Lorain High School - Scimitar Yearbook (Lorain, OH)

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English---Libmry Effective use of the English language and appreciation of its literature are the aims of English courses required of all students in our school. As means of attaining the for- mer aim there are special courses in creative Writing, jour- nalism, public speaking, and debatingg for the purpose of developing appreciation there are courses for the study of English and American literature. Teachers of English are Miss Hardy, Miss Schaefer, Miss Swick, Miss Carr, Miss Sergeant, Miss King, Miss Marvin, Miss Vorman, Miss Jameson, Miss Miller, Miss Monosmith, and Miss Ruf. One of the most frequented places in our school is the library where students find helpful advice and direction from our librarian, Miss Kananen. In addition to choos- ing, cataloguing, and charging books and directing pupils, she teaches groups from the English classes how to use the library. ' THE SCIMITAR 1931 LORAIN HIGH SCHOOL

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P. C. Bunn, Princzpczl Mr. Bunn has served Lorain High School ns principal dur- ing the most interesting seventeen years of its history. Less than Eve hundred were enrolled in the four upper grades in l914g now, there are almost three thousand. These years cover, moreover, ll period of striking experiments in teaching methods and curriculum making in secondary schools. ln .id- justing his school to these changes, Mr. Bunn has demon-v strated his progressiveness and eflieieney. Mr. Bunn holds degrees from The College of Xvooster, and Columbia Universities.

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THE SCIMITAR 1 93 1 The Foreign Languages Since nations overseas have become our neighbors through the development by leaps and bounds of improv- ed means of transportation, we have the desire to know more about them, and in no way can we get a better un- derstanding of them than through a study of their lan- guage and literature. In the foreign language department of our school two- year courses in modern German, French, and Spanish are offered and a four-year course in the classical Latin. No credit is given for less than two years of any foreign lan- guage, which is the minimum college entrance in most courses. German was reinstated to its place in our curriculum a few years ago and is attracting many students. It is taught by Miss Ahrens and Miss Merten. Classes in French are directed by Miss Hartley and Miss Carr, and those in Spanish by Miss Campbell, Miss Cummings, and Mr. Morrell. Miss Love, Miss Stone, and Miss Monosmith are the teachers of Latin. In addition to the study of the fundamentals and practice in speaking, reading, and writing in the class room, there is opportunity for additional work for the more ambitious and more interested students in the for- eign language clubs. These students participate in pro- grams of poems, stories, readings, playlets, and songs. LoRA1N HIGH scHooL Tw,