Southport High School - Anchor Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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ANCHDIQ Direllted Study The school day, as planned for Southport High School, consists of five one hour periods and a thirty-minute conference period. The idea back of such an arrangement is to make possible Directed Study , on the part of the teacher and student during each of the hour periods, and to offer the child a time when he can confer with his teacher, attend such clubs as he may elect, and meet with the student body at convocation. Supervised or directed study, as we look upon it, may be defined as the effec- tive direction of all the pupils learning activities. Such supervision consists of the following factors: a. The making of a definite plan for directing the learning of a subject, basing this plan on the best available material, such as experimental investiga- tions and the best books on the teaching of the subject under consideration. b- The observation of the pupil engaged in study to discover his present methods of studying, thus determining his needs. c. The instruction of the pupil, according to his needs, in the most effective methods of studying, and closely supervising him until proper habits of study are firmly established. Directed study aims not simply at preparing students for high school gradu- ation or courses in higher education, but for successfully coping with problems in a world of intense competition, where superior achievement depends on initia- tive, clear thinking, and confidence in one's ability to organize experience for new judgments. The ultimate objective in directed study is an individual who is trained to attack problems and who has acquired ability to serve without merely doing what he is told to do. We feel that students in the past have not been adequately trained to think, or to study, and that the fault lies in having the school periods too short, and in using them for recitation purposes only. Therefore, we have lengthened our school classroom periods to one hour. This affords the pupil an opportunity to prepare his lessons under the watchful hand of the teacher and to use the help- ful suggestions in mending his habits of study. Such a plan, we believe, is a step in advance of the old system. C. C. LEEDY, Vice-Principal. Q 3 2 Page Twelve

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ARl,ING'l'ON li. l'I'llCHlCR, .X.lS. Social Science, lloys' Physical lC4luc:1tion, Coach of Foot- Imll, llnsketlmll :uul Trzick. IJOROTIIY GRICICN, A, ll. Social Science, Girls' Physical licluentiou. IJVVlGll'l' MORRIS, 15.8. lnclustriul Arts, Klechunical llrawing, Clmirmzm of Tench- ers' NN'ell':u'c Committee. NINA l'. VVll,l.lAXlS, ll. S. Commercial Snlrjects, School Secrctary. KAY SCO'll'l', A. ll. Social S c i e ii c 0, Assistant Couch ol liusketlmll, lfootlmll :mil llnselnull. l'Il.KlliR llAT'lllCN, li. S. Xlecliaiiicnl lirawing, Geom- ctry, Nlzmuzxl 'llrainiug in thc grmle schools. VVll,lJliN AMOS, ll. of Music Towiiship Buml :mil Orches- tra llirector. I CHUIQ l'u:u' l:ll'1'4'u -I 3 2

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