Charlotte High School - Witan Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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Our Twins t present we have in Charlotte eight ] airs of gcmini. There arc the Haidts. Hares, and Herrings; the Foxes, the Sjiaflords, the Man- chester . the Raysors and the Reisses. First we have the Hollywood sisters. Alice and Jane. Jane, one of our school dramatists is some day going to l c a great surgeon, wc all hope, while Alice is still somewhat unde- cided. In years to come we shall pick up a newspaper and read of the success of Charles our classmate as an archeologist in Egypt, while his brother Claude, the to-lie florist will supply him with flowers if the ghosts of Egypt overwhelm him. Now Pearl and Ruby Her- ring arc of a different mind than most girls. Pearl is going to he a private secretary and Ruby, a stenographer. Victor Fox is unde- cided as to what to do. As for Virginia, his sister, very much interested in music and ten- nis. she will he a stenographer, if not a second Helen W ills Moody. I don’t know what to think of little “Howie” SpafFord, I guess lie’s just going to he another lover, to succeed Clark Gable, but from Ray. our radio-minded schoolmate, we expect some development along the mechanical line. Harold Manchester, someday is going to he a great pilot, or if not then just an airplane mechanic, anyway lie has already been building model airplanes. Bessie the quiet nursemaid, interested in flowers, in- tends to he a nurse. June Raysor. now inter- ested in sports, is going to continue her inter- est in them and lie an athletic instructor, while her brother Bob is going to do a great deal of hunting and fishing in Canada. Mary Reiss wants to Ik- on the better side of Mr. Enright, so she says site’s going to l e a dramatics in- structor, and that’s not all. her brother Paul is going to he a magician. Harold Weisscnhurg

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From Peru to Charlotte Soft:—Richard DcLanry's presence at Charlotte High School has gheii ns all an interesting contact. Early in 1933 his father, oh .Imericau husiiuss man in l.inni. Peru, asked the Rochester Rotary Club to locate a home for his tXVO boys, so that it would he possible for them to attend an .Imericau public high school. In September. 1933. Richard arrived anti immediately found a place in our stndeNt life. His brother. Robert, came last September. HV are happy to have in Charlotte High School these two ambas- sadors of gooa-xcill from Peru Nathaniel G West, Principal. OX account of the difference in seasons between northern and southern cli- mates. the Peruvian schools start their school year toward the end of pril. The schools end their term in Decem- ber. and January first starts their summer vacation which lasts until April fifteenth. Most of the schools are tor l oys only, be- cause ilit government has the same thought that existed here when schools were first started, namely, that girls do not need a formal education. The only co-educational institu- tions are those that are not under the govern- ment. Such schools are supported and ojier- ated by foreigners. The Colcgio Italunio (Italian School) is under the direction of Italian citizens. Another example is Colcgio Auglo-Pcrtinno which has English professors on its faculty. That school is part of the British missionary system, and expressly for Peruvian boys. The reason for this is that the Peruvian secondary schools are so poor that to receive any decent education, one must go to a school with some scholastic value. All native schools have classes every day. except Sunday and holidays, (of which there are many). They start at eight o’clock in the morning, lasting until noon, when two hours arc given for lunch. School starts again at two o'clock and ends at four in the afternoon. 'I he reason for such a long lunch hour is that some pupils live so far away from school that they need the time to go home, have lunch and return. The grammar schools have a five-year train- ing period. There is no Junior High School. When one is graduated from grammar school, he enters high school, naturally, which he attends for another five years, in contrast with our usual four years. Ten years is the length of educational studies. In the native schools, foreigners are not wel- come, especially niericans. 1I Peruvians have the idea that people other than those of their own nationality are trying to “high-hat them. This feeling is doubly fixed in the minds of the younger generation. That is one of the reasons for the outsiders having schools of their own. There are at present, a German school, where all the lessons are in German, thus limiting the student body to those who know German; an Italian school, where all subjects are taught in Italian; two or three British schools, and one American school. The subjects taught do not vary greatly from those taught in American schools, except, of course, in histories and the like. The pupils of one grade stay in one classroom all day and the teachers change classes. The class starts on tlic hour, and lasts for forty-five minutes, at the end of which there is a fifteen minute recess. Among the subjects taught is a compulsory military training course, which is required the whole ten years. No one except foreigners is excluded from this training. English is com- pulsory in all schools. There is only one examination period, that at the end of every year. All examinations are oral and written. These examinations are taken before a government representative, as he might he called, and your own teacher. Tile two tests differ greatly in form and in ques- tions asked. Usually, one class takes both written and oral examinations at the same time. There is no time limit on the examin- ations. which may last all day. student may he asked one question, or one hundred. All examinations are given by the teacher, and every pupil gets a different set of questions for one subject. (Continued on page seventeen) BLBVEX