language department which Central has. Latin, French, German. and Spanish are the languages in which instruction may he had. A pupil may elect four years of Latin. if he pleases. or two years of any one of the other three languags. If a foreign language is elected, two years of this language must hc com- pleted. Une year of a second language is allowed. Three semesters of one foreign language. or two years of each of two foreign languages constitute a major. Report cards are issued three times a semester, during the seventh, thirteenth, and eighteenth weeks. These are sometimes preceded hy warning cards, which the teachers distribute to pupils whose work is below average. These warning cards are given out in order that the student who receives one will do something about improving his grade. If nothing is done about this warning card, the student may he relatively sure that he will receive a D or an F on his report card. The system of marking at Central High is as follows: A-95 to 100 per centg B-89 to 94 per centg Ce82 to 88 per centg D-75 to 81 per centg Fgbelow 75. A. of course, denotes honor work, H, excellent work, C. good work, D poor workg and F failure. While D grades carry cfedits toward graduation. it should be remembered that recommendations for college entrance are hased upon a general average of C or better. Pupils making all Ais and Bas for any six weeks period are listed on the honor roll, and pupils making an average of 90 per cent in their semester grades during the three years spent in senior high school receive honorable mention at their graduation. Pupils who participate in any interscholastic contests must be passing in four subjects. and must have made four credits the preceding semester. The normal load to he carried by a pupil is four subjects. Only those who have an average of B or better during the previous semester are permitted to carry more