Somerset Area High School - Eaglet Yearbook (Somerset, PA)

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Q D Departments If it be true that studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability, Somerset High School seeks to achieve all these ob jectives. The cultural subjects, those for delight, are to be found in the departments of social science, English, foreign languages, and tl1e abstract sciences. Oft time the next group overlaps the first yet adds the departments of art and music. In the last group are the physical and natural sciences, commercial studies, the practical arts, vocational agriculture, and physical training. Thus we learn to live in the world about us, effi- ciently, wisely and entertainingly. 0 D

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762, ..... C IEMVIRIE Novus IGWSZQL . Q47 ' 6 N I I , 7 ,A Our Growth in Figures Qfrxfx, ToTAL No. No. or No. or No. FROM No. FRIJBI Yuma PUPILS ciIRLS Bars TWP. Bono. 1922 236 128 108 107 129 1923 326 164 162 159 167 1 924 369 193 176 187 184 1925 409 239 170 206 203 1926 464 287 177 257 207 1927 500 311 189 288 212 1928 518 321 197 269 249 1929 546 342 204 315 231 1930 751 401 350 324 427 1931-32 808 417 391 342 466 ADDITIONS ADDITIONS 1926 1930-31 Auditorium Grylnnasium 12 Classrooms 1YIusic 1'oo1n A suite of science laboratories Biology laboratory Physics laboratory Chemistry laboratory A ll0IIl8-Illakiflg suite Cooking laboratory Sewing laboratory ltlodel apartment Agriculture laboratory Industrial arts shop 3 regular classrooms -wif 3 Ear.- T 11: A C H 14: R s 9 11 12 14 16 17 18 22 30 32

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Uda- -fg..1 ismrnalssouis ' , . ',, 'gif' .fu. - .figs M ., ,-I . if fig., 5- , 1 f ,fi 552' 9 i ' ' V, y gzasgg.. -' M.ARI,AN G. CASEY, A. B. ESSEX M. BOTSFORD, A. B., B. O. KATHERINE SNYDER, B. A. noon COLLEGE SUsQUEH,xNNA UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY or WISCONSIN WILLIA VVALKER, A. B. PAULINE BAUGIIMAN, B. S. SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY JUNIATA COLLEGE The English Department It was at the beginning of the seventeenth century that Bacon voiced tlIe words: read- ing maketh a full man, conference a ready mang and writing an exact man. Yet these today reveal the aim of the English department in Somerset Highg English is therefore required in all years and all courses of study. In order to assure a knowledge of the acts, the thoughts, and the feelings of the past and the present, a study of the classics is a part of the required work in each course each year, beginning with the eighth. This includes the novel, both lyric and narrative, as compiled by the masters in each field, Ability to think and to express ably these thoughts in conversation and in public is the guiding principle of the public speaking section of this vast department. Eleventh and twelfth year students are eligible for a special class but daily recitation and reports make the fundamentals available to all members of the high school. Each year the English department sponsors the dramatic reading, the extemporaneous speaking, and the oratorical contests. The winners compete with students from other high schools for county and state honors. Correctness of expression makes necessary in all years the study of grammar and rhetoric, culminating in the writing of original poetry, short stories, one-act plays, and essays. Annually an essay contest is conducted, the winning one being entered in the county essay contest. Thus, each student is prepared to express himself clearly, correctly, and concisely. 10 Ee..- nf