Fairport High School - Hourglass Yearbook (Fairport, NY)

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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

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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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... . + Nearly every person in high school has laken an arf course, or should lake one. ll is lruly essenrial for a well- rounded educalion. ln The large, well-lighled arl room, the curriculum includes charcoal drawings, block prinls, posler- making, The copying ol someones lace for a large plale and the crealion of lovely panels. Notebooks are required as oufside work in mosl ol lhe courses. A man who collecls painlings displayed lhe besl ones lor our benelil during an assembly program which grearly slim- ulaled our inleresl in 'rhe beauly of lhe nafural world. Ari sfudenls prepare poslers for various aclivilies in school, decorale lhe gymnasium for dances and lake a very imporfanl parl in lhe May exhibif. We also owe lhe I-lour . Glass arf work lo lhe ellorls ol fhe seniors who include arf courses in Their daily schedules. ART I4 .N- Miss Esda L. Turner, AB, llrockporf Normal, Syracuse Universily '-1-if -4 , ' yvil 4' ny r ' '. ,',-gg .......--v-