Chelsea High School - Beacon Yearbook (Chelsea, MA)

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'Www ' -MIM This is one that Just caine in yesterday. Still lite in the library. stories, reports and opinions. The other kind is creative writing stiinulated by observation, iinaaination or rellection. The hrfzt type of writing is done tor soine practical or ei-:teriial reason. The second is done for its own sake because ot the wiiteiia pleasure and interest in the ex- perience itselt. liven in this kind ot writ- ing einphasis is placed upon tirst-hand experience. A student imagining hirnselt hunting in lndia experiences newly coin' binecl sensations through his imagination which are valuable, but he is likely to accept ready-'inade reactions ot others described in books. lt is easier to do this than it is to get the inipressions hrst hand. Writing cannot be called creative in which there is no detail ot first hand ex- perience. ln addition to the regular class work the departinent of English sponsors two publications, a newspaper and year- book, debating, and an English club. Top Row: Marguerite A Bligh, Adeline H Cox, Anna F Kuhn Second Row: Ioseph I Carroll, Margaret C. Ilen- nina, lohn tf lylcftirtliy Third Row: Rose F. Cohen, Helen L. Kintz, M. lf Stewart. Qur valedictorian practises up in his lfnglish class. ZS fn' P W?

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Speak, Read, Write The English work planned in our course of study provides experiences in lfnglish to meet the immediate and future needs of the students in speaking, reading and writing. Much of the speech work is social and practical in nature including such acf tivities as social conversation, telephone conversation, interviews and conferences, discussion, questions and answers, or ganizations, special occasion speeches, All of these activities involve working together to prepare and to carry out the work. The use of language always inf volves social contacts, social adjustments, control of body and voice, knowledge of and skill in the use of language forms. Good conversation is more than an exe change of ideas. lt includes the choice of an interesting subject, the suppression of certain ideas, tone of language, tone of voice, suitable for the occasion and the people concerned. Literature is organized around ideas rather than by types or periods, Some books are studied carefully in class and many are read by the student, The stue dent is taught how to get the most out of a book through group instruction and is led to read similar books by himself, Discussion normally follows the reading of most literature, but if the discussion is too much prolonged or if it becomes spiritless and detailed, it may be harmf ful. Well educated adults center their discussion of literature upon main events and impressions, larger aspects of char acter and upon theme if there is any. They comment briefly on literary artistry or read aloud outstanding passages. The Same procedure Works best in our liter- ature classes, Oral reading in class is confined to citation and prepared read- ing of passages notable for melody or dramatic quality. Two kinds of writing are done. First there is the more practical kind including social letters, business letters, news Class room discussion in 3l3. UA day at lee Carroll's Now heres something l'd recommend. Pennsylvania 05000.

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uwlanq, X Upper Left: Busy day in a conunercial geography class. Lower Center: Martha lf Malone, Gertrulfv Harm.: Lower Left: 'flnforlnation Please. Upper Right: Speed liuul 45 v.'orfl:: per minute Top Center: Anna B lsraehte, Anne lvl Sharood Lower Right: Keeping the records :straight Commercial Department During the pafat decade, and especially during the past five years, general edu- cators have taken a more sympathetic ate titude toward commercial education. As a result, Commercial education has been elc vated in public esteem and commercial edu- cational problems are being approached from a more scientific viewpoint. With the tremendous growth of business enterprise and the acceleration of business tempo, standards of performance and of business qualifications were set up for busif ness employees, Some indication of growth Pulte Fourteen may be gained from the past. ln the 1870 the number of stenographers was almofat negligible, but by l93U the number had increased to SUUDUU. Our objectives in the commercial course are based upon the assumption that two thirds of the life span of every individual is spent in earning and spending, On every hand he is confronted with problems that require business knowledge and judgment. lnsurance, investments and savings, install, ment buying, credit unions, home building and financing, interest calculations, bank-