Medina High School - Mirror Yearbook (Medina, NY)

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BY DEPARTMENTS Mathematics LAURA G. KING, A.B., A.M. St. Lawrenceg Columbia Malhematies FRANCES H. DEL1sLE Oswego Normal 711 H. S. Matlzemaiicx A math :lass user lhe slide rule. Mathematics Seventh and eighth grade arithmetic prepares the pupil for the higher mathematical courses - elementary and intermediate algebra, plane and solid geometry, and trigonometry. Through these subjects are cultivated the habit of concentration and the ability to analyze situations. For students who have at least two units of mathematics and wish to learn the use of the slide rule, the Mathematics Club has been organized. Science The science department offers three courses-general science, physics, and chemistry. The first subject is a non- technical combination of a little of everything and is usually prescribed in the ninth year. To the student tak- ing physics or chemistry, learning comes not only from his texbook, but also from the experiments he per- forms with his own hands in a well- equipped laboratory. The chemistry :lair engagex in research. Science ERMIE M. BDARDMAN, B.S. Albany Teachers' College Genera! Srieneeg Biology JOHN A. MARTIN, B.S., A.M. Colgateg Columbia Plzysiesg Chemistry lu

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Foreign Languages T HE FACU LT Y A French III group readr lhe lale.r! La Vie. RU-mE,DELAND,A,B.,A.M Library HELEN L. GILLMEISTER, A.B., B.S. Cornellg Columbia Lihraryg Latin Foreign Languages As an aid to the intelligent compre- hension of the living world, French and Latin are indispensable. Interest in both tongues is maintained by the use of pictures, oral discussions, and carefully selected reading material. A Christmas booklet and a French talkie were sponsored by the French classes. Library The aims of the library are twofold: First, it strives by pictures, posters, magazine racks, and attractive dis- plays, to unfold to its clientele new avenues of life which would other- wise go undetectedg second, through the librarians' assistance and the aid of card files, the student learns how to find information for himself. Thus he experiences not only the delightful zest of reading good books, but his Allegheny, Middlebury French MARY LEVIS, A.B., A.M. St. Lawrence University Latin, Social Sludie: MARION Rovcls Genesee Normal Lihraryg English lol , initiative is also stimulated. The busier! place in lhe huilding-the School Library.

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Social Studies GRETA M. AMES, B.S. Syracuse University Social Sludieyg Dramatic: MARY LEVIS, A. St. Lawrence University Social Sfudierg Lalin B., A.M THE FACULTY Social Studies HE Senior High School Social Science Department offers courses in World history, ancient and modern, American history with civics, and economics. History repeats itself. Therein lies its value, for it is by the ruts which are passed that we better know the ruts which are yet to come. Therefore, we are learning, not from our own expe- riences but from those of others. History alone has the magic touch which effectively draws back the veil of the past. It alone can reveal a World long-forgotten, a world on whose treacherous surface people and nations struggled for a foothold. Mere spec- tators are we, viewing from afar a scene in Time's endless pageant. That scene is enacted before usg we are its critics. History! The Social Studies Department has bound itself to many aims. It seeks to regulate our future by a study of the past, to reap for us a profit on the lessons it has taught. It leads to culture and the fine pleasures which accompany it. International atti- tudes, necessary to the cause of peace, are developed among all nations. Our government is dissected, and the importance of each part is noted. There is encouraged in the student the ability to read current magazines, newspapers, and books with an understanding of their historical background. Current trends are interpreted, their probable results determined. Since it tends to remove prejudicial actions and false notions, it gives practice in the weighing, sorting, and judging of evidence. In short, it exposes the line points of each individual, making of him a better citizen. Instrumental in progressing toward this end is the wide use of oral topics, snapshots, maps, lectures, displays, debates, and discussions. The courses are made fasci- nating through novel Ways of prgsentation of material. In one history class, a Major Bowes type of program was given for an oral topic recitation. At still another time, the economics class drew safety posters and carried on a very interesting school election. The modern hixlory :lan .ftudiex world problemx. L. STEPHEN SUMMERS, A.B., A.M. Miltong Michigan Social Studie.: 121