Ritenour High School - Melaureus Yearbook (Overland, MO)

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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

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MELAUREUS The sTudenTs picTureol in The Tollowing secTion are aT various milesTones on Their paTh Toward success. WheTher They reach The TourTh milesTone prepared Tor liTe's baTTles musT be deTermined by Them. WhaTever The decision is, The memory of These class organizaTions will spur Them onward Toward The TulTillmenT of Their am- biTions and ideals.