Craig High School - Hornet Yearbook (Craig, MO)

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oint or Colors 'n Paintsg Shakespeare or Shorthand JANET RIX, Art instructor in the Craig and Fortescue Schools, is our first full-time art teacher. She has made depth, perspective, a feeling of third-dimension, clear-cut lines all just part of a day's work in free-hand drawing. Students are doing what they didn't know they could do. It is Mrs. Rix's belief that art touches personally the life of the child. Therefore art must be a meaningful experience for him instead of a dictated project. Art exper- iences stimulate individual growth and development, helping students gain confidence, working off frustrations, creating as they rid themselves of hos- tilities and anxieties. Consequently, all art work is not pretty, but means something definite to its creator. Room visitation to view the art work was a real eye-opener for parents. VIRGINIA FRAZIER agrees that teaching English under today's conditions and according to our pre- sent ideals is a challenging task, but it is one 'that pays rich dividends in satisfaction. Progress in the teaching of English has been like the advance of a glacier, slow but never reversed. Today's English teachers emphasize the relatedness of the four lan- guage arts--listening, speaking, writing, and read- ing. Literature is taught, not for historical per- spective, but for its value in personal living and for its ability to deepen insights into human nature and human experience. Students are encouraged to write what they feel--not what they think the teacher wznrtg to read, always keeping in mind that the aim t-f all writing or speaking is to communicate. DEMA FITZMAURICE believes that Commerce is one of the most practical departments in the high school, for as life becomes more complex, students need more and more practical know- ledge just to handle their own personal af- fairs. Nimblc fingers flying overthe keyboard that so recently seemed alien, puckered brow bent over the bookkeeping set as a student deter- mines to balance the books, general confusion giving way to understanding of installment buying or sotne such problem in general bus- iness: shorthand symbols that become mean- ingful as skill and speed increaseg and practice on the skills that make a good secretary-'that's Commerce. Not all of these students will enter the business world, but whatever they do, they are sure to find commercial skills useful, ml Art JANET RIX, F.F.A. University of Kansas English VIRGINIA FRAZIER B.S. in Education, NWMSC , Maryville 'if' Commerce DEMA FITZMAURICE B,S. in Education, NWMSC , Maryville

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Faculty Deals With Equations or Electricityg Counte Science an HENRY RIX, B,S, NWMSC , Maryville Vocational .3 Agriculture EUGENE DAWSON , B,b. in Agriculture University of Zxlo. 'si' 4137 . Music LLIZABEFH SCHNLGELBERGER B N in Education Boil, boil, burn and bubble. . . HENRY RIX says they might bc chuckling over a witch's brew, but actually they're in General Science La b. Under our system of self-government, citizens must make many decisions related to science--a scientifically literate citizenry is needed if intelligent decisions are to be made. Developing such a citizenry is a responsibility of the schools and primarily a function of science pro- grams in the school. For students trained in mathematics, there will bc job openings for 60, OOO persons in the next 3 to 5 years. One and one may usually give two, but this does not mean that all of math is as static and de- finite as this fact. Quite the contrary. And never be- fore has there been so much experimentation, interest, cooperation and activity in math, and such a deter- mination to have the teaching of math meet the needs of the age which it serves. There is national emphasis on the math and science programs in the high schools. EUGENE DAWSON reminds us of a basic principle of education--that it should help an individual to do better some of the worthwhile things he would do any- way. Boys in a farm community will probably farm. The purpose of the four-year Vocational Agriculture program is to help them to become better farmers, and to teach them the why of farming, as well as the how and what, Field trips, projects, experiments all contribute to the education of the future Farmcrl Mr. Dawson instructs adults as part ofthe Adult Ed- ucation program, and the Ag building houses the Veterans Agriculture Class as well. ELIZABETH SCHNEGELBERGER defines music as essentially a social art. One makes it for other people. One makes it with other people. Thus the inclusion of music in the regular curriculum takes into consideration two basic human needs--be- longing to a group and expressing one's self in as many ways as possible. Music can help every student to achieve that sense of belonging, 35 well as developing a worthy leisure time act- ivity. Background for band instruments is given in Tonette classes, much time is spent in individual and small group instruc- tion. Both students and teacher work toward developing a sound program of music instruction.

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Well-Trained Teachers Set High Standards Social Science CARL RIGGEN, B,S. in Education, NEMSTC, Kirksvilleg M, Ed. , Uni- versity of Missouri Home Economics JOAN SNEAD, B.5. in Education, CMSC , Warrensburg Mi Y? lull! 4,-+45 Physical Education JAMES INLOW, B.S, in Education, NEMSTC Kirksville if 43 CARL RIGGEN believes that the social science program in today's school curricttlttm has a large part to play in preparing young people for living in this Atomic Age. Pupils are, first of all, people, and as such will have to participate in the various comtnunities of men: the family, the school, the local community, the state, the nation, the world. Basically, the social sciences must foster in each new generation the creative effort necessary to the continuance and strengthening of a democratic cul- ture. With television knobs at our finger tips, with the daily papers in every home, with movie attend- ance part of each week's routine, these com- munities of men are brought very close. The social science teacher must break through the prop- aganda barrier to reach the student. JOAN SNEAD insists that, since girls and boys, men and women, are not good family members by instinct, education for homemaking is as necessary as reading, writing, and arithmetic. The thread run- tting through all homemaking education is the re- lationships which the family tnembers have with one another. Primarily, homemaking education deals with the concerns of everyday living as related to home and family. This education deals with: Food values and food preparation and serviceg houses and their furnishingsg child careg clothing con- struction and selection, management of time, energy, and moneyg care of the sick, the aged, the disabled, At each level, homemaking education is geared to the interests and needs of the participants. JIM INLOW points out that there is a growing public and professional concern about the physical fitness of children and youth in America. The phy- sical education program actually combines phy- sical education with health education and recre- ation, This program must include physical activi- ties, including sports and athletics, experiences leading to skill in movementg developing skills which enable the individual to enjoy a variety of recreational activities, health knowledge, attitudes, and practices which are applied to daily living, protective services which promote the maintenance of individual health, exper- iences which produce desirable social and ethical behavior.