Fairport High School - Hourglass Yearbook (Fairport, NY)

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Four years oT English are required in FairporT l-ligh School. lnsTead of The dull, monoTonous classes oT years gone by, The Teachers of Today sub- sTiTuTe inTeresTing periods. Oral English has re- ceived deTiniTe emphasis as being essenTial To every ciTizens' TuTure career. During The course oT The year The groups read plays, nov- els, poeTry, biographies, and The original eTTorTs of The sTudenTs. Occasionally The rouTine is broken by a debaTe, a moclc Trial, or broadcasT, an educaTional moving picTure or a visiT oT one oT The alumni who relaTes experiences in The business world or college. Seniors especially appreciaTe These visiTs as They loolc Torward eagerly To liTe in The world They have hiTherTo only observed. There are always essays or composiTions wriTTen Tor pracTice, buT The senior class has a special ENGLISH I2 Andrew C, Lynch, A.B., M.A ST. Bonaveniure College Miss Frances J. Munn, A.B. UniversiTy ol RochesTer Miss Helen E. June, A.B. Syracuse University , 1 ' -sf jay ' xmbvf. F33 ,. :l...l

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HEALTH In an ehforl 'ro lhwarl disease and ill heallh lor lhe many pupils who allend Fairporl l-ligh School, Nurse Nina Bremer and Doclor George Price conducl periodical examina- lions. Everyone is weighed and measured and given skill lesls in physical educafion. Miss Rulh Donl: and Coach Joseph Cummings main'l'ain slrrengfh in The youfhlul bodies by heallhlul recrealional periods. These periods are required lwice a weelc by lhe slale de- parlmenl. For many years il has been lhe praclice lo have a denfal hygienisl in school To clean lhe pupils' +ee+h. Mrs. Camille Toolan and Miss Frances La luppa have been The denlal hygienisfs 'rhis year. One en- lirely new class insfiluled lhis semes+er is The road science class 'raughf by Mr. Slater. ll belongs in lhe heallh deparlmenl, for if aids 'rhe avoidance of accidenfal dealh. The class includes The melhod of prevenling accidenls. inslruclion in proper driving and in The me- chanism ol lhe aulomobile. er: A A Miss Nino Bremer, RN. School of Nursing. Universily of Rochesfer Ml-55 Rulll Donl' Mr- Joseph Cummlnqs Miss Frances La luppe D H llllaca College Cofllafld Normal Rochesfer Denial Dispensary

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Mr. Paul W. Allison, A.B., M.B.A. Sl, Lawrence University, Harvard Universify Graduaie School of Business Adminislrarion Miss Margaref E. Forfmiller, AB. New York S+a+e College for Teacher Mr. Nelson R. Burfon, A.B., M.A. Colgafe Universily New York Sfafe College for Teachers YV-1 hull' '-1 proiecr 'ro connplele. They musl each wrile seven Thousand five hundred words on a subiecf ol 'rheir own choosing, This has arisen from lhe former praclice ol requiring Thai speeches be given al commencemeni exercises. Cur graduaiing group no longer consisls of ius+ lwo or lhree people, so lhar rhis melhod is no longer prac- iicable. For oulside reading malerial lhe school library is in conslanl use. The second year sludenls subscribe lor a weekly Schola+ic Magazine, Jrhe 'rhird year, a monlhly Reader's Digesln and lhe fourlh year sludenls have fhe Senior Book Club. New books are added wiih each new year. Wilh 'rhe many liacililies in Eairpori High School providing for belief' English, no one should be guilfy of a lack of inleresl. DEPARTMENT I3