Plymouth High School - Pilgrim Yearbook (Plymouth, MA)

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SUCIHL STUDIES Social Studies include a wide range of subjects at PHS. World History probes the ages from Stone to Atomic. American His- tory traces in detail the progress made in North America from 1492 to the present. In Global Geography pupils learn the construction of the earth iself and the forces and effects of its elements. Problems of Democracy spotlights the social, poli- tical, and economical aspects of modern-day United States. LEARNING HOW THE U. S. WAS BORN AND HOW IT GREW Q .. lil

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The Science Department of PHS offers an array of courses from biology to physics. In biology, life and its functions are studied: chemistry reveals the composition and trans- formation of substanceg and physics is the study of matter and motion. Physical sci- ence, a new course, is a composite of every major phase of science. No matter what a pupil's scientific likes and needs are, he can satisfy them at PHS. A CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENT .Nh eff fs courses from basic to advanced l 7

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LHHGUHGES Since language is the medium of com- munication throughout the world, it is an important subject at PHS. Both the Eng- lish and the foreign language courses en- deavor to build not only an understanding -Ns, of literature, grammar, and vocabulary, but also a fluent tongue, that we may be N able to express ourselves clearly. Q, PARLEZ-VOUS FRANCAIS ? IN LATIN, THE DAYS OF' CAESAR ARE RECALLED OUR OWN LANGUAGE IS NOT FORGOTTEN Q ml