Momence High School - Monesse Yearbook (Momence, IL)

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JUNIOR YEAR BOOK, v A T 11 c d Study of the Clam. o a [ a j Field study, [b] External and internal structure. 7 T v ofo I- Study of the frog, [a] External and internal structure, er e r Pices. Book work on these forms. III. Mammalia. The rabbit is the example used. Dissection is made to show internal structure. Course 4. Botany. In this course a general survey of the plant kingdom is made; the work is introduced by a study of the structure and functions of the seed. After this a study of the plant groups from the lowest to the highest is made. The work is treated systemat¬ ically, and includes training in anatomy, structure, physiology, relation of plants to their environment, and classification. The text book studied is Bergen’s Elements of Botany, Revised Edition. Reference books are used for supplementary reading. Time, second semester of Junior year. OUTLINE OF COURSE IN BOTANY. I. The Seed. Anatomy; structure and development of the seed. II. Roots, (a) Root Structure, (b) Experiments on osmosis. III. Stems, (a) Study of different ty£ es of stems, (b) Cross section of monocotyled- onous stems. Example: Indian corn, (c) Cross section Dicotyledonous stems. Example: Aristolochia. IV. Buds. Study of types of buds and the arrangement of leaves in the bud. V. Leaves, (a) Shape and venation of leaves, (b) Transpiration, assimilation and photosynthesics. (c) Microscopic structure of leaves. Example: Oleander plant. VI. Study of flowers, (a) The structure of the flowers. Type flowers are carefully ex¬ amined. (b) Fertilization is discussed, (cj Classification of flowers, (d) The fruit. VII. Classification of the plant kingdom. II. Thallophytes. (a) Algae. Examples studied are Pleurococcus and Spirogyra. (b) Fungi. Toadstool is the example used. II. Bryophytes. Example, moss plant; III, Pteridophytes. Example, the fern plant. Courses 5 and 6. Physics —Two semester courses in Physics are required of all pupils in the Senior year. The method of instruction confines the laboratory and text book recitation plans, three forty-minute periods a week being given to recitations and discussions of prin¬ ciples learned from the text and in the laboratory; and two eighty-minute periods being de¬ voted to laboratory work. Our laboratory is well equipped and needed additions are made each year as funds will permit. The aim is to acquaint the student with the general laws which control the physical world and to develop in him such an attitude of mind that he will make these laws answer many valuable and interesting question which nature constant¬ ly puts to the intelligent mind. Course 5. Physics. Text, Hoadley’s Brief Course. This course will cover: Physical Forces and Units, Mechanics of Solids, Liquids and Gases and the General Principles of Sound. Three forty-minute recitation periods and two eighty-minute laboratory periods a week for eighteen weeks will be required. Many demonstrations will be performed by the teachers and numerous experiments will be worked out by pupils individually and in groups of two to four. The laboratory note books should include at least 20 quantative exercises for this course. Time: First Semester of Senior year. Course 6 . Physics. Same text. Subjects to be treated: Heat, Electricity and Mag¬ netism and Light. Recitation periods and laboratory periods same as for course 5. At least 25 quantitative experiments performed by pupils and accurate records of same made in laboratory note books. Time: Second Semester of Senior year.

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PHYSIOS LABORATORY.

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JUNIOR YEAR BOOK. System of Credits and “Rankings. Heretofore the unit of credit has been one-third of a year’s work. This was in accord¬ ance with the system of credits required for admission to the State University. There has been an effort among college and high school authorities to bring about some uniform sys¬ tem of credits. It has been very generally established now in the Mississippi Valley at least that the unit of credit shall be one year’s work in a single subject, the year consisting of not less than 36 weeks, and the number and length of recitation periods be not fewer than five forty minute recitation periods a week. In laboratory science there must be three forty-minute recitations and two eighty-minute laboratory periods a week. After the pres¬ ent school year one system of credits will be arranged to conform to the foregoing. Hereafter the rankings of pupils will be changed only once a year, i. e., at the close of the school year, and the pupils will be classed as Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors, the rank depending upon the number of credits earned and not upon the length of time pupils have been enrolled in the High School. Sixteen year-credits will be required for graduation, and the rankings will be as follows: Freshmen...Below 3 Credits. Sophomore.From 3 to 7 Credits. Juniors....From 7 to 11 Credits. Seniors. .From 11 to 16 Credits. Post Gradua tes . From 16-Credits. Pupils desiring to convert their Credits according to the old system into equivalents of the new, should divide the old Credits by 3. Credits offered by the Momence High School which receive College Entrance Credit:— English... 4. Mathematics.3. History. 3. Latin... . .4. German. 2. Science. .3. Commercial Geography.. Credits for which College Entrance Credit is not given: Spelling and Penmanship... Commercial Arithmetic. Eook-keeping.... 191 . 1 . i. 1 . Total 22 Fifteen year-credits are required for admission to all the leading colleges and universities of the Mississippi Valley.