Fairhaven High School - Huttlestonian Yearbook (Fairhaven, MA)

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And here is an interesting item—a copy of the Times.” History The past is part of the basic foundation of the present and the future. The future of our nation depends on its history and the youth of the present. If the youth of today learns from the past, it will be able to build a strong future. The history curriculum at Fairhaven High School helps the students to understand the past. United States’ History is a required subject before a student may graduate. In this way, a student is better prepared by Fairhaven High School to meet his own future and the future of the nation.

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A language is a standard set of words by which one man is able to communicate w ' ith another. Acquiring a workable knowledge of a foreign language is an integral part of our search for new horizons. Each language has its own horizon, its individuality, and a reflection of its native people. As we become acquainted with a new language, as strange words join to¬ gether to convey a meaningful thought, we sense a unique feeling of affinity with the people whose language we are learning. In an age of travel such as the one we are now living in, the knowledge of a foreign language has innumerable uses. Un, deux, trois, compris? The ancient language, Latin, helps us to understand better our own language as well as others. We learn much about the civilization of foreign countries through the study of their languages. A country ' s customs are more interesting if one understands the native language. m ' A f 1 ’ Ml SiM ' r ' wHHgmnW a I! ! 1 k 1 •i jM 1 Ar 1 i ' f I ' ' l i. 1 - -r. ’ ' ■ . JU . . r ' ‘ , i . 1 j -Ufc —

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Mathematics Since some mathematics are required in each curriculum at Fairhaven High School, it is necessary that our math course be diverse as well as functional. Fairhaven’s math¬ ematics department fulfills its purposes w r ell; it prepares college course students for more advanced studies, it provides a solid background in business arithmetic for business course students, and it contains a broad course in general mathematics for general course students. Fair- haven High School has good reason to be proud of the fine job its math department is doing in educating all of its students. Geometry can confuse the best of men. In Mr. Lawton’s classes students often explain problems that they understood to the rest of the class. The general math course teaches the use and application of slide rules as well as many other facets of mathematics. 25