St Clair High School - Clairian Yearbook (St Clair, PA)

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i Progress in the Classroom HE basis of modern education can be found in the study of the educational systems of ancient Greece and Rome. Here many of the subjects found in the curricula of the school of today were taught. Grammar, rhetoric, Greek and Latin literature, history, mathematics and drawing were included in the programs of the ancient schools. The Dark Age of history caused the loss of many of the fine prac- tices of the Roman and Greek, philosophers, but the Renaissance, or revival of learning, reawakened, to a certain degree, the curriculum of Roman times. With the passing of time, the program of the earliest era was re- tained. Science was added to the list of studies, together with modern literature and physical studies. In colonial days, the American college was little more than a second- ary school. The primary schools were usually crude buildings with few facilities. Only a comparatively short time ago, the elementary and sec- ondary schools were combined as one, and in many instances several grades were taught in the same room. . Ei The need for a division of classes and a classification of subjects has been realized by modern educatorsiand the secondary school of today is far superior to the colleges of the past. In our own school, Progress is in evidence. Not only have the sub- jects been classihed under different heads, but also the courses offered by the school have been divided into departments. Students are afforded the opportunity of choosing that course which they believe will suit their intended occupation upon leaving school. They may be trained either in preparation for college, for entrance into the business world, or in a cultural course. Upon entrance into the new building, the students of the Saint Clair school system are promised even greater opportunities, and as a result one can foresee the development of finer citizens, of men and women stronger in both mind and body, of men and women who will take their place in the world fearing none and challenging all.