Ferndale Union High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Ferndale, CA)

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MISS MOSER F. H. Drawing, German and Domestic Science MR. BROWN Latln and History . . Q I 'R' MISS CLYNE English and U. S. History Faculty Ferndale Union High School MR. GRANT Principal Mathematics and Physics, 1916-1917 MISS PORTLOCK English, Plane Geometry an Chemistry .5fQje3f1,, V fn in 'N gssggx ., 5Ngg5g? 5 i4i 1 I 1 ' lpggwf . , fl 351,51 'fi . ' mf- I , I r . X ,, .f',:f.. . W, fy f or :nag . . if I - 5.iggnQf,3kPjAfNgg,- K gf - ?i?il?153?e?fM.,.W fra .ik f S . i I . MR. RIEBEN Agriculture and Mechanical Drawing ..g- U G f ,,g.f,5.v: K IF: X' '- ' MISS HERDEG Commercial 5

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Aims and Achievements Three aims have dominated our administration of the Ferndale Union High School during the past four years. In pursuit of the first aim-to bring into the school as many as pos- sible--the erection and later enlargement of the barn were secured for the accommodation of those who must drive from remote parts of the district, and varied efforts have been made each year to convey to eighth graders the glad tidings of further educational opportunity ahead with the result that more than eighty-five per cent of the grammar school graduates of this district have entered high school as against an average of less than fifty per cent for the State at large. Our second aim-to broaden the service rendered by the school-has been inspired by a growing belief in the democratic mission of the modern high school. The classical preparatory school of a generation ago was aris- tocratic in that it served only the wealthy and leisure classes and those preparing for the traditional professions, and it was narrow in that its book- learning ministered only to the head, neglecting the body and the heart. It has been our controlling conviction that the modern public high school ought to serve those who will go directly from its portals onto the farm, into the management of a home, or into business life as well as those who may have money, time, inclination and ability for college, and above all, that it must somehow or other, by ministering to the moral needs as well as the physical and intellectual requirements of adolescent boys and girls, transform them into good citizens. The problem of moral education is difficult. Educators agree that formal instruction in ethics does not always function in right conduct. It is a saying that even the devil can quote Scripture. Indirect moral education is found to be most effective. History and literature may be made to contribute ideals and the experience of the scientific laboratory can be managed so as to inspire a respect for truth, but it is in the wise management of the extra-classroom student activities under able adviser- ship and leadership that the most effective moral education is possible-the most effective preparation for right conduct in the various situations and hu- man relationships of life. Education is experience under control. Out of the experiences of the human relationships ofyouth grows the character that determines the individual's conduct in after life. In pursuit of this second aim--to broaden the schoo1's range of service- we have secured considerable expenditures for additional equipment and physical improvement of the school plant. Two more teachers have been added to the corps. The curriculum has been extended by new courses in agriculture, domestic science, and commercial branches. An eight-period day, with complete provision for supervised study in drawing, commercial branches and the sciences, and for extra coaching in English, has replaced the old seven-period program. New sports, including boys' basketball, have been introduced. The boys' basketball teams have won the championship of the county for four consecutive years, and, indeed, have never been defeated, but we prize the sport chiefly for its tendency to generalize athletics. All- little and big-enjoy playing it. Physical culture for those who do not make or aspire to interscholastic teams has been fostered by the encouragement of inter-class matches and by the introduction of handball, which, although not recognized by the county league, is very popular for mere recreation. Extra-classroom student activities are fostered, encouraged, supervised, man- aged, directed and controlled through a definitely planned and responsible system of faculty advisership and leadership co-operating with a student- 7