Hillsdale School - Telescope Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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Mrs. Erickson and a mamber of her sevenih grade English c1555. Knowledge of our language MLILoveM explains composition errcrs In a member of his senior English dose. Literacy and polished English have become The symbols of an educated and amibiTious person. IT is These educaTed people who are in such demand for The imporTanT iobs in our counTry and in the world Through Hillsdale's sTandard T English course, The school hopes To engender an inTeresT and Tiuency in our language. The younger classes compIeTe Their knowledge of grammar by The ninTh grade. As is required of every class in The schooi, The lower grades wriTe composiTions aT IeasT once a week. WriT- ing is an expression of inTenT or belief. By ex- pressing one's ThoughTs on paper, he can read- ily organize and clearly reITaTe his ideas. Eighth graders read Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and memorized a few of The famous passages. The Treshmen have finished A Midsummer N-ighT's Dream and MacbeTh. T-he nines have also sTudied poeTry, a varieTy 0T Tamed poems of oThe'r naTionaIiTies as well as American, The sophomores have spent a greaT pan of The year in creative wriTing. Vocabulary lisTs have grown for many sTUdenTs Thanks To an ex- Tensive sTudy of words. Juniors TranTically sTUdied paragraph mech- anics, dicTion, and vocabulary for The College Boards which They rook in May. The elevens also made an inTeresTing comparative sTudy of The CaTcher in The Rye and Huckleberry Finn, The Seniors have been deepiy involved in Greek Trilogies, The Iliad, and The Odessey. WiTh The fundamentals of English in The eari- ier years, older girls have Tackiled creaTive writ- ing and analogy, and shall move on Te greater heighTs 0T underS'Tanding and appreciaTion of This language which is ours T WED 81' rizum'I-mu K . :unwmh i .

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Miss CavieTzel is an indispensable parT of Hillsdale, as she not only sees To The weTIJbeing and general healTh of each individual in The school, buT she also supervises study hall, ad- vises, and Takes an acTive inTeresT in The academic progress of each sTuclenT. WiTh 1T5 resplenden'r cosTumes, iTs elaboraTe decoraTions, and careful preparation, The Miracle Play has always, and will always, promoTe The warmih and Toy Then is characterisfic of The ChrisTmas season. Mr, O'Conne lectures on unciem civilizations. Firm Background In History in an age of insTanTaneous news reporfs of currenT events and continual references To his- Torical happenings, i1 is imperative ThaT each ciT- izen have an adequate knowledge of geography and hisTory. To equip, in This respecT, The future ciTizens who graduaTe from Hillsdale, Hillsdale has insTiTuTed a History department which can prepare The sTudenTs, by means of a sTrong back- ground in all aspec-Ts of The broad field of Social Studies, for fuTure obligations. Beginning in The sevenTh grade, each sTudenT is required To Take some form of HisTory course Through her SOphOlmore year, wiTh additional courses opTional. Courses in American History are requesTed in The sevenTh and eleventh grades. The degree of inTen-siTy of The studies is increased in The elevemh grade for iT is noT as general in scope. NevenTheless, each course consisTs of a concenTraTed sTudy of The Consti- TuTion and addiTional TaoTGrs responsible for forming The American way of life. In The eighiTh grade, each pupil musT compleTe an inTroducTion To world hieTory and geography. Special aTTenTion is paid To The Far EasT, The Middle EasT, and The Soviet Union. A course in Ancient and Medieval History as well as Modern European H-isTory and American STudies is available and advised for The older girls amending Hiillsdaile.