Ritenour High School - Melaureus Yearbook (Overland, MO)

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5 MELAUREUS FACULTY Albers Schell Srnilh Craiq McCallisfer l-lechl' Schmid HERBERT l-l. ALBERS, B. S. lEd.l Cenfral Missouri Shale Teachers College: Mafhemalics, Science. ELIZABETH LOUISE SCI-TALL, A. B. Washinglon Universify: English. FRIEDA M. SMITH, B. S. lEd.l Soulheasfern Missouri Sfafe Teachers College Universily of Kansas: French, English, Music. JAMES T. CRAIG, B. S. lEd.l Norlheasl Missouri Slale Teachers College: Social Science. EDITH McCALLISTER Secrelary 'ro Superinlendenl. EDlTl-l l'lECl-lT Secrelary lo Principal. J. l.. SCI-lMlD School Nurse. I8

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FACULTY HOWARD G. MUNDT, B. E. La Crosse Slale Teachers College: Physical Educalion. GERTRUDE E. MlLLlKEN, B. S. lEd.l Cenlral Missouri Slale Teachers College: Home Economics. Cl-lARLES W. ROBINSON, P. B.: B. S. lEd.l Cenlral Missouri Slale Teachers College, Universily of Missouri: Science. GLADYS M. EDWARDS, B. S. lEd.l ETTA A. LOWRY, B. S. lEd.l Norlheasl Missouri Slale Norlheasl Missouri Slale Teachers College: Teachers College: English, Malhemaiics. Commercial Subiecfs. MARION BERNARD, B. S. lEd.l Universily of Illinois, Physical Educalion, Coach. BELLE T. PARDUE, Ph. BJ A. M. Universily of Chicago, Columbia Universilyg Social Science. RUTH A. LEEPER, A, B. Washinglon Universilyq Spanish, Social Science. Mundf Milliken Robinson Edwards Lowry Bernard Perdue Leeper I 7 9

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CURRICULUM ENGLISH An ideal giTT To a high school sTudenT would be a compleTe and subTle masTery over The English language. This would be oT inesTimabIe value To him since iT would enable him correcTly To inTerpreT The word oT The prinTed page and aclequaTely To express his own ThoughTs: This would prepare him Tor his place in adulT liTe Trom boTh The economic and The social sTandpoinT. This masTery should be The goal oT our English curriculum, and can be aTTained only Through persisTenT drill and arduous labor. A knowledge oT grammar is essenTial and gives The sTudenT The abiliTy To concenTraTe upon The ideas To be expressed raTher Than upon The Torm of The ex- pression. As a single obiecTive The sTudy OT grammar mighT noT be iusTiTied, buT as a Tool oT expression, iT is indispensable. A knowledge OT Tools is oT liTTle value wiTh- ouT Training in Their use. Oral and wriTTen composiTion is oTTered in high school To Turnish an opporTuniTy Tor This Training. While The need Tor oral composiTion is doubTless more obvious, wriTTen composiTion is also necessary, Tor, as Bacon says, wriTing makeTh an exacT man . ImporTanT as TuncTional English is, iT musT noT dis- place The culTural side oT The subiecT. UnTil one has meT The greaT characTers in liTeraTure and shared Their ideals, emoTions, and aspiraTions, he has noT reached a high culTural level. SOCIAL STUDIES The social sTudies bring The pupil inTo conTacT wiTh The insisTenT problems of Today-The social, economic, and poliTical problems. ParTicipaTion by sTudenTs in ciTizenship acTiviTies develops The habiT oT Taking parT in civic aTTairs. CurrenT evenT sTudy keeps him in Touch wiTh world aTTairs and encourages The habiT oT reading and Thinking abouT imporTanT quesTions and The abiIiTy To Take parT in inTelligenT discussion oT These. By invesTigaTing and sTudying The condiTions and modes oT living oT oTher people, The sTudenT is enabled To under- sTand and sympaThize wiTh The misTorTunes and diTTiculTies oT his neighbors. The impor- TanT economic guesTions of Tomorrow can be seTTled noT by poliTical opinion and privaTe inTeresTs, buT by economic principles. A Thorough knowledge and undersTanding oT economic laws and principles will be a greaT help To The ciTizens of Tomorrow. HISTORY Since The governmenT proTecTs and aids us in many ways, conTrols our conducT, and regulaTes our business and indusTry,h iT ish oT viTal imlpory- Tance TaT Te presenT ig - - school sTudenT undersTand The X science oT governmenT. Upon his shoulders The responsibiliTy Tor The characTer oT govern- menT musT soon resT, and he musT be prepared. I'Iis duTy will be To revise our presenT sys- Tem oT governmenT unTil iT coin- cides wiTh The sweeping changes coming inTo our eco- nomic sysTem. To accomplish This wisely, he musT be well in- Tormed concerning hisTory and The sound pracTices and Theo- ries oT governmenT. T I Q