Chelsea High School - Beacon Yearbook (Chelsea, MA)

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Top center — Though Aeneas may wander, the minds of Miss Deasy ' s Vergil class can ' t. Lower left — Como esta Vd. hoy. Miss McKenna? Lower right — Future candidates for the French Choral Group, no doubt.

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Top left — Maintenant, s ' il vous plait. Top right — Miss Severance ' s German class ap¬ pears to be enjoying today ' s lesson. Lower right — Miss Spring interests her class in the beauty and charm of the Spanish language. Francois, Deutsch, Latina, Espanol, Italiana — the key to a new and untried door. The language department of The Chelsea Senior High School, headed by Miss Frances M. Connolly, offers to the student an opportunity not only to study the native tongue of a foreign land, but also to become acquainted with-the country itself, its people, and customs, and ideals. Our teachers believe that to study a language correctly, one needs an understanding of the people themselves — an understanding which we can obtain by conversing in their tongue, reading and appreciating their literature, and creating an atmosphere similar to that we would find in their land. While daily work secures the first two, the Latin, French, Spanish, and German clubs provide a most enjoyable, if not modified, atmosphere of their respective countries. With Miss Deasy, Miss Connolly, Miss McKenna, and Miss Severance, as instructors, the students are eager to create and participate in the class-room programs. Each language division at Chelsea High is a closely knit unit, bound by a common interest in the tongue, and students agree that foreign language classes are probably the most digestible of their school subjects, because they offer such a change and variety in study. Indeed, in the future, senior students may pause for a moment in retrospect, and relive their classroom days and informal after-school sessions, seeing again the familiar faces of fellow students and teachers;—and perhaps into a few thoughts will come the echoes of that familiar quo¬ tation, Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.

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After Mr. Berenson ' s description of Australia, the class developed a new interest for the land down under. Since the courses in Social Studies help us to understand our world today and prepare us to face the problems we may encounter in the future, they are an important and integral part of each student ' s curriculum. Our department includes World History, American History, Economics, Problems of Democracy and Commercial Geography. World History, the background study of European History and its relationship to American History, is an explanation of present world conditions. American history is no longer the study of a series of dates but a modern course whose objective is to give us a better understanding of the democracy and ideals for which our ancestors fought so bravely. It is imperative that every student be acquainted with the history of his country. Economics, the study of man ' s struggle to earn a living, includes discussions dealing with wages, labor, rent, taxes and other current problems. The purpose of this class is to prepare the student to meet the practical problems of life intelligently. Problems of Democracy teaches us to think, to reason out, and to solve problems of the day through class room discussion touching on civic affairs and the constitutionality of laws. This course trains us, above all, to become good leaders and better citizens. Geography, offered only to Commercial students in their Sophomore year, concerns the distribution and conservation of raw materials and natural resources. Because the inventions of modern man have made the world a closer unit, this study is of increasing importance. 20