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

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a slIde rule Advanced mathematIcs class SlUdIGd IntermedIate algebra logarrthms and trIgonometry and had a chance to do some actual surveyIng McGuffey offered two forelgn languages LatIn and French LatIn was usually taken durIng the fnrst two years of hugh school French IH the IunIor and semor years The fIrst year LatIn course covered most of the fundamentals of LatIn grammar wIth some readlng of slmple STOFISS The second year Included drIll In grammar and study of a longer PIECE of LatIn prose Caesars GollIc Wars Both French classes were occupned wIth learnIng the fundamentals of French grammar and acauIrIng fluency In readlng speakIng and wrItIng the language French l2 students read a novel lvlerlmees Colombo Both classes read French newspapers whIch they ordered from Montreal One busmess course two typIng courses and two shorthand courses were cffered at McGuffey General busIness class dlscussed the advantages and dusadvantages of IHVSSTIHQ In homes and heard a panel dIscussIon of socIalIzed medIcIne lt was Interestnng to note that almost all were agaunst It Travelmg A new method of teachlng shorthand was Introduced maktng It passtble to learn the fundamentals ID one semester Both classes worked on drIlls to buIld up speed and accuracy The shorthand I2 class tronscnbed on type wrIters and took dIctatIon at eIghty words per mInute The typIng classes were o CUpIGd wIth learnIng the fundamentals of the touch system and wIth buIldIng up speed and accuracy DUFIUQ the second semester they worked for the Gregg awards dIstrIouted each year for speed and accuracy ID typIng The typIng l2 class dld much clerIcal work for the faculty There were three art courses In McGuffey a seventh grade class an exghth grade class and the htgh school art class The seventh and elghth grade classes worked Wllh clay metal paper mache and leather They dtd Paul Hersey penned the lIbrary sIgnIn sheet whIle Charlene RIchey lrbrary student ass stant stamped a book for VlfIlllOfT'I Hooven Complzments of Douglas Marathon Statzon l2 - , and economic geography took their time during the second seemster. F . . . . . . N ,,' .vfaa A

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some outdoor sketchIna The senuor hsgh class drew both Insvde and outslde scenes worked IU clay metal oIls and abstract desugn as well as some photography and house plannIng Do you remember hearIng those strange sounds Issuung from the fourth floor every afternoon near the close of the furst semester? It was the students of the seventh and elghth grade musuc class practlclng theur fluteophones small wInd Instruments sImIlar to tIn whnstles Other prolects of the class Included maktng and playung of rhythm band Instruments and plannIng an operetta based on the fsrst fIfty years of the twentueth century The senIor hugh general muslc class studIed musucol luterature and ITS Importance In the world Students dld some undlvldual composang of songs rondos and munutes The voIce class studIed the fundamentals of smgmg Students made recordnngs of thelr voIces worked on a creatIve operetta and studIed recutal programs and how to arrange them To graduate from McGuffey each boy had to have at least one credtt In Industrnal arts The Industrnal arts department offered several classes wood metal mechanIcal drawmg and drIver educatIon Boys In the flrst two con structed the usual oblects whIIe the drawmg class planned a hugh school stadIum parkung lot and practlce fIeld Each gIrl was requested to have a credIt In erther home economIcs or home lIvIng In order to graduate These two classes were occupIed wIth the maknng and selectuon of clothlng wuth InterIor decoratlon chuld care and the plannIng and cookung of meals One physIcal educatIon credut was requlred of all McGuffey students The purpose of the course was to develop physIcal co ordlnatnon and skIll In varrous sports The boys SfUdIed the fundamentals of football soccer basketball softball and track The gIrls played hockey tennus volley ball badmlnton Semors DavId Branch and GoII Cullen duscussed class schedules Wlfh Mnsses Annabel Cathcart and Albertma Abrams class odvIsers McFarland Radzo Servzce and Mzller Funeral Home l4 U. 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 . z , I , , - 1 , . 1 1 - 1 1 1 - 1 1 ' 1 .. . 'i,, ,lf ' Af. 1