Kellogg High School - Kelloggian Yearbook (Treadwell, NY)

Page 29 text:

High School Curriculum Commercial Courses A more complete course in commercial subjects has been offered this year, including economic geography, elementary business training, commercial law, business English and typing. The business training class has made visits to the Otsego Laundry and Oneonta Ford Sales Company to observe actual business practices. English The regular courses of high school English have been offered. Emphasis has been placed in hrst year on appreciation and interpretation of poetry with each pupil making his own collection of poems, in second year on grammarg in third year on vocational guidance and dramaticsg and in fourth year on debate, creative writing and original speech making. In addition a course of journalism, giving a half unit of credit to those satisfactorily completing the course, has been offered to juniors and seniors. Members of the class have served as editorial staff of this number of the Kelloggian. History Courses in American history, ancient history and civics were offered here during the past year. A special review class in modern European history also was conducted during the last ten weeks for those students who were eligible to enter it. Large registration prevails in this branch of the social studies in the school. Homemalting Homemaking is taught at the Community House in three classes, A, B and C. This building provides suitable rooms and equipment for the instruc- tion of the classes. Trips to the XVeatherly Cheese Factory of Milford, the Kayser Silk Mill of Walton, the Pioneer Restaurant of Oneonta and the Nelson Home in West Meredith have been made by the classes. The members of the first year class also served several luncheons to faculty members as a part of their practice work. Languages French one, two and three are offered here. In these three classes a French Club has been organized to arouse a greater interest and enjoyment in the study of the language. These classes have also presented several French plays at assemblies of Student Association. Twenty-seven

Page 28 text:

UNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL T w e n t y - s i x

Page 30 text:

Activities in the Latin one, two and three classes, other than the regular work, have been two plays and a banquet given in true Roman fashion with an actual roast pig as the chief dish and an altar with, sacrifices of food and libations to the immortal gods of the Romans. Spelling bees have been featured in the Latin one class, races in conjugation and acting out conversa- tions, in the Latin two classg and a debate in Ciceronian style, in Latin three class. Mathematics There were five classes in mathematics open to students this year, includ- ing elementary algebra, intermediate algebra, advanced algebra, plane geom- etry and trigonometry. This number of courses allows a student to select mathematics as one of his major subjects, if he cares to. Physical Training The physical training classes for boysand girls were conducted during the last of the year. The classes were held in the gymnasium during the colder season, but later when the weather permitted, they were in session on the Kellogg athletic field. In this part of the curriculum the boys are taught to play volleyball and indoor baseball. The girls participate in the same kinds of games as the boys. The classes are furnished with all equipment necessary for this work. S c i e n c e Three branches of science have been open to students of the school this year, physics, physical geography and biology. The physical geography group has taken field trips to secure a better idea of the natural functions of the' soil and to observe other features taken up in the year's course. Twenty-eight