Cincinnati Country Day School - Archive Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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ENGLISH It is hoped that English students have been doing the nine basic actions of schooling for years in the past and will for years to come. These actions include such processes as read- ing, writing, talking, spelling, thinking, and correcting. Students must also analyze, synthe- size, and take tests. We want to be able to understand great writing as well as to communicate our feel- ings to others through speech and writing. To make students desirous and capable of communicating, reading, and thinking in a ma- ture and effective manner is the obiective of MR. CHARLES F. YEISER Williams A.B., Xavier M.A. MR. THOMAS G. EBERHARD Maryville A.B, DEPARTMENT HEAD MR. HAMILTON M. BRUSH Yale A.B., Yale M.A., University of Cincinnati M.Ed. English teachers. These teachers divide The large topic of English down into the many individual parts and use these smaller pieces as aids to analysis of a subiect. Literature, grammer, vo- cabulary, composition, and their alm05t innum- erable subdivisions must be practical so that all work together freely and effectively in their continual use. All parts must be interconnected and useful in the study of another. Throughout the upper school years, some- times an individual topic is studied-asuch as poems or essays while other years a mixture of all the parts is studied-as in the study of Amer- ican literature. All however, are essential in the growth of knowledge through the study of English. MR. GEORGE M. McCLAREY Hobart A.B.

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MR. DAVID E. LAIRD Miami UniversiTy B.S., Oregon STaTe M.S. DEPARTMENT HEAD MR. GORDON R. WRIGHT Yale A.B. SCIENCE The Szience department has been long estab- lished in all of HS. fields, and Through expan- sion of faciliTies and excellent insTrucTors 'IT has become a key area of sTudy for many. MrT Gordon WrighT, head of The deparTmenT, be- lieves ThaT The basic aim of science aT CounTry Day is to give sTUdenTs going further in science a good foundation of ope-raTions in advanced placement The deparTmenT aims at giving an education which gives The sTUdenT a feeling of his scienTific environment. The sTudenT should also be able To interpreT his surroundings and realize ThaT science invokes a greaTer varIeTy of principles Than any oTher course. Science inr volves quanTiTaTive reasoning, preciseness, and manual dexTeriTy. This ye-ar's physical expan- sion which faciliTaTes Mr. Laird and his classes also provides another laboratory and opens new doors To proficiency in science at Country Day. Grazing OcculTaTions, under The guidance of Mr, Laird, also add more fiavor To The depa'rTmenT in The way of field Trips and The chance- for sTudenTs To handle highly Technical daTa and equipment However, The mosT ouTsTanding addi- tion to The science deparTmenT has definiTely been its co-education. ML Laird's Physics class enTerTained Three girls from Hillsdale This year. MR. JOSEPH W. HOLLIDAY University of Kansas 8.5. in Ed., Columbia NLA.

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DEPARTMENT HEAD MR. LEE PATT!SON Amherst A.B., Harvard M.A., University of Cincinnati M.Ed. HISTORY History at Country Day, headed by Mr. Lee S. Pattison, offers -a wide selection of fields from which students may choose. The main purpose of such courses is to try to get the individual thinking on his own and to give him the tools to work with. Knowing and thinking about man's experiences in the past may guide him in the present and give him a sense of direction that would point out the future. Through the motives and emotions of individuals in the past, the student can guide his individual actions. As we see man struggling for self impmvement in the past, we can have some compassion for those who are struggling today and possibly adopt some incentive for struggling ourselves. The various courses offered ranging from study in the Far East to our own country are taught by the competent three man depart- ment consisting of Mr. Pattison, Mr. Strauss, and Mr. Reid. The goal of this department as stated by Mr. Pattison is not to form the opin- ions of people but to let them form their own. MR. GEORGE REID, JR. Oberlin A.B. MR. CARL A. STRAUSS Williams A.B., Harvard MA. in Ed.