Frank B Willis High School - Delhi Yearbook (Delaware, OH)

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Every student in the State of Ohio is required to have one unit of American History for gradua- tion. This course is given at Willis High School in the eleventh grade. The course consists of a survey of the major political, social, and economics problems which have confronted the American people. In connection with this course, the students study Current Events. World History is the elective course taken in the sophomore year. This course is a survey of the social, economic and political problems of the world from the beginnings of civilization to the present day in an attempt to show their effects in our present way of life. Current Affairs is studied in connection with the course. Willis was very fortunate in having Australia's exchange teacher .lack McCloughan teach this course. Problems of Democracy, a twelfth year course required of all seniors, has as its purpose the ex- amination of the various social problems which confront the A- merican people. Among those studied are the problems of men- tal health, crime, alcohol and fam- ily, church, education, race and recreation. One unit is devoted to the study of economic problems and another to those of govern- ment, current affairs are studied through the use of Time magazine, trip, movies, panel discussions, and other activities. Australian exchange teacher .lack McCloughan taught three classes of P. 0. D. HISTORY

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ARTS Art is not for artists only. It is involved in anything we do which expresses something--an idea, a feeling, or a sense of order. Art is life. The art course includes many activities such as leather craft, carving, textile decoration, ceramics, and painting. Home Economics is a four year course for girls based upon learn- ing skills and doing project work in foods, clothing, home furn.ish- ings, child care, grooming, and budgeting. Each girl is required to have a project. This year the girls had a new modernized kitchen in which to work. Students must have singing abil- ity and try out for this choir. An attempt is made to improve the quality of choral singing through the study of breathing, tone qual- ity, phrasmg, posture, ensemble intonation, fundamental vowels, and consonants. ln addition to the Senior Choir there is the Glee Club, Senior Chorus, and Junior High Choir.

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Senior English is a college pre- paratory, one-semester course which offers a review of English fundamentals and a presentation of new material which will be needed in college work. ln col- laboration with the Problems of Democracy course, a research paper is written under careful supervision. The Senior English class under the supervision of Miss Whitted, faithfully worked hard to get their articles into the Gazette High School page. French and Spanish are taught by Miss Dorothy Bussard. These courses emphasize not only the vocabulary and sentence struc- ture of the language but also the backgrounds, customs, and pre- vailing conditions of the countries where the languages are spoken. Club meetings were held period- ically and the business transacted in the language taught. For fur- ther familiarity with the people of the foreign countries, both French and Spanish Clubs presented a Mardi Gras and the Spanish Club held a banquet serving the cus- tomary foreign foods. Willis offers two years of Latin taught by Mrs. Evans. The students of this language become very fa- miliar with Greek Myths and fa- bles and acquire a great deal of history while they are studying the language. To become better acquainted with the people and customs students are required to do projects involving research or to make items such as tunics, maps, etc. The climax of the year for the pupils is the Latin Banquet in which first year students are sold as slaves. The younger stu- dents put on the program and all enioy the usual big dinner.