Hillsdale School - Telescope Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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4. ience in Sc ificat ivers . vmiir Will FIT

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Each year the Spanish department grows both in students and in facilities. The language la- boratory has become a regular part of the Span- ish course. Classes listen to records with dia- logues of conversation; This greatly facilitated comprehension. First year Spanish students began the course with elemental grammar and vocabUIary. They studied some South American countries in addie tion to Spain itself. The c3355 learned the Spanish names of foods and wrote fuIl-course menus. The first part of second year Spanish was spent in completing the grammar. From then on, all classes were conducted in Spanish ex- clusively. The girls learned some of Spain's his- tory; they read seIections from Cervante's Don Quixote and El Canter del Mio Cid, the poem about El Cid During second semester, the class read a mystery story. The special event of the Spanish course was the party which the seniors gave in honor of the Juniors. Individual invitations were written in Spanish, requesting a reply in the same. One day after school, Founder's Hall was the scene of a gay group, batting blindfolded at a colorful pinata. Refreshments were served, and all agreed that this was the social event of the season. Where is the pinnin? MIL Shrneder goes over the problems of Spanish grammar.

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The proqreSSinq modern world has brouqht a new demand for a thorouqh education in sci- ence. The oportunities in this field are limitless and the experience and enjoyment derived from experimenting, learning, and discovering are endless, To meet this demand, Hillsdale has striven to expand the science department which offers general and specialized courses to give the student knowledge of the many phases of science, In the ninth grade, all students are required to participate in the general science and hygiene courses. General Science, by means of experi- mentation, reading, and discussion, developes the student's comlprehensicm of basic principles and elements. Once a complete understanding is achieved, the student learns to apply her knowledge to everyday problems. Hygiene is a study with an emphasis on mental and physical fitness. Informal talks and discussions enable each student to share her ideas and to try the techniques, such as those taught for first aid. Biology is a systematic study which is speci- fically concerned with plants and animals of all forms. As in chemistry, the student learns about various scientific instruments and how to use them. All science classes are held in the new labora- tories. These modern rooms have been planned by Hillsdal'e to make available to the student all of the equipment necessary to promote a complete understanding of the scientific studies. Min Mover lectures to her chemistry class.