Kellogg High School - Kelloggian Yearbook (Treadwell, NY)

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ELEMENTARY DEPARTMENT T W e n t y - n i n e

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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

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Elementary Department HE FIRST GRADE is housed in the Community House, which provides most homelike quarters for the children, with individual cots where the children spend an hour in rest daily. This is an advantage because the pupils cannot go home early but must remain in school until the busses carry the older pupils home, too. Unique projects in arithmetic, English and civics have been carried out in this grade. In arithmetic the grade measured and sawed the material to construct a low picket fence along the walks in order to keep the grass from being worn away. A puppet show, Three Billy Goats Grufff' in English was a part of the work accomplished by the group. Cleaning their own play- ground ancl planting flowers for the walks of the Community House furnished practical problems in civics. The second and third grades have learned self-expression through paint- ing, drawing and construction of buildings and other more simple objects. A model home was built to illustrate Washington's residence at Mt. Vernon, since this year is the Washington bicentennial. The fourth and fifth grades have completed several puppet shows, among which were one of King Arthur and one of religion. They have also made relief maps of North America, New York State and Australia. The children have been fortunate in having a large amount of visual instruction in geog- raphy. The sixth, seventh and eighth grades are organized as a part of the junior-senior high school. Pupils from all the grade music classes participated in an operetta, The Land of Dreams Come True,', early in the spring. These classes also pre- sented the annual Children's Day program at the church. Thirty