Sharon High School - Mirror Yearbook (Sharon, PA)

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 0 0 0 English Department When the pupil enters High School, he is equipped with the simple English fundamentals which he has acquired through the lower grades. In the Eighth Grade a review of these fundamentals is given. Here the teachers impress upon the minds of their pupils the importance and practice of speaking and writing good English. The pupil must now further th's knowledge, not through memorizing rules, hut through a practical method. When he enters the Freshman class he learns different me.hods of dealing with the difficulties of grammar, but still has his book of rules which now he may call a handbook. Through the study of such books as “The Merchant of Venice,” “The Sketch Book” and “Ivanhoe,” and through oral and written original productions he puts into practice what he has learned. Here more emphasis perhaps is placed upon the original composition than upon anything else. The Sophomore, more accustomed by this time to High School requirements, pursues his advancement in the study of English by studying types of characters. To this end he is encouraged through the authors, Scott, Elliot, and Shakespeare. In the Sophomore year too, is stressed the review of rules. The book report here as well as in other classes is an important part of the work. The Junior English class enters a world of still greater interest. The study of the classics is contrasted with the work of modern writers. Unlike former years the Junior year is almost purely literary, and it takes up the study of American writers. It is in the Junior and Senior years that the most emphasis is placed upon originality. Original familiar essays both for class and “Mirror” production form as much instruction as the text-book. The Senior year is also devoted to literary work chiefly. The student, while studying the beginning and progress of literature, must try his own hand at writing sonnets, lyrics, ballads, and essays. Milton, Shakespeare, Tennyson, and Jonson serve as fitting examples for this work. After the completion of such an English course the student ought to be well equipped for whatever he may do in the future. Elizabeth McMullen Thiel College, A.B. Columbia University, M.A. Eng. IV-III Rowena McBride Grove City College, Lit.B. Eng. IV Maude Blair Roberts Allegheny College, A.B. Eng. II-III J. I. Reaney Westminster College, Ph.B. Eng. I-II Virginia B. Fleming Ohio Wesleyan University, A.B. Eng. I Kvelyn Brown Oberlin College, A.B. Eng. I-II Mary Miner Allegheny College, A.B. Columbia University, M.A. Eng. I-II Bessie Eckles Ohio Wesleyan University, A.B. Eng. ii-m Florence Boyd Westminster College, A.B. Eng. VIII Estella Madden Pennsylvania State College Eng. VIII • • O -3D • OS O ' 0 © 0 0 0

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