Marissa High School - Yearbook (Marissa, IL)

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novel is studied in detail and Dicken's Tale of Two Cities is read in class. Fourth Year This year's work will be based on English and American Literature as presented by Halleck- Special study will be made of the classics required for college entrance, and a wide reading among the chief authors of each period is encouraged- The class selects an author and makes a note-book in which they place quotations from this author, and pictures as illustra- tions of the poems. Lowell notebooks were made last year-

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ENGLISH The ability to use and fully understand the Englishlanguage is the prime requisite in the education of any American boy or girl. The aim of a high school course in English should be to build upon the pupil's training in reading, writing- spelling, composition and grammar, which he has received in the grades, a course in composition- rhetoric and literature- A thorough review in grammar will be taken in the first year's work. First Year , During the first semester two days of each week Will be spent in the study of Buehler's Modern Grammar, the greater part of the time being spent on syntax Scott and Denney's Elementary Composition will be studied three days each week during the entire year. In the second semester the study of classics will be taken up with careful perusal and discussion of these? also the authors' biographies- The following classics will be studied: The Ancient Mariner, Sohrab and Rustum, Merchant of Venice, Irving's Sl-etch Book and Selections From Lincoln. The class will be required to read six books outside of the class and report on these. A list will be furnished by the teacher, any six of which may be chosen. Second Year The study of English Composition will be continued during the first semester of the second year Written and oral themes form a large part of the work- The following classics will be read in class: Julius Caesar, Ivanhoe, Pope's Iliad and David Copperfield. In connection with the study of the classics, special attention will be given to the intelligent reading and interpretation of the work. Oral and Written reproduction of the classics will be re- quired of each pupil- Third Year Composition and Rhetoric as presented in Brook's and Hubbard's text. Cal Review of grammatical principles- Cbl NVriting of themes- Ccl Forms of discourse, narration, description, exposition, argument During this year's work an oration must be written and de- livered, a theme of 8oo Words, written and read in class, and a debate outlined and given in class- Special study is given to model orations and essays- The

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DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF STUDY Department of Mathematics. The Work of this department has at least five very important aims in view: 1. To give an understanding of the processes and forms of expression in the several subjects. 2. To secure exactness and speed in the operation- 3 To train the pupi1's perception of features of prime im- portance, his ability to exercise individual judgement and reas- oning. and his power to select logical steps in a demonstration. 4. To show the value in each subject in its relation to prac- tical or business life. 5. To make the pupil a self-reliant factor in life. To accomplish these purposes, four divisions of mathema- tical science are used: Book-keeping, Algebra, Geometry and Arithmetic. Algebra The text in Algebra has not been chosen. For the completion of this work three semesters are given- As much as can be thoroughly mastered, is taken in the first year- The work is finished during the First semester ofthe third year! Geometry Second year, entire year- Text: Sanders Plane Geometry. The pupil is expected to have completed the work in mathematics offered during the first year before entering this class. During the first semester the first two books of the text are completed, and the text is finished during the second half of the year. In Geometry, the process of reasoning is emphasized. The demonstration is made not so much for the Q, E. D- as for exercise or imagination, individual thinking, for discipline in analysis, and formal statements of steps by which the conclusions are reached. If time permits and there is a demand a class in solid Geom- etry will be organized. This will be elective, but the workin Plane Geometry is required of all students for graduation- Physical Science Fourth year. Text: I-Ioadley's Elements of Physics- In order to enter this class the pupil must have completed ,,,,,