Ithaca High School - Ithacansian Yearbook (Ithaca, MI)

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Di' HOME ECON CMICS I-Iomemaking is second to no other vocation. It is world wide in its service for on every level there is work to be done in and for the home. In high school the problem is not to teach the girl to cook one dish, but to serve a meal and feed the familyg not to sew a seam, but to plan a wardrobeg not to make a few ornaments for a home, but the importance of making a home beautiful inside and out. It teaches her the value of family relationships and child care and child trainingg in other words it fits her for a complete family life--her life in the future. - Home economics is making worthy contributions to the education of the student in the fields of health, good use of leisure time, worthy home membership, and character development. In other words it is an education in home living. Barbara Clark. B. S.

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' fSee page 69 for identihcationj GIRLS' GYM Physical Education is instruction or participation in those activities that serve as a means of attaining or maintaining physical welfare. Games and physical activities can be traced back to the Egyptians, Romans, Greeks, and other countries but it was during the World War that the great need for a physical education program in our school system was realized. Physical education aims to develop and promote normal growth and organic development in boys and girls, to improve posture, and to establish desirable habits of health and conduct. It aims to develop such physical qualities as strength, quickness, skill, endurance, and grace. It also aims to develop such mental and moral qualities as alertness, courage, courtesy, good sportsmanship, honesty, and leader- ship. john Locke, the famous physician and educator of the seventeenth century wrote the treatise, Some Thoughts Concerning Education. In this work Locke gave as the first aim of education, vigor of the body. The opening paragraph of his book is, A sound mind in a sound body. The people of Ithaca believe in progressive education. They have seen the need for a physical education program and have given a beautiful building so that students might participate in the activities they longed for. Our motto here is, A sound mind in a sound body. Irene Clements, B. S.

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OFFICERS LE UERCLE FRANCAIS-Harold Sibley. Secretaire: Shirley Palmer, Tiusorii-i'3 Lynn Gruesheck, Vice-president: Marjorie Haley. Presiili-nte. OFFICERS SOCIETAS LATINA-Francis Kellogg, Llctorg Beryl Gaige, Praeses: BH'I'lw1l'2l Hwlilvs. Pro-liracses: Laurabelle Simmons, Lictor: Pearl Simmons. Quai-stor: Nola Zoss. Scriha. LANGUAGES The study of foreign languages is of untold value in its influence on our use of the English language. Interpretation of the Latin and French develops power in English expression, while grammar study develops a real understanding of the structure of the English language. Latin as background for future language study, and French as one of the most extensively spoken languages of the modern world, hold im- portant places in the curriculum. The extensive heritage of English from both these languages makes them indispensable in the acquisition of a large English vocabulary. We must not fail to mention, in addi- tion to these more mechanical aspects, the rich stores of literary master- pieces in Latin and French, and the appreciation developed from this literary study. The language clubs are important for their social value, giving opportunities for student participation in organization and program planning. Above all, they give the students of languages opportunity to become well acquainted as friends, and to enjoy their language. Helen Crawford, A. B.