McGuffey Foundation High School - Reflector Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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Amerucan lnteroture vvuth some of the essentlals of grammar added Senior Engllsh which was the only course not requtred covered English lrterature with some grammar and composutuon Puprls studled Beowulf the Romantuc poets and the evolutuon of the novel Bestdes these courses there was also a remedtal Engltsh laboratory for those who were defrctent In the fundamentals of grammar or spellung Many tumors and sensors elected lournallsm Instead of Engltsh The purpose of thus course was to teach effecttve news reportnng and tntervtewtng The class publtshed the Mtrror the btweekly paper Snx sclence courses were offered tn McGuffey s curruculum three of general science In IUDIOF htgh and btology physics and chemtstry In sensor hugh The seventh grade classes studued astronomy cllmate health foods plants and animals The eughth graders and freshmen were concerned wnth the funda mentals of physical science such as the structure of matter work and energy electrrcvty lnght sound and commumcatton The freshmen also studred health and the human body and some aspects of consumer science such as advertrstng buyang and sellung In btology the student was taught the basic properties of a luvrng organnsm and the differences and slmnlaruttes of varlous forms of llfe The classes stuated Insects the manufacture of food In a plant and the structure and habrts of slmple animals Unnts ID foods health and eugentcs were also Included The eleventh grade sctence class studled the fundamentals of physucs rncludtng energy forms of matter molecular mechanucs heat electrucuty sound ltght and magnetism the chemustry class the chemucal behavtor of certam elements and compounds During the second semester they studled crganvc chemlstry Junior hugh mathematlcs continued the drllls In fundamentals learned In elementary school ID preparation for the more advanced work of semor hugh The seventh and slghth graders studted decimals per cent and stmple lntultlve geometry te that whuch dad not nnvolve formal proof The etghth grade also studied busuness mathematrcs and ratto The fundamentals of algebra nncludtng sample equattons were studied In the nlnth grade Plain geometry usually taken tn the tenth grade taught the students to thunk oblectlvely and to present hrs thoughts tn logncal form The class also studued the uses and operatron of Student eachers Januce Hlmes Norma Dent and Joseph Gam conferred wlth Dr H C Chrtstofferson acting dtrector of student teachnng about th If class as slgnments Best Wzshes rom Decker s Sohzo Statzon l l , . 1 1 ' I , , , . . , . , . 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 . , . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 ,,., . - 1 1 1 1 1 t 7 V I , 1 3 ' . f 3 . .