Ferry Hall School - Ferry Tales Yearbook (Lake Forest, IL)

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THE COURSES OF STUDY tors, offers work in Piano, Voice, Violin, Cello, Organ and Harp, together with standard courses in Theory and Harmony and Music Appreciation. The Art Department offers a full four-year course in Practical Art, aimed at discovering and developing individual talents. There are also a number of craft subjects offered. The Dramatic Art Department offers special work in Speech, Acting, and Play Production. In all three of these special departments there are courses which may be offered for credit toward graduation, or which may be selected as incidental electives. For the girl who does not wish to go on from high school to college or university, Ferry Hall offers an excellent general high school course. This is based on a sound selection of required academic subjects from the Preparatory curriculmn, combined with fuller opportunities for work in the departments of Art, Music, or Dramatic Art. The girl taking this general course has also the opportunity to select from a wider variety of courses in English and History. THE JUNIOR COLLEGE THE IUNIOB COLLEGE is planned to meet the needs of three classes of students: first, those who may wish to complete a full four-year college or university course, but who prefer the more individual work that is possible in a smaller institution offering studies of col- lege grade, second, those who desire to continue their cultural studies beyond high school and yet not for the full four years required by college or university, and third, those who wish to undertake or continue work in Art, Music, Dramatics, Secretarial subjects, or Home Economics, as a major subject combined with broadening cultural courses. The fact that the work of the junior College is accredited by the University of Illinois and by all other universities and colleges which accept the rating of our State University, is indication of the high level of work offered by this department. Graduates of Ferry Hall have been admitted to junior standing without examination, not only by the State University, but by the large Eastern colleges for women. The two-year curriculum includes a wide choice of academic courses in English, History, Mathematics, French, Spanish, German, Latin, Psychology, Economics, and Science. The Department of Art offers practical work in Painting and Drawing, Color and Design, Modeling and Sculpture, Interior Decoration, Costume Design and Fashion Illustration, with supplementary History of Art and Art Appreciation courses. The De- partment of Music offers group and individual work in Piano, Violin, Cello, Organ, Harp, .1-1.

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The Courses of Study FERRY HALL has two distinct academic units: the Preparatory School which is fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, and the junior College which is accredited by the University of Illinois and by other universities and colleges that accept the ratings of the university, and which is a mem- ber of the American Association of junior Colleges. Both the Preparatory School and the junior College maintain scholastic standards of a high level. The educational scheme is centered about each student and her needs. A faculty of superior teachers, a program of individual consideration and direction for each girl, and the employment of modern teaching standards and techniques combine to fonn an educational plan of exceptional character. THE PREPARATORY SCHOOL THE FERRY HALL PREPABATORY SCHOOL oifers two courses of study. The first and main course is a fully accredited four-year course preparing for admission to college or uni- versity. The graduate of this course is qualified for entrance to any certificating college or university without examination, provided she has covered all requirements of the chosen institution, and has done work that can be recommended. She is also eligible to take the College Entrance Board Tests which may qualify her for entrance to the lead- ing women's colleges of the East. Fen'y Hall annually presents a large number of suc- cessful candidates for college entrance and college entrance examinations, and her regis- ter of Alumnae includes an exceptionally high percentage of college graduates. The curriculum includes thorough and sound courses in the major subjects of Eng- lish, History, Mathematics, Modern Languages fFrench, Spanish, Germanj, Latin and the Sciences, planned not only to meet the most exacting standards of college entrance, but also to encourage intellectual independence and to help each student to explore those interests that may function in adult living. The classes are purposely small so that each girl receives an abrmdance of personal attention from highly qualified teachers to insure a maximum development of her potentialities. Teachers make a careful study of each girl. Individual conferences are frequent, and advanced testing methods are constantly employed. In addition to these major departments of study, the Ferry Hall cmriculum includes a number of special advantages. The Music Department, conducted by excellent instruc- .10.

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THE COURSES OF STUDY and Voice. Harmony and Theory courses are also available, and also, a thorough course in the History and Appreciation of Music. In Dramatic Arts, the work is well-rounded through courses in the fundamentals of Speech, in Diction, in Public Speaking, in the analysis and interpretation of Litera- ture, in reading and history of the Drama, and in practical play production and acting in the Theatre Work Shop. A major course in Home Economics is available, which may be undertaken by the student either as preparation for the successful management of her own home, or as a basis for professional study and work in the field of Home Economics. In the Secretarial Department, work includes Stenography, Typing, Business Arith- metic and Business English, and other practical business subjects. This course is planned so that a girl may be fully equipped with technical skill and practical knowledge to undertake a business career upon its completion. The student of the junior College thus has a wide choice of elective subjects, centered about a nucleus of required work. She may follow a general exploratory course, or may major in the department in which some special interest or talent of hers may lie. All of the courses necessary for transfer, upon graduation, to a four-year college or imiversity course, are available. Each girl may arrange her own program of studies to meet her own interests and aims, with the intelligent and sympathetic help of the faculty. The Ferry Hall junior College Diploma, which is fully recognized as a mark of achievement, is awarded upon the satisfactory completion of the two-year course. X .12.