Linden Hall School - Leaves Yearbook (Lititz, PA)

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LINDEN HALL Laundry The School maintains its own laundry in a separate building. It is equipped with modern appliances electrically operated. The excellent quality-of work done is frequently commented upon by patrons. Departments and Courses of Study The School is organized into four general departments-the Primary, the Intermediate, the Academic, and the Graduateg the latter offering attractive courses to high school graduates. It has, in addition, the following special departments: the Departments of Music, Art, Elocution, Home Economics, and the Secretarial De' partment. It is possible, therefore, for a student at Linden Hall not only to acquire a wellfbalanced secondary education, but also to pursue an advanced course, and to specialize along certain lines. The Primary Department The course in this department is designed to meet the needs of the first four years of a girl's school life. It is coming to be recognized that these years of school life are in some respects the most important of all, since they serve to estab' lish mental habits that will either prove a great help or an equal hindrance. Therefore, the most skilled teachers are sought for this department, and the wisest and most effective methods are employed. The course includes the usual branches: Reading, Spelling, Writing, Dictation, Elementary Grammar and Composition, His' tory, Arithmetic, Nature Study, Geography, Drawing, Sewing, and General Information. The Intermediate Department The course of studies arranged for this department corresponds, in general, with the work done in the grammar grades of the public school. Four years are usually required to complete satisfactorily fP:ge Twenty-tbreej

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LINDEN HALL the demands that can be made upon it by the needs of the students. A separate alcove containing works of reference is of great help to those who wish to gather material for essays or to supplement their textfbook information. The magazine rack and reading tables are supplied with all that is best in the magazine world. The library has been catalogued according to a standard sys- tem, thereby increasing its eifectiveness. A librarian is in charge. In honor of a teacher who gave more than fifty years of effecf tive service to the school, the library is known as the Emily Tietze Memorial Library. The library is open at all times, when students are free to use it. Thirty Acres for Recreation Probably no feature of Linden Hall is appreciated and enjoyed more by its students than its beautiful and secluded campus, thirty acres' extent. Stately ancient trees, shaded walks and sheltered seats are attractive features of the older portion of the campus. Here also is to be found the delightful Stone Terrace, overarchedby great elms, from which one may view the shaded square below. And here, too, is the beautifully landscaped sunken garden, with its fountain and its pool wherein goldhsh disport themselves, and its multicolored stepping stones that lead from one delight of color and of beauty represented by shrubs, trees, and flowers, to another. Here also the Pergola, festooned with roses and wisteria, offers its sheltered retreat. A bit further on a rustic bridge beckons and affords access to other beauties to be discovered and enjoyed beyond. , Over yonder a stucco bridge of beautiful design leads into the newer portion of the campus with its wide open spaces. Before us stretches a path that leads between shrubbery and trees to the artis- tic pavilion which crowns yonder hilltop, a spot where cool breezes invite to rest while the eyes drink in the beauties round about. It is impossible for a girl to spend her school days amid such surroundings of natural beauty without imbibing an abiding love for that which is beautiful in nature. The beautiful campus lures the Linden Hall girl into the- open where sunshine and nature bestow upon her the gift of health. lfPage Twenty-twoj I

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, LINDEN HALL the work outlined. Every eifort is made to give the students in this department a thorough gras of the subjects taught. The success of the stu ent in the next department will depend in large measure upon the thoroughness of the work done at this stage. In arranging this course the standards of the Department of Public Instruction of Pennsylvania were given full weight. To enter this department a pupil must have had the full equiva' lent of the course offered in the Primary Department. Course of Study Hours Englirb-Language and Grammarg Essentials of English, Pearson and Kirchwey - 4 Composition ------- 1 'Readingz Riverside Reader, Fourth, Fifth Booksg Adventures in Literature, Ross, Seventh and Eighth Grades, Standard Authors - - 3 Elocution ----- - 1 Spelling and Dictationg Pearson and Suzzallo - - - 5 Wridng: Medial Wridngg Books Four to Eight - 1 Drawing ------ - 1 Arithmetic--Essentials of Arithmetic, Wentworth and Smith - 5 Geography-Atwood's New Geography, Book I and II - - - 3 Hirtory-United States: Tapparfs Story of Our Country, Montgomery's Leading Facts of United States Historyg Stories of Greece and Rome, Tappan - 5 Nature Study Uirst yearj ----- - 2 Physiology fsecond and third yearj-Overton's Intermediate - 2 Singing ----- - 1 Pbyximl Culture ------ - 2 'The class reading is supplemented by the reading of books outside of the class. The list of books offered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education is used as a guide. I The Academic Department Four courses of study are offered in this department: a College Preparatory Course, a General Course, a Home Economics Course, and a Music Course. Upon the satisfactory completion of either of these courses a diploma is awarded. For admission to this department it is necessary that the student shall have had the equivalent of the course offered in the Intermedif fPage Twenty-fourj