Grand Ledge Academy - Ledge Lore Yearbook (Grand Ledge, MI)

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A VARIED CURRICULUM years of a subject. Majors and minors are only attainable in English, mathematics, science, or foreign languages. Vocational subjects such as commercial work, home economics, music. art, athletics, shop and some agricultural subjects are not included in the College Prep course. This is a very important item to know when you plan your course of study. Another thing to make sure of is that you plan all four years at once. You may vary from your course but will be more apt to watch your majors and minors than you would by selecting each year as it comes. A student has free selection of his studies. However, it is required that a person take English for three years, one-half year civics and one-half year American history course in the senior year, and all boys must take two years of physical training. A person must take four subjects each year if he ex- pects to graduate in four years. He must have sixteen credits at the time he graduates. There are subjects that must be taken in order to take a certain subject in a higher grade. For example, in order to take the year of advanced algebra and solid geom- etry you must have had both algebra and plane geometry in former years. . ln high school we have the following courses offered: English, four years fin the third year you may choose between speech and American literaturel: mathematics, three years: history, three years: physics, one year: chemistry, one year: home eco- nomics, three years: Latin, two years: French, two years: farm crops and soils, one year: biology, one year: animal husbandry, one year: farm management, one year: typing, two years: bookkeeping, two years: commercial IZ, one year: consumers eco- nomics, one year: shorthand, two years: shop fadvanced woodwork, printing, archi- tectural drawing, machine drawing, and gasoline enginesj, music fvocal, orchestra, and bandl, and sociology and economics, one year. The major clubs and organizations in school are: French Club, Latin Club, Future Farmers of America, Hi-Y, Girl Reserves, Home Economics Club, Dramatics Club, Fu- ture Craftsmen of America, Varsity Club, Commercial Club, Social lmprovement Club, Boys' Quartet, Girls' Sextet, Choir and Librarians' Club. Each club has quite a large enrollment and is a well organized group. We are proud of them. Here we should mention our athletic teams too, which deserve the highest praise possible for their outstanding records this year. However, we have our groups which are not, perhaps, considered clubs. The Ledge Staff and Annual Staff are groups se- lected each year to write, respectively, the school items for the Grand Ledge lnde- pendent and the high school year book. The Legislative Assembly, Student Council, Monitors and Court are organized for the purpose of helping to make rules and pre- sent the ideas of the students so that our school will be a self-governing body, for the students and by the students. We hope everyone who reads this item will, when finished, have a clearer idea of the courses, clubs, and standards of Grand Ledge High School. -THE SENIORS. Nine

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Katherine Chase Jeanette Cass Steve Szasz - Jean Beukema Weldon Faull Charles Yates William H. Roe - Commercial - - - - - English and French History, Physical Training, Athletics Home Economics - Manual Arts - - Band and Orchestra - - - - History and Civics Thelma Foltz and Beatrice Dixon - - Secretaries Lee F. Auble - - - Physics, Jr. H. S. Mathematics llma Piepenburg - - Mathematics and Chemistry Dean of Girls 1 Student Adviser Jonas Sawclon Superintendent Florence Fuller - - English Jean McClave Frances Winters - - - Art - English and Dramatics Mary l. Blyth - Mathematics Allan Barron - - - - Commercial Elbert Kelsey - - Agriculture and Biology Helen Birmingham ----- Commercial lra Bollinger - Biology, History, Jr. H. S. Science Elizabeth Bush ----- English and Music Jennie Wamsley - - - - Latin