Chelsea High School - Beacon Yearbook (Chelsea, MA)

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More of Our Heritage Miss Kuhn —What’s the subject of the sentence? I ' he commercial girls receive their basic training in English, from the time they first enter the portals ot he Chelsea High School until they are ready to gradu¬ ate, under a group of ambitious and capable teacheis. These are Miss Kuhn, Miss Margaret Connolly, Miss Cogan, and Miss Bligh. With teachers such as these to guide us thiough our three years of English, we feel sufficiently well equipped to step forward on the road of life to success. Miss Connolly — Poetry, sweet mystery of life. Miss Cogan — Comment on this oral report! Miss Bligh —These secretaries are well versed in English??? II

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e writers, Shakespeare, Moliere. Tennyson and Rostand, each contributing to our mental development. Besides being of inestimable material value, this knowl¬ edge gives the student a love and appre¬ ciation for the greater things in life which remains with him as a constant in¬ fluence long after the portals of high school have closed behind him. In order to familiarize us with the fundamentals of this priceless heritage, the C helsea Senior High School has ob¬ tained the services of a very competent English department to impart a fairly extensive knowledge of English literature as well as the fundamentals of grammar. Mr. Stewart, head of the English depart¬ ment, teaches the college and technical juniors, and prepares them fully for their senior year of English. Miss Kintz deals especially in college preparation which is based on extensive study of essays, drama, poetry, and the finer points of English. Miss Hand also helps to prepare students of the Chelsea High School for college, for to her are assigned the sopho¬ mores in the college and technical groups The seniors of the general course and commercial girls have Miss Cox for Eng¬ lish, and the “sophs” are lucky enough to have as their English teacher Mr. Ridge. Mr. Green leads both juniors and sophomores on the royal road to success through a well-developed foundation of English. Miss Cox — Directing an English Class is so trying!! Mr. Ridge — The word’s the thing. Mr. Green — Adverb or adjective? A

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Across the Sea Miss Connolly — How do you say it in France? I he important task of teaching the fundamentals of the French language, falls upon the shoulders of .Miss i Brodbine in room 124. Mere the pupil learns his gram¬ mar through the interesting memory passages of Miss Brodbine’s own invention. From here the pupil goes !t Miss Frances Connolly s advanced classes, where he learns advanced grammar, great French works of [classic and modern authors, and he also has the privi¬ lege of joining the French Club, which is a great asset in learning conversational French. Under the guidance of Mr. Pierotti, those pupils who so wish may undertake the study of one of the most I beautiful Romance languages. Italian. The week is I divided by the studying of the fundamentals, composi¬ tion, and pisturesque idioms of the languages one part jof the week and the popular words of the great Italian writers the rest of the week. Miss Brodbine — Now a section from “A Propos.” Mr. Pierotti — How do you say “I love you in Italian?”