Fort Hill High School - Sabre Yearbook (Cumberland, MD)

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SCHOOL DEVELOPS LIBERAL Study Habits Instilled Students find many avenues for their aca- demic interests at Fort Hill. The Latin Club affords opportunities to apply what is taught in the class roorn. Newly organized this year, under the direction of Miss Edwena Kraus, the group was led by President lack Martini, Vice-president Betty I. Gowland, Secretary Virginia Owens, and Treasurer Kathryn Yankie. Members find intellectual enjoyment in speaking, reading, and dramatizing Latin. Classes in session are active in applying mathematical principles on paper and black- board. thfxfln 1' depar ent one finds student e 'ing V, p s - gazines, listen- ingt e ding! of L te i their ori lit I h ' r y 'h e ' aluable ' ciltdisiirrnci n i delve into e re in b' r iw istory, and o . A if o Q01 ol citi ns t p from class to h l varied y such learning pb , tunities to use initiative and oggffrffrli . HQ pr sc Q ss, ei ' b ' idi as ide , els, moving pictures, new s 4 Dismissal time. An air of industry in the library. The Latin Club. Students mingle in the schools arteries, Fort Hill beauties silhouetted against a west window. Geometry in solution in Miss Hamiltons class. Mr. Shumaker teaches French. aided by recordings and pictures. An English class under Miss Park.

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EDUCATORS MUTUAL EXPERIENCE UF LEARNING CHARACTERIZES STUDENT-TEACHER RELATIONSHIP Ideal organization of the faculty is an outstanding feature of the educational pro- gram at Fort Hill. Instruction is departmentalized into thirteen divisions, each of which is headed by a teacher chairman. Departments meet often to solve problems and dis- cuss trends of professional growth in their particular fields. Close coordination of depart- ments and the administration is effected by the departments, the vice-president, Mr. Solt, and the principal, Mr. Heisey. To promote the welfare of the school the entire faculty frequently convenes. In a Word, the pattern of the democratic scheme is apparent here. DEAN OF WOMEN: Ada Hughes, DEAN OF MEN: Naomi Enfield. TEACHER EXODUS: Naomi Enfield, Marjorie Lafollette, Ada Hughes, Delphin Trieber, Leon Dissinger, Marguerite Deetz. ENGLISH: Rachel Dunn, Ira Staley, Gerardine Pritchard, Helen Smith, Lilian Boughton, Marie Park, Dorothy Spates, Naomi Fogle, Ruth Lynch, Hamel Kenny, Chairman Nellie Willison. MUSIC: Dorothy Sebree, Milton Holtz. 23

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CURRICULUM INDIVIDUALS EDUCATION Looks to Science The importance oi science in the progress of World events cannot be overestimated. To create interest in the subject, charts, slides, moving pictures, and exhibits are used in classes of general science, biology, chemistry. and physics. Of much interest to the students is the recently acquired static machine, a gilt ot Dr. H. W. Hodgson. Daily Weather pre- dictions by physics students exemplify the functional training obtainable. Physical educa- tion complements courses in science at Fort Hill. Intramural contests in basketball, sott ball. and volley ball develop the Whole man. Privi- leges of bowling, hiking, and swimming also contribute to the general physical Welfare of students. Art classes are chiefly distinguished by practical instruction in lettering, scaling and commercial design. This year especially good results from the silk-screen process were achieved. The commercial department offers courses in bookkeeping, typing, shorthand, economic geography, retail selling, consum- ers' economics, business science and business arithmetic. Many students move from this train- ing to business. An students reproduce a model. Mr. Pei-dew instructs n class in seienee. A biology class under lvli. Hudson. Students delve into the mysteries of chemistry, First-year typists practice under the watchful guidance of Miss lvlelcelvey. The girls are checked for attendance before choosing up sides. 3, ii iii it