James Whitcomb Riley High School - Hoosier Poet Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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.nolisli lvmwarfmanf . . . Recognized as fundamental in every held of edu- cation, the English Department is not only arranged to adequately meet the three years required hy the state, hut to aiford as manv as ten elective courses in the twelfth grade. In its well balanced, complete curriculum, it tends to show the desirability of the knowledge of the principles of education, and goes as far as to give the student an understanding of these elements. The largest department in school. the faculty of the English Department instructs the students in every branch of high school English, speech. and literature. Their aims are to develop the power to think and to exprsss thought clearly, correctlv, and effectively, as well as to enahle the student to acquire standards as to what constitutes good literature. As a student's success or failure in all academic suhjects is determined largely hv his ahility to read the printed page, English is considered as the hasic suhject for all courses in our high schoal curriculum.

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It may be your misfortune never to have played an instrument or to carry a tune more than a bar or two, but you can never forget the Band, Orchestra, and Glee Club. The public appearances of these groups have been too numerous to mention, but it can be said that critics who know and understand music have ranked our instrumentalists and singers, as second to none in high school groups. Mention the Art Department and you imme- diately think of the rooms you hurried to for help on so many taslcs-and always received it. Both Miss Sanderson and Mr. West did their best to have you know and appreciate many of the beautiful things in life. Together these teachers have accom- plished much in their field of Fine Arts, and their- many classes in Junior High Art and Music, Com- mercial Art, Arts and Crafts, Interior Decoration, Costume Design, and Senior High Glee Club, Band, and Orchestra are among the most sought after im school.