Clackamas High School - Lance Yearbook (Milwaukie, OR)

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HOMEMAKING The purpose of homemaking is to help the students understand and appre- ciate the beauty in everyday living. Many activities take place in the home-1 making classes such as family living, homemaking, dating, personality, wardrobe, baby sitting, food preservation, textiles, cooking, sewing, home nursing, budget- ing, child care, and household needs. - AGRICULTURE The purpose of agriculture is to acquaint the student with good practices in the handling of soils, fertilizers, and crops. Some of the things to learn in agriculture are: breeding and livestock judgment, farm management, creating partnerships, lease, rope work, welding, soldering, and the ability to meet people.

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ENGLISH The purpose of English is to help the student to increase his ability in reading, writing and speech. Various forms of writing are studied, including much work in vocabulary build- ing. Some drill is given in parts of speech. English III and IV work more to instill an interest in literature and literary selections and to give considerable help in speaking and preparing research papers. FOREIGN LANGUAGES The foreign languages offered to our students are Latin, French, German and Spanish. The purpose of studying these languages is to develop skills in reading, writing and speak- ing the language of other lands. Learning the history, legend, politics, character, religion, customs and mythology are very important. Records, tape recordings, films, slides and speakers are used lo aid in providing better understanding and enjoyment of the language.

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SOCIAL SCIENCES Social Studies gives the beginning students an orientation into high school life, and to life in general. The basis of the course is World Geography. Aside from the physical geography of the world, the course also considers the political and economic geography. World History acquaints the students with the development of man in Western civilization to The world at the present time. American History's purpose is to give students a farily complete knowledge of the ideals and basic principles which have helped to found the American way of life. American Problems gives students an understanding of the current social and economic problems facing our country. SCIENCE General Science is a survey course in science for freshmen. It covers several areas very generally. Specfically the course covers electricity and light, sound, transportation, etc. Biology helps the student gain an luiderstanding of the problems of living things, both plant and animal, and to gain a better understanding of himself. ' Chemistry gives the students an understanding of the problems of living things, both plant and animal, and to gain a better understanding of himself. Physical Science gives students an opportunity to explore further special fields in radio, astronomy. geology and special nroperties of materials which are involved in physical laws.