Cushing High School - Oiler Yearbook (Cushing, OK)

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MR. AUSTIN Vocal Music The newly organized Boys Glee Club is making rapid advancement. The interest and enthusiasm shown by the boys also are reflected in their work. This group consists of 32 boys, the largest per cent having had no previous musical training. During the year they made many public ap- peorances. The outstanding performance of the yeor was the presentation of Gilbert Sullivan's operetto, The Gondoliers. Junior Business is a part of our guidonce pro- gram. In this course we try to get the pupils to choose in such a way that they will develop into integrated ond well-adjusted personalities. In seventh grade science there is no evidence of shorp boundary lines between the various branches of science os biology, physics, and chem- istry.' We help the student to know obout the science of the world he lives in. Understanding, insight, generalization, and mastery are among the key objectives of -the course in seventh grade mathematics. Topics in arithmetic ond everyday geometry receive approxi- mately cquol attention. The fundamentals of arithmetic ore rebuilt from the very beginning and ore stressed continually throughout the course. During the second semester the meaning of per cent and its common uses ore introduced.

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In the odvonced course in Algebra we strive to moster the manipulation of the operations studied in the first course and to extend the use of this tool to applications from related fields. This course is used olso os o means of introducing the student to courses in higher mathematics such os Analytic Geometry, Trigonometry, and special topics from College Algebra. MISS CLICK Commerce The bookkeeping students will learn the im- portance of keeping records of their own financial affairs and how to keep those records. They will loy a foundation of fundamental information necessary in doing bookkeeping in offices or small businesses. A certain amount of business ethics is instilled in the bookkeeping student so that he will know that all public work is confidential, and thot cer- tain conduct is required of him on a job. La Close de espanol del segundo ano de la escuelo alta de Cushing Comprende? Habla espanol? We who live in the New World are becoming more and more conscious of our neighbors in the Western Hemisphere. Understanding of Spanish- speaking neighbors by studying their longuage is o sound approach to better relationships. The textbook materials are based on our own Spanish- Southwest, Mexico, West Indies, and the South American republics. The use of motion picture films ond phonograph records (music and Spanish language) adds interest ond at the some time in- creases knowledge and oppreciotion for the civili- zation and culture of our fellow Latin-Americans. MISS COLLINS Foreign Language