Pella Christian High School - Memories Yearbook (Pella, IA)

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6?- MISS VIOLA HUGEN A B Calvxn College Central College Umverslty of Mlchlgan Engl1sh J ournal1sm The alms of the Englxsh Department are several By a study of the best that has been thought and sald 1n the world we try to develop an apprecxatlon for good llterature by 1llustrat1ng prmclples whlch wxll serve to gu1de the students long after school days are over The study of lxterature also gxves msxght mto the cultural trad1t1on of our own and of European cxv1l1zat1on Then too by learnmg how to read and mterpret the prxnted page the students become ac quamted wlth var1ous ldeas whlch have been put forth by lmportant thmkers on xmportant subjects We try to tram the students how to appralse these from the perspectlve of Chrxstlamty whlch of these xdeas we can accept whxch we must reject or whlch we must transform before they can become val1d as prlnclples for Chr1st1an thmkmg and Chrxstxan 11Vlng 13

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Amerzcan H :story the glor1es that were of Greece and Rome would be superfluous to the study of Amerlcan H1story How ever th1s year our class dld begm at th1s pomt We studled how these classxcal cultures were transplanted 1nto Amer1ca Followmg m rapld success on the other events Wh1Ch make Amerlcan H1story an ever 1lVlI'lg subject were stud1ed One day rn every week was devoted to the study of Current Events For th1s reason each of the 26 mem bers of the class recelved a weekly copy of the student news publ1cat1on The Amerlcan Observer The con tent of th1s exght page newspaper often touched off lxvely dlscussxons lnvolvlng all of the students However now lt IS clearer to us that God the Creator IS the f1nal cause even rn the study of the hlstory of our great country MR RICHARD BRUINOOGE A B Calv1n College Coach Socxal Sc1ence Speech Lat1n 12 At first thought it would seem that the study of d 1 I . ' i A

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In troductzon To M uszc Mus1c fundamentals glve the student the baslc elements of the language of musxc notat1on termm ology scales and chords Opportun1ty IS glven the stu dent to apply these fundamentals ln ear trammg and snght Slnglng Also 1ntegrated 1nto the course 1S a study 1n the appreclatlon of muslc wh1ch teaches stu dents what to llsten for m muslc Recordmgs of repre sentatlve works of the great composers are used 1n thls phase of the study nib. MR TED BYLAND Central College Muslc 14 ' 1man-et