Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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FQURSES FOR CGLLFGE PREPARATORY In preparalng for further LLlLlL'1IlOI1, '1 student Nhould try to major ID a eertaxn fleld that wlll enable hmm to LOIIIIIILJS ID the Name fleld rn eollege no de ll1ll'L fl ld IN decldet upon, '1 general llheral 'ITYN eourwe may he taken that wxll make way for expflnxxon ID later tollege work Most colleges have Lertaln entrance requlrements that must be met In general, the requxrements are three or four umts of Enghxh, three UNITS of math or NOCl3l Ntuches, two unltk of SCICDCC and two UUIYN of '1 forelgn language SPANISH PHY 51C 5 ADVAYQED MATH X n J J 1 , ' A 1 - - 2 - V c 4 . . . , Q , .X . 3 X . 4 . . 1 f f 'fH.1f f -'e . ' 1 4 fx .K ' n ' 4 1 1' 1, .' ' . . c . . . V' . . 5 .N ,Q f 1 z .

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REQUIRED COURSES ENGLISH Four years of Englxsh are gnven but only three umts are requnred for graduatlon A semester course ID Speech IS also glVCD durlng the Sophomore year SOCIAL STUDIES Two UDIIS of soclal studles are requlred Amencan Hlstory bemg requxred for all Senlors Erther Contemporary Problems or World I-Ilstory may be taken to fulflll the second umt SCIENCE All Freshmen must take General Sclence and one tther un1t of SCICDCC for graduatlon Blology Chemlstry and Physlcs are also offered MATHEMATICS Algebra I Practlcal Math Geometry I and Advanced Math are the mathematlcal coursea offered A student must take two of these courses to graduate ELECTIVE COURSES FRESHMEN General Busmess Agnculture I Home Econom1cs I Industrlal Arts I and Spamsh I SOPHOMORES Brology Wtvrld Hxstory Bookkeepmg Agrlculture I or II Home Economics I or II Industnal Arts I or II and Spanlbh I or II IUNIORS Blology Chemlstry Problems Typnng I and Short hand I Agnculture II or III Home Economics II or III Industrlal Arts II or III and Spamsh I or II SENIGRS Phyblcs Chemrstry Typing I and Shorthand I Off1ce Practlce Agrrculture III or IV I-Iome Econom1cs III Industrial Arts II or III and D1vers1f1ed Occupatlons . . . . , ' 5 N , , . , . . . 7 Y 7 . . . t., , . , . . , . - 3 i D Y ' 1 L ' 7 , . .Q . , 3 ' ! 'Y 7 9 ' , . . , . Y x ! ! Y Y 7 . I , .

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AGRICULTURE ,,?.....r--H Cur agrrculture department offers a great deal of practlcal tralnmg for those boys who mtend to farm There are three courses offered each one belng a combrnatxon of shop and anlmal scrence The begxnnlng courses cover the basrc fundamentals and PFIDCIPICS, whrle the advanced courses deal wlth more drfflcult management problems The agrrculture shop was moved th1s year to the room DYCVIOUQIY occupled by the mdustrlal arts department, thus allowrng more space for power machlnery and larger projects Some new equlpment was also purchased for the shop lncludlng a grxncler a drlll prcss a hand saw, a radical saw, and numerous hand tools , , L Q . 4, O ,hw fri' . Q, .. . . V . , C I Lo A ei T . . I . . N Y i . K , .., c