Dickinson County High School - Shamrock Yearbook (Chapman, KS)

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THE DICKINSON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL 15 STANDING In 1913 the Dickinson Community High School was approved by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary schools. This gives the school a standing equal to that of any school in the North Central states. Graduates from the College Preparatory course of the school will be admitted to any of the colleges or universities in this group of states, with- out examination. This makes it easy and convenient for those completing the course to enter not only colleges within the state but those without the state as well. The Community High School has been approved for a number of years to receive state aid for Agriculture. In April, 1918. the school was approved by the Federal Government to receive the state and national aid under the provisions of the Smith-Hughes Act. This will amount to 31,000 during the year 1942-43 ending June 30. One-half of this amount is paid by the national government and the remainder by the state. The state inspector has passed on the course in the Dickinson Community High School as meeting fully the requirements of the state department. The school is fully approved by the State Board of Education, being ranked Class A, which is the highest class for the state, Graduates of any of the courses will be admitted to the state educational institutions and colleges of the state without examination, but if one expects to go to college. it would be better to select a course that will more nearly fit him for college work. This information is quite fully given under the heading of Graduation on the following page of this catalogue. WORK BY DEPARTMENTS Mechanics The Dickinson Community High School has kept pace with the rapid development of our industrial nation. The courses in Woodwork, Voca- tional Agriculture and Auto Mechanics have been changed from time to time to meet the needs of the community. The new Industrial Arts Building is well equipped with modern tools and machinery to take care of the Auto Mechanics, Vocational Agriculture, and Woodwork.

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14 THE DICKINSON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL TO COMMON SCHOOL GRADUATES You have finished the work of the common school and are no doubt planning to continue your education in the high school. In your choice of a school consider well the opportunities offered by the Dickinson Com- munity High School. You have grown up in the country and have at- tended country school nearly all your life. The surroundings that will be most natural and pleasant to you are those that are similar to your country school life The Dickinson Community High School offers such surroundings. More than three-fourths of her boys and girls are from the country. Another important matter in considering a school is the character of the work offered. The Dickinson Community High School offers many practical as well as regular courses. Among the practical things undertaken are Aviation, Farm Carpentry, Auto Repair, Gas Engine Repair. Cooking, Canning, and Preserving, Meal Planning, Preparing, Serving and Buying for the same, Blacksmithing, Steel Tool Making, Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Penmanship, Typewriting and many others, besides the regular course in English, Latin, French, History, Mathematics, Science, etc. If you desire to prepare for a commercial position you wil find that many of the business colleges do not offer better courses nor better facilities. Besides you can secure this work free of tuition. If you wish to become a teacher, this school offers the only Normal Training course in the county. By completing the course and taking an examination, you can secure a state certificate to teach in the elementary schools. The musical facilities of the Dickinson Community High School are unexcelled. There are opportunities for private lessons in Piano, Voice, Violin, Horn and other band or orchestra instruments, besides free instruction in Glee Clubs, Choruses, Band, and Orchestra, and many opportunities for public appearances. If you expect to return to the farm, you should have an ambition to be the most intelligent and up-to-date farmer in your com- munity. The Agricultural course of the Dickinson Community High School will prove unusually helpful and beneficial. The course in Home Economics is unusually strong, not only thoroughly preparing for home- keeping but teaching economy in spending for the home, If you-are planning to go to college, the College Preparatory course of the Dickinson Community High School on its completion will fit you to enter any of the colleges and universities in the North Central states and practically any in the United States. The College Preparatory course of the Dickinson Community High School is approved by the state educational institutions and the State Board of Education, and its Agricultural Course by the Federal Government. If you are interested in machines and desire to know more about machinery, autos, gas engines and the like, the Dickinson Community High School offers unusual opportunities for work along these lines. The equipment, laboratories, and library of the Dickinson Community High School are first-class in every respect. The library is one of the larg- est school libiaries in the state and the Science, Auto Mechanics, Woodwork, and Vocational Agriculture departments are well equipped. The trend toward this type of work is shown by the increased enrollment in these departments.

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16 THE DICKINSON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL Agriculture Agriculture is recognized as one of the major sciences. From the fact that the world is and always will be dependent upon agricultural products, we may safely conclude that this field offers as great possibilities as any for the ambitious, especially for those who have an agricultural background upon which to build. The Dickinson Community High School is recognized by those who are competent to judge as being one of the Strongest Agricultural high schools in the state. The natural surroundings, diversification of crops and superior quality of livestock in the community give the school the high rank which it now holds in this work. The course in Agriculture is being maintained with very little cost to the community: it is almost entirely supported by the State and Federal Aid. The work of the department is the practice as Well as the theory of Agriculture along the lines of livestock, poultry, crops, soils, and farm man- agement problems. Individual projects and home practice is a feature of the course, thereby giving the student an opportunity to compete for scholarships offered to the students of agriculture by various organizations. The student also has the benefit of supervised instruction during the summer months as well as during the time school is in session. The work of the demonstration farm is co-operative with the Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science and is one of the few plots throughout the statue conducted by vocational schools, from which the college gets its data along lines of variety, yields, fertilizer tests, etc. The farm consists of eight acres that have been laid off in plots for demonstrations, fertilizer tests, crop rotation demonstration, variety tests in wheat, corn, sorghums, soy beans, clover, oats. or any other crops ad- visable to grow. This demonstration farm furnished crop and soil prob- lems and valuable observation studies. tree trimming and pruning, terracing, culling poultry and other farm Tree trimming and pruning, terracing, culling poultry and other farm practices, are arranged to correlate with class work, thus giving the student the opportunity to put into practice the teachings of the classroom in many activities in which the student will be engaged in life. The Dickinson Community High School with its many advantages offers the student coming from the farm the proper atmosphere for Agri- cultural work, which of necessity will be one of the fields which furnish unlimited opportunities for the ambitious young person with inclinations toward agricultural lines.