Hyde Park High School - Aitchpe Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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The science courses open up a wide field of interest for the student. Gen- eral science is required of all freshmen in the four year course. In this year the student makes a limited survey of the entire field of science. If he is interested in botany or zoology, through his activities in the laboratory he becomes acquainted with the living things on earth: through the discussions in class, he learns of their economic importance to man. In physics, the student gains a knowledge of the constitution and properties of matter, mechanics, sound, light, heat, electricity, and magnetism. Composition of matter, and the transforma- tion it undergoes, intrigue the student of chemistry. Astronomy acquaints the student with the composition of the celestial bodies of the universe. Students primarily interested in the social sciences have within their grasp courses in English and United States history, ancient and modern; social studies, economics, civics, and commercial law. The purpose of the department is to fit young men and women for living usefully and happily in their community. In order to accomplish this, the student first secures a knowledge of the past by means of the history courses. Then he is prepared to take part in a lively dis- cussion of present day affairs. The individual who plans to enter the business world after graduation is well trained through courses offered in the commercial department. These include stenography, typing, bookkeeping, clerical practice, filing, calculating, salesmanship, and commercial geography. The music department offers many opportunities. Two semesters of music are required of pupils in the four year courses, although many of them avail themselves of the opportunities in the music circles, which include participation in singing and in the playing of musical instruments. Most advantageous are the activities of the art department to the talented young artist. Although the average student takes but one year of art work, instruction may be taken either in free-hand or mechanical drawing, others may major in art. The purpose, which the teachers in the physical education department strive to realize, is the development of physical vigor, of nerve force, of bodily control, and of skill in athletic endeavor, so that the student may be a partici- pant in many kinds of athletic activities. If a boy prefers military training to athletic training, he may join the R. O. T. C. Woodshop is offered to the boys, while girls may choose sewing, cooking, and household management. The class room affords a practical but limited study of the subject: how- ever, the members of the faculty in sponsoring those organizations so much a part of the life of Hyde Park provides the student the opportunity to broaden his knowledge of the subject in which he is especially interested and, moreover, to gain those social contacts so essential to school life and which the class room does not afford. Hyde Park has many such organizations, each field of learning with its due share of extra-curricular activities. [15]

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