Clarksburg High School - Chanticleer Yearbook (Clarksburg, OH)

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-33- .I THE COURSE OF STUDY Clarksburg High'School has endeavored to keep pace with changing courses of study through the years. During the first two decades of its existence the school offered only the customary or Htraditionaln classical branches, consisting chiefly of Latin, mathematics, English, and some sciences. Latin was studied for four years, mathematics for at least two, English for four, and science fdr at least two. Virtually all branches were compulsory, so that there was practically no choice of subjects which a ' pupil might elect. ' Gradually the expansion of the curriculum has brought a greater selection and freedom of choice of studies. Home econom- ics, manual training, bookkeeping, typewriting, stenography, music, social sciences, art, and foreign languages other than Latin have found a merited place in our school. The community house, erected in 1922, was one of the first auditorium-gym- nasiums in the county, and has been the agency by which our srbcol could extend its program in hysical education. The following subjects are offered in Clarksburg High School: Junior High: Geography, arithmetic, English, science, history, manual training, home economics, music, art. Senior High: English, algebra, general science, biology, Vgovernments, Latin, geometry, American and world history, agriculture, problems of American Democracy, physiology- hygiene, typewriting, bookkeeping, stenography, sociology economics, business training, commercial geography, physics, home economics, industrial arts, music, art. New courses to be offered in l938-1939 are consumers goods, psychology, and public speaking. Several of these subjects are offered on alternate years, when pupils of two classes combine in one class. For instance, the juniors and seniors study American literature one year, and English literature the next. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION A The members of the Board of Education of Deerfield Township, both present and past, have been sanely progressive in their pro- grams. Financially, they have preferred a pay-as-you-go policy insofar as possible, educationally, they prefer to venture into new territory only after changes have been time-tried and when the means are available. Mr. J. O. Dalton, president of the Board, has served con- tinuously since l926, when the present graduating class was in the first grade. He was also a member of the Board in 1912-1914, when the old high school building was erected. Mr. Neil Anderson, clerk,,has served since January, 1952. Mr. Glenn Ater was sworn into office in January, 1934, and Mr. Ralph Stitt and Mr. John Mossbarger began serving in January, 1958.

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55- COMN RCIAL DEPARTMENT OF C.H.S. UDon't ask your money where it went, p But tell it where it is going.n The commercial department of Clarksburg High School includes beginning and advanced classes in typing, shorthand and bookkeeping. Plans are being made to enlarge the depart- ment next year. Secretarial practice, commercial law, and consumer education will probably be added. There are thirty-three students in the typing department Most of the students like typing, but we would like it better if we could promote more efficient team work between our fingers and our minds--did someone call it coordination? Many of the typing students can really Wtickle those keys,H but we'll all have to admit that Anna Louise Bryant will win first prize any time. There are seven members in the shorthand class, five seniors, one junior, and Murrell Prince, a post graduate and the only boy in the class. We hope that shorthand will be as profitable as it is interesting. In the bookkeeping class also, Uwe are seven.N Two .students, Jennie Mae Weidinger and Dorothy Garrison, are taking the advanced work. After we completed our sets, we reviewed HShe Strives to Conquer,U by Frances Maule. This is a book on business behavior, opportunities, and job requirements for women. It teaches what business manners are, what is Horicket,H gives a list of Hwinning-waysgw gives special emphasis on tact, initiative, reliability, cooperativeness, and adaptibility. Tact is defined as Hthe happy faculty of putting people at their ease and making them feel comfortable and secure in their own self- esteem.W' The best recipe for developing tact, however, is just the good old Golden Rule, WD0 unto others as you would that they should do unto you.H Other practical suggestions for developing tact are: 1. Study your own mistakes to determine how they might have been avoided. 2. See the humorous side of Perplexing situations. 3. Avoid insinuations and sarcasm. 4. Study situations in which others exhibit tact, or fail to do so. 5. Lead others to your view by questions rather than arbitrary statements, 6. Copy the acts of tactful persons. The ones to imitate are those who get things done without friction. 7. Express approval, criticize sparingly, be kind, emphasize the good. 8. Suggest rather than command. 9. Donft take too much responsibility for the behavior of others, WYou must get along with people or You simply don't get along,U