Sharon High School - Mirror Yearbook (Sharon, PA)

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i94 %r■f===%Uf yr%==r r%=r% English Department Probably there is nothing of which people know so much and yet so little as their own native tongue. The aim of high school English is to teach the pupil the art of communication and thoughtful reading ability in his own language. Each year builds upon the work of the preceding one in an effort to accomplish this purpose. In the eighth grade a thorough review of the fundamentals of English spelling and grammar attempts to remove glaring errors. A desire for good reading is fostered by the study of appropriate selections from a number of literary masterpieces. In the Freshman year the rules already learned are reviewed and applied. An intellectual interest in composition as a whole is aroused. A special effort is made to inculcate sentence sense, both oral and written. Such books as Ivanhoe”. “The Merchant of Venice’’, The Christmas Carol”, and The Sketch Book” are studied. The Sophomore year emphasizes written and oral composition as a study of distinct literary types. Classroom literature study includes Julius Caesar”. The Lady of the Lake”, Silas Marner”. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner , and Sir Roger dc Cov-erly papers. The Junior year directs its main efforts in composition to argumentation without a text. Composition, oral and written, becomes a study of the organic whole. The history and appreciation of American listerature are studied. Macbeth”. Idylls of the King”, Lincoln’s Speeches, and selections from modern writers are studied. The Senior year rounds out the course of high school English. All that the student has learned is reviewed and applied. The second semester he may continue the regular course, or elect creative or business English. English literature, including Hamlet”, Milton’s poems, and Burke’s “Conciliation Speech”, is studied. Each year requires a certain amount of outside reading from selected lists, thus giving the student some option, but confining him to good literature. Upon completing high school the student should be able to speak and read good English extemporaneously and formally, and to choose the right reading material for himself, due to a developed appreciation of the best. Because these things are essential, regardless of vocation, to man’s success and happiness, four years of English are required in all standard high schools. Rowena Mac Bride, Grove City College. Lit. B..................................English IV Josephine E. Roberts, Oberlin College, A. B.............................. English III Elizabeth McMullen Thiel College, A. B................................... English III Maude Blair Roberts, Allegheny College. A. B..............................English II J. I. Reaney, Westminster College, Pli.B..................................English II Mary Miner, Allegheny College, A. B.......................................English I Frances First, Allegheny College, A. B....................................English I Estella Madden, Pennsylvania State College ............................English VIII Florence Boyd, Westminster College, B. S......................................English VIII Dorothy Morgan. Allegheny College, A. B.......................................English VIII Grace Kerr, Slippery Rock .............................................English VIII Thirteen

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