Northside High School - Bruin Yearbook (Fort Smith, AR)

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Education aids man to 'get with it' Education is the process by which, hopefully, a student becomes a well-rounded individual able to find his place in the world and F111 it well. In doing so, he is expected to work his way through a program of study designed to aid him in developing his abilities, with a teacher ry4y r ,. 555141, r ' 1135.1 ii co' to lead him . . . He observes that the principles of science can be applied to everyday life, to lighten his load . . . He is is? K ' , e e than machines . . He ilnds that physical fitness better enables him to t'cope . . And th1'0Ugh it H11

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depth of purpose In learning situations We believe that the public school is the most effective laboratory of democ- racy, and that its major aim should be to produce citizens who will preserve and strengthen our way of lifeg and that this objective can best be accomplished by citizens educated in appreciation of democratic values and institutions... Such is the challenge in the statement of Northside's Philosophy of Education as revised this year. Ninety courses in 10 different departments are offered on the main campus and at Peabody in the effort to teach students to learn about and live well in a world which itself has so much to offer. Curriculum planners today must bear in mind that the classroom should reflect a part of life itself if the school is to help each student prepare for the complex world of the future, says Ralph B. Riley, assistant superintendent and director of instruction. Northside's curriculum for '68-,69 includes a new course entitled Explora- tions in Humanities, designed to develop an appreciation, together with appro- priate information in the fields of art, music and architecture. Students are given a choice of three paths of study to choose from: college preparatory curriculum, academic curric- ulum or the general curriculum. Courses are provided so that each student may find meaning and purpose in his studies, according to R. Earl Farnsworth, principal. Dr. Louis Armstrong, nationally known consultant, once again addressed the Fort Smith teachers in November, this time directing his challenge, to the social studies department, emphasizing the right sort of motivation. Everyone has noted the astonishing sources of energy that seem available, he declared, to those individuals who enjoy what they are doing or who find meaning in what they dof' Counselors, teachers and even principals help each student find his place. R. Earl Famsworth at the scheduling board confers with Tom Halliburton, Sa.ra.h Wiggins and Jeanne Martin in planning their classes.

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introduced to the better things . 4 s,- w,,Awqn as he learns to relate to h in life eart, musiv and good literature - - - He discovers that man must be smarter is environment and recognize himself as social being, he discovers the great joy of communication.