Paris District High School - Yearbook (Paris, Ontario Canada)

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2 PARIS HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BGOK Jfuretnurh This year, my message will be addressed primarily to the younger stu- dents and their parents and to those interested in the new course of studies. This new course was introduced in Grade IX last September. For fif- teen years, a choice of subjects was allowed pupils upon their entrance to high school. Experience has shown that very many students were not then in a position to make a suitable selection. It seems to me that a very large proportion of the failures under our former system was the result of this inability to choose subjects suitable to the abilities and aptitudes of the scholars. Since all the students will not attend the same length of time and all cannot profit most from the same course of study, our educational authori- ties must provide instruction in as many useful branches of learning as pos- sible and help the students select the subjects that will be most valuable to them after leaving school. Besides, they must so arrange the content of each subject that the students will have knowledge and training of definite value when they leave school before the completion of their course. All the students now take the regular Grade IX course in the Hrst year. During this year, the students and their parents must decide upon the most suitable choice for the coming years. It is probable that in Paris High School there will be three main courses commencing in the second year: I. The academic for those who will enter the professions, II the commercial for those who will seek business positions, III a general course, without La- tin, for those who do not Wish a specialized training. Thus, in the second year, there will be compulsory and optional sub- jects. Time will not permit a student to take all these subjects. In many cases, the pupils and their parents will be able to make the choice without any advice. But there will be a few who may wish further information and guidance. Such students and their parents are cordially invited to consult the principal next May or June. Our young people will not be able to profit most fully from this new course unless there is the fullest co-operation between the parents and the principal. It is my earnest wish that each parent will consider thisla per- sonal invitation to consult with me concerning any educational problem. C. WARD BUTCHER.

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4'..JfA' IL 777 -737, V, 'nv-, I ,4 I ,Mr 'W , -9, zr'uva-.1 THE STAFF Kolb 0 17 Top Dorothy B. Rue. B.A. Helen E. Taber, B.Com Florence E. Rodman, B.A Centre C. Ward Butcher, B.A., QP1'incipal3 Florence M. Flanagan, B.A. Margaret T. Cowan, B.A. Bottom Donald A. Smith, B.A. Peter T, Bernhurdt, B.A. Edward R. Barrett