Pittsburg High School - Purple and White Yearbook (Pittsburg, KS)

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Facts Concerning Pittsburg High School .-49?-Q-o Pittsburg High School was founded in' 1884, and the first class graduated in 1888. The school has had several homes since its founding. The first building was located on the northwest corner of Tenth and Broadway, but as time went by, and the city grew, it was found necessary to erect a larger building. The building which was then erected is now used as Central School. In 1903 the present Junior High School building was built to house the ever-increasing student body. The present building, which is located between Twelfth and Fourteenth on the east side of Broadway, was completed in 1921 at a cost of S460,000.00. The total enrollment of the high school is 888. There are 400 boys and 488 girls. The enroll- ment by classes is as follows: Seniors, 1345 Juniors, 1743 Sophomores, 2405 Freshmen, 340. The faculty numbers thirty-two. This makes the average number of students to each class 27.7. There are three courses of study in the High School, the Classical. the General, and the Com- mercial. A course in Manual Arts is being con- templated. The requirements for graduation in the Class- ical course are three units of English, two of Mathematics, three of languages, one of Ameri- can history, and one of some laboratory science. The student who graduates from the General course must have three units of English, two of Mathematics, one of American history, and one of some laboratory science. The General course is practically the same as the Classical with the exception of the language requirement. How- ever, many students enrolled in the General course take some language as an elective. The Commercial student, in order to graduate with flying colors, must have three units of Eng- lish, one and one-half units of mathematics, one unit of vocational civics, one-half unit of com- mercial geogrraphy, one unit of bookkeeping, two units of stenography, two of typewriting, PAGE IIGHTEEN one-half unit of economics and one-half unit of commercial law. Truly the life of a Commer- cial student is filled with complexities. The total number of units required for gradu- ation is 16. A half unit is known as a credit. In other words, one must have 32 credits. A recent innovation pertaining to the acade- mics is the major and minor plan. Three units of one general subject constitute a major. Two units of one general subject make a minor. One must have at least two majors and two minors. Another innovation in the system of grading is the giving of additional credit for better work. Up to the present school year the student who barely got by on a D grade, received as much credit as the conscientious A studentg under the present system of grading, which was inaugu- rated last fall, the A grade entitles one to 1.2 credits, the B is worth 1.1 credits. the C, which is average, annexes 1 credit, and the cov- eted D brings to its recipient only .8 of a credit. This system has been instantaneous in its success, as there is a real reward in store for the enterprizing student who does excellent work. However, in order that the student should not neglect the requirements, only two credits can be gained in this way. Another way in which fractions of credits may be earned is through club work. The average club credit is .11 for each semester. Physical Education for both boys and girls is required for all four years. One-fourth credit is given for each semester's work. Pittsburg High School is an accredited high school and a member of the North Central As- sociation of Colleges and Secondary Schools. By fulfilling the requirements of this association, P. H. S. graduates of the classical, or college preparatory course, are admitted without exam- ination to practically all colleges and universi- ties in the United States.

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