Hillsdale School - Telescope Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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Paula Pearce consults Mrs. Richardson concerning a 1851 paper. Ladies, please! Why so pale and wan? Miss Koenitzer listens inienfly as oral reports are given in her ninth grade English class. C r

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Mrs. Erickson correcTs one of her sevenTh grade students. ET h. A'uxu rn'vv m m. Discussions are impormnt in learning To express ideas correctly. A Key for Many Doors ls foul really fair and fair really foul? And how roTTen is The sTaTe of Denmark? BUT I can'T wriTe o sonneT or o TrioleT! This diogramming of senTences is impossible! 1 can? explain PlaTo's philosophy; iT's so com- plicaTed! These mighT be Typical remarks heard from any sTu- denT, seven Through Twelve. Since The English lan- guage is our means of communicofion Through life and all schoolwork, The English deporTmenT has 0 Tremendous job To educaTe all of The sTudenTs 0T Hills- dale. Because of The close reloTionship between The English and oTher departments, every Teacher Takes inTo account The sTuclenT's expression and grammar, while grading TesTs or Term papers. The sevenTh grade was inTroduced To all forms of writing and sTudied each carefully. IT worTe boTh creo- Tive and exposiTory papers. Concest of grammar, spelling, and vocabulary were of The uTmosT impor- Tonce. The eighTs read a Shakespearean play for The firsT Time; They also sTudied Oliver and oTTended The play 0T The Shuberf TheoTer in November. A sTudy of liTerory Types including essays, poeTry, drama, novels, and shorT sTories was compleTed in The freshman class. The nines were Thrilled To learn ThaT This was The IosT yeor ThaT They will formally sTudy grammar. The sophomores spent mosT of Their Time sTudying old English liTeroTure, The iuniors were Trequenle seen wiTh Their heads buried in everything from early Puritan wriTings To currenT American besT-sellers. MilTon, Shakespeare, DonTe, and Greek philosophers was The headline for seniors This year. Besides The classical works, criTical wriTing was also sTressecl.

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The study of Latin is important for three reasons. First, learning vocabulary and understanding gram- mer in foreign languages are easier after a student has studied Latin. AIso, Latin helps the student to understand English words and grammar. In fact, the Juniors and Seniors learn English vocabulary by its Latin suffixes and prehxes. Lastly, studying Latin gives the student 01 background in Roman history and classical literature. Latin is required in the eighth and ninth grades. In these grades, the emphasis Is on prose. Girls learn vocabulary and grammar, and apply their knowl- edge by writing sentences. In the spring of their freshman year, the girls begin to read Caesar. In the remaining three years, the emphasis Is placed on translation from Latin to English. In the tenth grade, classes finish Caesar and study some poetry. The Jun- iors briefly take Up Pliney and then move on to Cicero for the remainder of the year. Seniors read Virgil's Aeneid, the story of the Trojan hero, Aeneus. Mrs. DeCump explains a Latin fundamental to her class. One of Miss Brokaw's students translates a passage of Cicero weII.