Central High School - Prospectus Yearbook (Flint, MI)

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TYPING CLASS IN COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT Curriculums at Central Offer Variety of Studies Language, Industrial Arts, or Fine Arts departments. In most of the required subjects, another of the same field can be substituted for that required with the approval of a faculty adviser. COLLEGE Preparatory Curricu- lum I offers a number of sub- jects to students who wish to fol- low the professions of law, educa- tion, business administration, and others. The credits derived from this course will meet the require- ments of all Michigan colleges and, in most cases, the colleges outside of the state. In this course, Eng- lish I, II, III and IV is required in the sophomore and junior years and United States History and Government in the senior year. To graduate in this curriculum, the student must have completed at least three years of English, ninth grade English counting, (Senior English and English Literature recommended for seniors in this curriculum) and three years each of work in any of the following approved C. P. I. fields: mathe- matics (ninth grade algebra count- ing), foreign language (Latin B and A taken in ninth grade credit- ed), science and social studies. Two minors are also required. These are chosen from the above fields (the field that the major is being chosen from, exempted, unless it is the foreign language field). The elasticity of the curriculum allows the student, usually, to choose his own subjects and the year in which he wishes to study them. The re- quirements of this curriculum de- pend entirely upon the entrance requirement of the university in which the student wishes to con- tinue his studies. COLLEGE Preparatory Curricu- ' ' lum II prepares for college those students interested in engi- neering or architecture. In his sophomore year, the College Pre- paratory II student studies English I and II, and Geometry I and II. He begins or continues (if he took Latin in the ninth grade) a lan- guage minor. He also chooses an elective (drafting is suggested for pre-engineering students). As a junior, he studies English III and IV, Algebra III and Solid Geome- try, Chemistry I and II, and if he did not take Latin in the ninth grade but did as a sophomore he completes his foreign language minor. If he completed this minor in tenth grade, he chooses a minor elective from the accepted C. P. fields. As a senior, he completes a science minor with Physics I and II. Algebra IV and Trigonometry TAKING A SHORTHAND TEST Page Thirteen 1938

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STUDENTS IN BIOLOGY CLASS Curriculums at Central Offer Variety of Studies CENTRAL offers to its students much variety in the field of studies. The eight curriculums, composed of 58 different courses, allow the student a great deal of freedom in selecting a course of study in school. The importance of secondary education in our present school system can not be over-empha- sized. For many students, the high school constitutes the last three years of formal education. Bear- ing this in mind, the administra- tion of Central endeavors to offer to the students those subjects that will best fit and prepare him for a vocation, or for college. As it is impractical for any student to try to study each of the 58 courses taught at Central, some division had to be made and the curriculum plan was adopted. Each of the eight curriculums offered is carefully selected to pro- vide a rounded course for every student. While the student is al- lowed to specialize in the course in which he is interested, he is not permitted to devote all his time to it. At Central in all curriculums. two years of English, three years of physical education, one year of laboratory science, and one year of American history are required. These courses are prescribed for the good of the pupil himself. With so large a field of choice, there is no student that does not find his needs fully anticipated and out- lined in some one of the curricu- lums. THE GENERAL Curriculum is offered for those students whose vocational and educational plans are not yet formed, or whose interests are not fully met by any of the other curriculums. The Gen- eral curriculum student, in the tenth grade, takes two required majors, English I and II and World History I and II. An elective and Modern Science I and II or Biology I and II are the two required mi- nors. Physical education is re- quired for all Central students. In the eleventh grade the pupil con- tinues with English III and IV and an elective. American History and Civics complete his social studies major. His ninth grade social stud- ies are credited toward this major in the General curriculum. He begins another minor elective, and Physiography and Physiology fin- ish his science minor. In his senior year, he completes the minor started as a junior. Modern Litera- ture and Basic English satisfy his English major. He is allowed two other electives. These electives are in the Home Economics, Foreign ENGLISH STUDENTS AT WORK PROSPECTUS Page Twelve

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MECHANICAL DRAWING STUDENTS AT WORK Curriculums at Central Offer Variety of Studies completes a four-year mathematics major, counting ninth grade alge- bra; United States History and Government is a required senior class subject. An elective, (draft- ing recommended) complete this course of study. When circum- stances demand it, this program may be varied with the approval of a faculty adviser. COLLEGE Preparatory Curricu- lum III prepares students for entrance in schools of medicine, dentistry, nursing and pharmacy. In the dentistry and medicine course, the student in tenth grade takes English I and II, Biology I and II, and Latin B and A, or if Latin was studied in ninth grade, he takes Latin I and II. In the eleventh grade, the student studies English III and IV, Chemistry I and II. French or German I and II; also, if a Latin minor was com- pletely the prior year, an elec- tive from the accepted college pre- paratory fields is studied and if the Latin minor was not complet- ed, Latin I and II are taken. In the senior year, the pupil ends his course with French or German III and IV, Physics I and II. United States History and Government, and Algebra III and Trigonome- try, or an elective and Trigonome- try. In the nursing course there is no variation in the tenth grade. How- ever, an accepted elective is taken in the junior year instead of the French or German minor, and in the senior year, instead of French or German III and IV, the elective started as a junior is finished and in the place of Algebra III and Trigonometry, Economics and Modern Social Problems. In the pharmacy course, the tenth grade classes are comprised of English I and II and an elec- tive, (Biology I and II recommend- ed) and a foreign language minor. In the eleventh grade, the classes are English III and IV, American History and Civics, an elective, (Chemistry I and II recommended) and the foreign language minor started as a sophomore. If two years of Latin were com- pleted in the tenth grade, an ap- proved C. P. elective may be chos- en. In the twelfth grade, the stu- dent studies Modern Social Prob- lems and Economics, Physics I and II, and two electives from the ap- proved fields. HOME ECONOMICS Curriculum is for those interested in that field. Those intending to teach the BOYS IN WOODWORKING CLASS PROSPECTUS Page Fourteen