Concordia College - Corona Borealis Yearbook (Edmonton, Alberta Canada)

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Physics 2: This course covers the remaining units usually taken up in high school physics, including: Force and motion; work, power, energy; machines; heat; magnetism; and electricity. Laboratory experiments are performed. Textbook: Modern Physics— Five credits. (Witte.) Chemistry 1: Matter and its changes; Atoms and molecules; symbols and formulae; valence, acids, bases, and salts; ions and ionization; atomic structure; atomic and molecular weights. Textbook: Black and Conant, New Practical Chemistry (Revised edition.) Demonstrations and experiments.—Five credits. (Herreilers.) Chemistry 2: The halogen family; electrons, protons, and neutrons; acids; bases; ions; metals and their properties; some salts of sodium and calcium; the chemistry of glass and other silicates. Textbook: Jaffe, New World of Chemistry. Laboratory work.— Five credits. (Herreilers.) Biology 1: This course is intended to give the student a general survey of the field of Biology and the problems that are most likely to be met in everyday life. The course is informational rather than technical. It deals with such subjects as: food; growth; reproduction; classification of living things; the study of the various groups of plants and animals. Textbook: Pieper, Beauchamp, and Frank, Everyday Problems in Biology.— Three credits. (Witte.) Biology 2: This course is Intended to be a more detailed and specialized study in the field of Biology. It deals with living things and their relation to their environment; life functions, reproduction, variation, and heredity; plants and animals in relation to human affairs. Textbook: Fitzpatrick and Horton, Biology.—Five credits. (Witte.) COLLEGE Survey of the Physical Sciences: A consideration of the solar system and the stellar universe; time and the calendar; minerals and rocks; erosion cycle; diostrophism and volcanism; outline of historical geology; matter, energy, radiation.—Three hours per week. (Herreilers.) Survey of the Biological Sciences: The study of life: Cell structure; tissue, organs, svstems; life processes; the plant and animal kingdoms; heredity and variation; health and disease; human behavior; evolution.—Four hours per week. Will not be offered in 1949-50. (Witte.) MATHEMATICS Mathematics shares with other subjects the task of developing in the student certain attitudes, powers, appreciations, habits, and forms of knowledge that contribute toward his general education. The primary objectives of the course in mathematic s are the development of: 1. The power to understand and analyze e]uantity and space relationships. 2. The ability to grasp and analyze various kinds of problem situations through resourceful and reflective thinking. 3. An appreciation of the contributions mathematics has made to the progress of civilization through its influence on the sciences. 4. The willingness and the desire to concentrate on a given task and, through persistent effort, to carry the task to completion. 5. Habits and ideals of accuracy, thoroughness, clearness, and precision. General Mathematics: For those students who are preparing for Algebra 1.—Five credits. (Witte.) Algebra 1: Fundamental concepts; functions and their graphs; factoring; equations; variation, powers and roots; logarithms. Textbook: Betz, Robinson and Shortllffe, Algebra for Today.—Five credits. (Herreilers.) “O Lord, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all.”—Ps. 1C4,24. 29

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Section A: Historical Outline; Geography for Current Events; Geographical Background for the Study of Europe; Historical Study of Europe (1500-1914); Pro¬ duction and Distribution; Responsible Government; The Expansion of Europe; Problems of Democracy in the United States. Section B: A Community Problem; A Physical Fitness Programme; Immigration; Consumer Education.—Five credits. (Guebert.) Social Studies 3: The course deals almost wholly with contemporary problems, national, imperial, and international. It comprises, besides discussion of current events, the following four units; International Relationships; Historical Developments since 1920; The Second World War and Proposals for Permanent Peace; Canada in the Post-War World.—Five credits. (Guebert.) Sociology 1: An elementary course on the high school level, designed to give the student a grasp of himself in his proper relation to his social world. Textbook: Landis and Landis, Social Living.—Thre e credits. (Lechelt.) COLLEGE College Sociology: An introductory course, treating the Individual, the family, the community, and the national and social group. It deals specifically with the mal¬ adjustments of modern society and with the remedial measures employed.—Three periods per week (one semester). Not offered in 1949-50. (Guebert.) College Economics: An introductory course with special reference to economic problems of the present day.—Three hours per week (two semesters). (Guebert.) Humanities: The course in Humanities is planned to give the student an opportunity to survey the intellectual, artistic, and other creative achievements of man in the various fields of human endeavor. It is integrated with other courses on the curriculum, with the emphasis upon the cultural aspects of the civilizations from the ancient Orient, through the Greek and Roman, down to our own times. In order that the student might round out his reading, many selections from the great works of the ages are assigned.—Three periods per week (one semester each year, alternating with College Latin). (Guebert.) SCIENCE The study of science has two main purposes: first, to give the student an ap¬ preciation and understanding of this important and pervasive aspect of our civilization; second, to develop in him the ability to solve such of his problems as are susceptible to scientific treatment. In carrying out these purposes the course In science alms: 1. To lead the student to appreciate and understand how science has grown into what it is today. 2. To acquaint the student with the vast store of information concerning the structure and composition of matter as well as the nature of the physical and biological world of which he is a part. 3. To develop the idea that our universe is an orderly one in its behavior, and that changes and phenomena that take place in it are the result of scientific laws and principles operating in it under the governing hand of the Almighty God. 4. To encourage the student to think and reason intelligently, in terms of scien¬ tific principles, about the nature and organization of his environment. HIGH SCHOOL Physics 1: This course deals with the simpler parts of physics, covering the follow¬ ing units: Matter and mechanics; molecular physics; heat; sound; light. The laboratory experiments associated with the units are performed. Textbook: Dull, Modern Physics.— Five credits. (Witte.) “Surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God.”—Eccl. 8,12. 28

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Geometry 1: Fundamental concepts; triangle measurement; congruence theorems and applications; polygons; area; loci; simple trigonometry; theorems; the circle; space geometry. Textbook: Cook, Geometry for Today.—Five credits. (Herreilers.) Algebra 2: Ratio, proportion, and variation; functions and their graphs; limits and gradients, differentiation; integration series, annuities; the binomial theorem; empirical formulae. Textbook: Durell and Wright, Senior .iMgebra. — Five credits. (Herreilers.) Trigonometry and Analytical Geometry; Constants and variables; rectangular coordinates; trigonometric functions; indirect measurement; the conic sections and their properties; translation of axes. Textbook; Sprague; Trigonometry and Analytical Geom¬ etry.—Five credits. (Herreilers.) HEALTH The aims of the course in Health are: 1. To develop the strength, health, and muscular co-ordination of the student. 2. To improve his posture and carriage. 3. To teach and bring about a certain degree of proficiency in a number of games. 4. To teach the student how he can keep himself well and in the best of physical condition. To attain these varied aims, the course consists of both physical education work and classroom recitation. Three of the five periods per week are given over to physical education, both indoor and outdoor, and the other two are devoted to classroom recita¬ tion and discussion. The physical education periods are devoted to various types of exercises and other gymnasium activities which will build the health and strength of the body, and to games which will build health and at the same time bring about a liking for physical activity and various sports. The classroom work deals with the study of the human body and its various systems and functions. Special emphasis is laid on hygiene. Textbook: ' X ' illiams, Healthful Living.—Five credits. (Witte.) COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS Typewriting la: This is an Introductory course intended to give the student the ability to use the typewriter, sufficient for practical purposes. So that the student might attain a speed of twenty or twenty-five words per minute, with not more than one or two per cent of error, the typewriters are available for practice also outside of the regular class periods. Textbook: Stuart, Complete Typewriting Course, Part I.—Three credits. (Lechelt.) Bookkeeping la: The purpose of this course is to help the student to become a more intelligent citizen by Increasing his knowledge and understanding of the nomen¬ clature and processes of the business world in which he lives. The Content of the Course; Personal records; business records; the use of accounts; the Journal; the Cash Books; the Ledger; Purchases and Sales Journals; financial statements. Textbook: Baker, Prickett, and Carlson, 20th Century Bookkeeping and Accounting.—Three credits. “For ye are bought with a price; Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit. which are God’s”—1 Cor. 6,20. 30