Fairport High School - Hourglass Yearbook (Fairport, NY)

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Members of the Senior Class, in their pursuit of fourth year English, turn out the traditional projects in which often a surpris- ing amount of talent is shown. Along with the regular English course, the school his seen fit to institute a Senior Book Club for the use of the Seniors. Not to be outdone, the students of the lower classes subscribe for outside reading material. The English three classes find much interest in the Readers Digest while the Scholastic magazine has found a permanent place in English two, English teachers in Fairport High School make it a point to make their classes interesting, as well as to give their pupils the principles of the English language. DEPARTMENT , l MISS MARGARET E. FORTMILLER, Librarian New York State College for Teachers A B MISS HELEN E. IUNE Syracuse University, A. B. MISS FRANCIS I. MUNN University of Rochester, A. B f5WiSfi'f?a37i2ttt-Y

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MR, ANDREW C. LYNCH St Bonaventure College, A. B., M. A. MR. PAUL W. ALLISON St. Lawrence University, A. B. Harvard University, Graduate School of Business Administration, M, B. A. MR. NELSON R. BURTON Colgate University, A. B. New York State College for Teachers, M. A. The methods ot teaching English in Fairport High School X have changed since the days when Grandma was a girl. Instead ot the strict routine of verbs, participles and gerunds, attention re- volves around tnore in- teresting phases of the subject, such as novels, short stories and poetry. English students spend many interesting hours following the adventures of Shakes- peares characters, laughing with O. Henry and absorbing the thoughts of Browning, Lowell and Kipling. Oral English has been emphasized throughout the system and, as a result, the pupils hold debates on questions of the day, conduct mock broadcasts over Fairport High Schools announcing system and produce dramas like professionals. ENGLISH

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MR, LEON B. WARNER Union College, A. B. MISS DORIS A. BROWN University of Rochester, A. MISS HELEN E. IUNE B. Syracuse University, A. B. To the topics that ap- pear in the local news- paper the teachers in the Social Studies de- partment ask the ques- tion, why? The prob- lem of the student is to find the logical answer to that query, and to support it with logical reasons. lt is really in this field that the youth of the school prepare themselves for citizen- ship for tomorrow, The history of man and the manner in which he obtains his wants, and his hindrances and opportunities in doing so, are portrayed in a clear and concise manner to the students by the lectures of teachers and by text books, Each student is given unbiased information as to why conditions exist as they are today. This department teaches them the value of citizenship and encourages them to make themselves worthy of living in the land of the treo and the home of the brave. SOCIAL STUDIES