Ritenour High School - Melaureus Yearbook (Overland, MO)

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CURRICULUM LATIN La.in is noT a dead language: iT has been molded inTo perTecTion and Thus re- mains. Since The principles oT English grammar are derived largely from The ancienT languages, The sTudy oT l.aTin will help To a clearer undersTanding oT grammar and will also aid in The correcT wriTing and speaking oT English. Since more Than halT oT all English words come Trom The LaTin, a knowledge oT l.aTin will increase an English vo- cabulary and give a beTTer undersTanding oT The accura e meanings oT English words. Hundreds oT LaTin words and phrases Today are Technical Terms in The learned proTes- sions oT science, law, medicine, and engineering. A sTudy of LaTin liTeraTure aTTords an appreciaTion oT The TrequenT reTerences To myThology and ancienT liTe. LaTin is more Than a language: iT is a culTure and an enTire civilizaTion. SPANISH Since Spanish is The oTTicial language oT CenTral and SouTh America, and since in These counTries much American capiTal has been invesTed in commercial proiecTs, iT is To our advanTage To lcnow The habiTs, ideals, and cusToms oT The inhabiTanTs oT These counTries. ln The Two courses of Spanish oTTered aT RiTenour, The opporTuniTy To learn of These counTries is given, and Through The inTimaTe picTures of liTeraTure an eTTorT is made To eTTace The popular misrepresenTaTion oT The Spanish people, and To give an apprecia.ion OT The beauTy oT This sonorous language. FRENCH Among The imporTanT obiecTives Tor sludying The French language is The crea- Tion oT an inTeresT in The arTisTic qualiTy and The hisTorical inTluence oT French liTera- Ture. The French, probably The mos: culTured people oT The world, have a liTeraTure which reTlecTs This culTure and Thus gives The sTudenT a lceener appreciaTion of The French people. PicTures and special reporTs concerning Tamous French buildings, insTiTuTions, and personages: The TranslaTion oT French newspapers: The exhibiTion oT French Trophies and relics by members oT The class: The correspondence wiTh sTudenTs in France: and The reading oT excerpTs Trom The old masTers combine To Turnish The sTudenT oT French wiTh an insighT on The pracTical value oT language sTudy. MUSIC RiTenour oTTers Two courses in Music: one, a uniT course covering The rudimenls oT music: The oTher, a halT-uniT course Tor band and orchesTra. ln The uniT course a Three- Told program is aTTempT- , ed: To awalcen an inTeresT in The musical world, To pro- vide generally a basic culTur- al background Tor The ap- preciaTion, hisTory, and Term- inology oT music, and To give To Those sTudenTs having a special inTeresT in The sub- iecT some specialized ins.ruc- Tion. ln The half-uniT course, class and individual insTruc- Tion concerning The purpose and handling of The various insTrumenTs is given. BoTh band and orchesTra have been organized and are a welcome addiTion To The cur- riculum. 21

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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

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MELAUREUS CURRICULUM PHYSICAL EDUCATION IvIenTal perTecTion is oT no maTerial use To a human being wiThouT physical per- TecTion. ln physical educaTion The high school sTudenT is Trained To build a sound, healThy body To co-ordinaTe wiTh a sound, healThy mind. Gym classes give Training in The graceTul conTrol over The body and insTil a sense oT well-being inTo The sTudenT. In healTh classes, rules oT physical hygiene are given To Teach The evil of bad hab- iTs and To show how careTul observance of healTh rules while young insures abundanT healTh in laTer years. SCIENCE The RiTenour curriculum oTTers a scienTiTic course consisTing of Tour disTincT uniis: General Science, Biology, Physics, and ChemisTry. Each of These courses provides a sTudenT wiTh much pracTical knowledge. The uniT oT general science includes ele- menTary work in mosT oT The special sciences, buT is especially valuable as a prepara- Tory course Tor biology, physics, or chemisTry. The biology sTudenis make an exTensive sTudy oT animal and planT IiTe. making many field Trips in order ThaT They may colIecT and mounT specimens. The physics course deals wiTh The sTudy oT physical reacTions and all Types oT energy. In chemisTry a sTudenT receives opporTuniTy To do much lab- oraTory work in connecTion wiTh The sTudy of chemical reacTions and The molecular composiTion of maTTer. Anyone Taking These courses will receive a greaT wealTh oT knowledge which will be oT inesTimable value in his la+er IiTe. REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION To graduaTe Trom RiTenour High School a sTudenT musT earn sixTeen uniTs oT crecliT. Included in These sixTeen crediTs are cerTain courses which everyone musT Take. These required subiecTs are: English, Three uniTs: social science, Three uniTs, in- cluding one oT American hisToryg science, one uniT oT biology or general science: maThemaTics, one uniT: physical educaTion, one uniT. The remaining seven uniTs are elecTive, and may be selecTed Trom any deparTmenT. IT has been decided ThaT The members oT The class oT '36 and all sub5eguenT classes will be required To have seven- Teen uniTs of crediT Tor graduaTion. 22