Fairport High School - Hourglass Yearbook (Fairport, NY)

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3 Miss Florence A. Sfolf, A.B. Universify of Rochesler Miss Bernardine E. Nolan. A.B. College of New Rochelle Miss Frances J, Munn, AB, UniversiTy of RochesTer LaTin is required in The nursing profession and Tor en- Trance To mosT colleges. AT a Time when classical languages are losing populariTy in schools and colleges, The enrollme-nT in l.aTin classes in our school has mainTained iTs Torrner num- ber all The Time and, in some years, has increased IT. Those who are in The business world or inTend To enTer iT will Tre- quenTly Tind French useful. BoTh languages lead To a more Thorough knowledge oT The counTries from which They come. They also en- able The sTudenTs To use English more easily and To widen Their vocabularies. Language has been TaughT since Time began. Thereiore, The Language De- parTmenT oT FairporT High School oTTers an exciTing advenTure To The eager sTud- enTs who wish To become acquainTed wiTh The background OT oTher naTions. LANGUAGE I6

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Mr. Harold W. Sfeinfeldf Oswego Normal INDUSTRIAL ARTS Boys and girls bending over drawing boards mean ThaT someday These TuTure draTTsmen will be proving Their worTh in The business world. To ouTsiders The plaTes seem very complicaTed buT They have a deTiniTe purpose. Then, down below The sTairs, one hears The pounding hammers and buzzing saws: one sees The beauTiTul end-Tables and rugs The boys Turn ouT. In a maze oT Tools and noise, This group learns To work wiTh Their hands. WiTh The aid of cadeT Teachers, The boys have This year been able To Tind a place for all The Tools: Thus a cer- Tain harmony and order resulT. Each year addiTional equipmenT is added: each year The enrollmenT increases. Work accomplished in The lndusTrial ArTs DeparTmenT proves very useTul in laTer years To mosT of Those who Take The subiecTs. V l iii 9'

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Mr. Leon B. Warner. A.B. Union College Miss Doris A. Brown, A.B. U niversily of Rochesler Miss Helen E. June, A.B. Syracuse Universily The hisiory of our counfry and our anceslors is very imporiani To 'fhe beffer undersianding of exisfing condi- fions. We are 'raughi no? only European and American his- Iory bu+ also Ihe organizalion of our governmenf. Teach- ers require The correcl answer plus i+s background and why +he pupil Thinks if is correcf. Though The queslion may nof say explain , explanafions are always in order. In 'the siudy oi our governmenf we are faughf Ihe necessary care required againsf commifling wrongs. Laws are made nof only for our profecfion buf for The pro- Teclion of Iufure democracy. The So- cial Sfuclies Deparfmenf is imporfanf fo 'rhe lives of The cifizens of fhe United Sfaies, a democracy. SOCIAL STUDIES I7