Ritenour High School - Melaureus Yearbook (Overland, MO)

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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

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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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MELAUREUS CURRICULUM MATHEMATICS ConTrary To popular opinion, maThemaTics is sTudied noT To acquire The Technical viewpoinT oT The subiecT, buT raTher To develop The maThemaTical abiliTy ThaT comes Trom such sTudy. lnTelligenT observaTion, one oT The men- Tal TraiTs indicaTive oT This abiliTy, leads To recogniTion oT order, mefhodical ar- rangemenT, and harmony. The Tour simple operaTions: addiTion, subTracTion, mulTi- plicaTion, and division, are considered The TransTorma- Tion principles, and Trom These is obTained The Tuncla- menTal basis Tor all maThe- maTical work. The mosT gen- erally recognized characTer- isTic oT maThemaTical power is The power oT reason. NOT considered in The above Tac- Tors are The beauTiTul designs and arTisTry goTTen Trom geomeTric designs which are combined in every parTicle oT maTTer in The universe. MANUAL TRAINING The day oT The cub apprenTice has passed, and, Tor The boy who wishes To be- come proTicienT in The Tield OT handskills, RiTenour oTTers a course in Manual ArTs. I-lere The Freshman boys gain an insighT inTo The possibiliTies and requiremenTs Tor a 'finished workmen. In Them There is developed skill in The use OT The common Tools, and an appreciaTion oT maTerials and workmanship. This occupaiional Training Tre- quenTly leads To an inTelligenT choice oT a liTe's occupaTion. Through The consTrucTion and repairing oT TurniTure Tor school and home, There is inculcaTed a sense oT responsi- biliTy and resourceTulness, and a pleasure in work well done. HOME ECONOMICS There is noThing beTTer Than making a home. ThaT is The purpose oT all courses in I-lome Economics, in which The choice and preparaTion OT Toocls occupies The be- ginner. Menus are careTully discussed and planned, Then served, while each girl is en- TerTained as a guesT, and many oT Them are privileged To be The hosTess some Time during The year. ln The advanced course The girls are TaughT The wise choice oT maTe- rials and cloThing wheTher home-made or ready-made, IT is noT expecTed ThaT each girl will become experT in The making oT garmenTs, buT ThaT she will increase her knowl- edge oT paTTerns, The sewing machine, and The TundamenTal principles oT making gar- menTs. She also learns To darn, To paTch, To Take care oT The imporTanT dress acces- sories, and To sTudy color, line, and sTyle in adapTion To her own uses. COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS In recenT years more consideraTion has been Taken Tor The sTudenT whose oppor- TuniTies Tor classroom insTrucTion musT TerminaTe wiTh graduaTion Trom high school. To prepare him and oTher sTudenTs Tor places in The business world, RiTenour oTTers a commercial course consisTing oT Two uniTs oT shorThand, one of TypewriTing, one oT commercial law and business ariThmeTic, one oT bookkeeping, and one oT oTTice prac- Tice. AbundanT opporTuniTy is given To puT inTo pracTical applicaTion The principles TaughT, and ToundaTions are laid Tor honesT, inTelligenT, and eTTicienT co-operaTion in The business world. 20