Severn School - Yearbook (Severna Park, MD)

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CURRICULUM FIRST YEAR Periods Units for Required per Week Graduation English A ......................... . . 94 Arithmetic Qhalf yearj ..... . . . 54 Algebra A-1 ............ . . 1 Civics Chalf yearj ...... .............. . . . 54 Latin 1 and 2 ....... ................ . 1 Szconn Yun English A continued ..................... 94 Algebra A-2 .......... ............. . . 1 History A ......... 1 Latin 3 ............... 1 French 1 or Spanish 1 .... Elec' two or thru 1 General Science .......... 1 THIRD Yau. English B ........... ............... . . . 94 Plane Geometry C ..... ........... . . 1 History A or B ..... .... . 1 French 2 or Spanish 2 .... . . . 1 German 1 ............ . . . Elect three 1 Physis ............. . . . 1 Engineering Drawing .......... 54 Fouxrru Yum English B continued ....................... 94 Solid Geometry D Chalf yearj ..... . . 54 Review of Algebra Chalf yearj ....... . . o Plane Trigonometry F Chalf yearj M History G ...... ............. 1 Chemistry ............. . Elect four 1 French 3 or Spanish 3 .... 1 German 2 ............... 1 Engineering Drawing ........ . . 54 ADVANCED Counsr Add. Units English ................................. 1 College Algebra ...................... . . M Analytic Geometry, First Term ..... . . 54 Calculus, Second Term .......... . . 34 Mechanics, Second Term .......... . . 34 17

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frequent laboratory experiments performed both by the instructor and by the students. The course is intended to be preparatory particularly for the course in physics, hence greater emphasis is laid upon the elementary principles of physics than is usual in a general science course. Text-book 1 Gruenberg-Unzicker, Science in Our Lives. Cmzmxsrnv. A comprehensive course covering the phenomena of general chemistry. Special attention will be given to the solution of numerical problems. Two hours of laboratory and four hours of classroom work each week. Text-book: McPherson and Henderson's Elementary Study of Chemistry. PHYSICS. The prescribed college preparatory course is given. A mini- mum of thirty laboratory experiments is required. Text-book: Millikan, Gale and Coyle. MECHANICS. This course lays considerable stress on problem work requiring that the boy combine his reasoning powers with a thorough knowledge of the subject, instead of mere blind sub- stitution in a formula. The principal topics dealt with are uni- form and accelerated motion Choth linear and angularj, torque, simple structures, energy and momentum, harmonic motion, elasticity, liquids at rest and in motion, and the mechanics of gases. ENGINEERING DRAWING AND Dascmvrlvn Gsomrrnr. Use of draw- ing instruments, lettering and dimensioning, geometric con- struction, orthographic projections, isometric projections, conic sections, intersecting surfaces, development of surface. Text- book: French, Engineering Drawing. Foreign Languages LATIN. Students in the first and second years are urged, but not re- quired, to include Latin in their schedule. Third and fourth year Latin are offered only when a suihcient number to forrn a class de- sire to continue the study ofthe language. FRENCH. Three years of French are offered. Text: Fraser and Squair's French Grammar, and selected readings. SPAN1sr-1. Three years of Spanish are offered. Texts: Elements of Spanish, Leavitt and Stoudemire, Spanish Grammar Review, Galland and Brenes-Mesen, Selected Readings. Ginuvum. Two years of German are offered. Text: Whitney and Strobe's Easy German Composition, and selected readings. 16

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CERTIFICATES Severn School is accredited by the Department of Education of the State of Maryland, and by the United States Naval Academy and the United States Military Academy. The School issues certificates of graduation to students who satis- factorily complete the college preparatory course. Special certificates for admission to college or to the Service acad- emies are issued to qualified students. Before such certificates will be issued the student must have given evidence that he is thoroughly equipped to pursue successfully the course he has in mind. A bad con- duct record, a tendency to do as little as possible and just squeeze through, or general inaptitude for the course in mind will be con- sidered suilicient cause for withholding a certificate. DISTRIBUTION OF SEVERN GRADUATES The student body at Severn is drawn from all sections of the country, and the graduates enter institutions in widely distributed areas. Among the institutions entered by students from Sevem are the Naval Academy, West Point, Coast Guard Academy, Dartmouth, Cornell, Brown, Amherst, Williams, Wesleyan, Rensselaer Poly- technic, Nlassachusetts Institute of Technology, Tufts, Yale, Prince- ton, Lehigh, Lafayette, Pennsylvania State, University of Pennsyl- vania, Iohns Hopkins, University of Maryland, St. Johns, Univer- sity of Virginia, University of North Carolina, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Arkansas, Stanford and California Institute of Technology. 18