Ridley Township High School - Archive Yearbook (Folsom, PA)

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.50 UI' and eonfidenee. A elose adherence to the correct meehanies of English is required in both oral and written work. In the foreign languages the students not only ref eeive hasie work in pronuneiation, voeahulary, and grammar, hut they also study the lives, the govern' ments. and the artistie. scientific, and cultural contrif hutions to civilization of the peoples of foreign lands. Through a study of the foreign peoples themselves Miss Stoner gives suggestion as B. Ulkoski, N. Robins, C. Viscidy, and E. Shriver read parts for an Assembly play. P. Guy, A. Vogel, Wells watch while R. Morrison puts a foreign language record on the linguaphone. .1 Cl LEARNED MAN as well as their languages, we develop a hetter knowlf edge of them and a eloser sympathy with their thoughts, feelings, and ideals. Through the literature of English and of German, French, Latin, and Spanish we see the hopes and aspirations of people in the past and present in all parts of the world, and the inost interesting experif ences of the worlds peoples as reeorded in their drama, poetry, and prose ean he ours for the reading. Mrs. Moore's English class looks on as Romberger, S. Busker, Grimes, R. Golec, D. Ledley diagram sentences. I.. Holmes and G. Reid lift the roof of a model Roman house to look into ancient home life.

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Language is one of the most v.tlu.rlrlf ,mtl nwsr used of our heritages. Education lx-gms will rlrc study of language, and the process Olllllllllls its long as we live. The study of all Subjects tlt-pt-mls up-in an understanding of language. Tlrtr lwttsr wt- can understand others, and the mort- cltxlrly wg crm express ourselves, the more truly om ut- lw gallcd educated In Ridley Township training in the usp gmtl umlsr- standing of language is part of every srutlsrrrk prof gram. English is taught throughout :lic six yt-.lrs of the junior and senior high school. zmtl. lwgmniug with the ninth grade, students may clqqr Latin. and in the tenth grade, French, German. or Srmmislr, From the xsliudy of English granmmr. wqalvulary, and composition students become lwrrcr, more inter' esting conversationalists, and they lcxirn tw express themselves more fully and accurately, By giving lm- lk reviews and English reports orally, the students acquire the ability dial before 21 ur-arp with arise flu-t Y' LANGUAGE - X915 CiII'l'l'l' J. Derinit reads to class from Dickens' Christmas Carol. J. Russo explains pronunciation chart to Spanish Il class. I. Henry gives oral book report in Miss Hoffman's English class L

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f 7 ' ' 'uf ff' ' 'L F z .' V 5 , i ',:.,'-.l .ff M, ,Q f,,5 : fj . ' r 1' , J 1 -xx ,R Xl E E ,r :fl F . .,,f' t ,. . ,, , . . By studying the past we develop standards for measuring. analyzing. and improving the present and for planning a better future. Through continuous work in the social .studies Ridley Township students become conscious of the parts they play in local, state. national and vvorld affairs, and they come to realize their responsibilities as citizens of each of these groups. One of the objecf tives of work in the social studies is to train the student for effective citizenship: another is to develop in him the abilities which are needed for the im' partial and effective investigation of social material and for the rendering of constructive judgments and decisions about social affairsg a third objective is to encourage the student to accumulate knowledge of the past in the light of which he may be better able R. Harvey, C. Kitchen, and W. Fitzgerald prepare farm products maps from a large illustration. to explain the present: the fourth objective is to develop cultural interests in the student. ln the junior High School the students follow courses in Geography, History. and Civics: and in Senior High School they continue work in social studies by taking American History, Wi,wrld History, and Problems of Democracy. An experimental class in Family Relationships has also been included in the program this year. The senior classes in Problems of Democracy are very interesting, for each student develops a research paper of his own. Thex groups enter essay contests, debates. forums, and dramatizations of significant movementsg they go on frequent educational trips and they plan certain assembly programs. This year the P. O. D. students participated in the Civic Forum C. Michener points out location of China to seventh grade geography class. D. Gillespie and J. Peacock study projects made by mem bers of seventh grade history class.