Fairport High School - Hourglass Yearbook (Fairport, NY)

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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

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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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-.mi-.a COMMERCE Arilhmelic always spells worried looks and headaches plus ink slains on lhe hands. Boolclceeping, using arilhme- lic. brings more 'rhan ils share of lrouble. Many a disgusled sfudenl says, l'll never go lo 'rhal class again , buf The nexl day he is baclc lo worlc harder lhan ever. When he 'fries lyping or shorlhand, he finds lhem equally dif- ficull. Accuracy means everyfhing To good fyping, so, allhough we scoff al lagging fingers, we envy Their painsfalc- ing accuracy. Typing sludenls have speed classes alfer school in which some sludenfs dislinguish Themselves. Short .,..ff ka- l hand sludenls develop speed in making fhose odd scrawls. Laughler follows if The scrawls can'+ be read. bul if is slill hand. A business career is praclical business dominales The world. quiclcer lhan long- in lhis age when I8 Mr. Paul W. Allison, A.B., M,B,A, Sl. Lawrence University Harvard Universily Graduale School of Business Adminislralion Mrs. Gerlrude C. Ryon, A.B. Oberlin Colleqe Mr. Edward K. Schworm, B,S. New Yorlc Sfale Colleqe lor Teachers