Hillsdale School - Telescope Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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f Mrs. ukinson clu:'7ii's a math problem for her seventh grade math class. Expansion In Math The mathematics department of Hillsdale School recognized the individual rates of com- prehension and progress shown by the students and realized the importance of permitting each girl to develop her mathematical skills at her own speed. Therefore, the math instructors help- ed to establish the relatively new program at Hillsdale whereby the students who show evi- dence of interest and ability are given an ac- celerated course. Thus in- their senior year, these girls are able to complete an entire course in differential and integral calculus. The mathematics courses are taught with an emphasis upon training the mind to think logi- cally and to systematically learn and apply facts and theories, A student of mathematics is being prepared for future life in which she will find it necessary to follow organized patterns. Hillsdale's mathematics program has been planned to give the most complete and thorough education possible in high school mathematics. Beginning with the fundamentals in the seventh grade, it is possible for the pupil to pursue her studies through Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, and Advanced Mathematics. Mr. Loud distusses present aconomic problems. Miss Johnson instruct: student's in Plane Geometrv

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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.

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Permanent foundation in French Mrs. M: Greal goes over papers with her eighth grade Fvehch students. Madame lawthur radians enthusiasm :11 she diuusses life in France with her class.