Stevens Trade High School - Stevensonian Yearbook (Lancaster, PA)

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C?g6lUClVlCGGl Qngliolfl and Qconomico Though Mr. Paul J. Evancoe happens 'ro Teach nine seciions of Advanced English and only iwo oi Elemenlary Economics, The piclure above is Thai oi a class in economics. Their lexl is ECONOMICS EOR OUR TIMES supplemenied by reporls and discussions from newspapers, magazines, and oiher bool:s. Occasionally films are shown. Siudenls learn ihe inierplay of economic forces upon The home, communiiy, siaie, naiion, and world. Goods and services depend upon bouniiiul resources and resourceful people io produce beiler slandards of living everywhere. I-ligh school graduaies lake 'rhe Advanced English classes 'raughl by Mr, Evancoe. The course uiou fi work bool4, grammar boolc, and a new liieralure lexl: MY l.lEE, MY COUNTRY, MY WORLD. Reviewing bisic grammar, senlence and paragraph conslruclion, social and business leiler vvriling, The sludenls also read and reporl on approved boolcs oi iiciion, biography, aulo- biogmphy, and irnvel. Oral English becomes more inleresiing wilh reporis from currenl mag- azinos and newspapers. Worlhy ideas and ideals, correcl wriilen and oral usage ol: English, plus .si proiilable use oi leisure are The goals of This course.

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Qngliolfl Those sTudenTs, who are noT high school graduaTes upon enTering or while aTTending STS., are senT To lvlr. George Brody's classes in Room 6. Besides overlooking The TronT campus Trom The Third sTory windows, These sTudenTs also look over The developing Tield oT grammar and liTer- aTure. ParTs oT speech, grammaTical indenTiTicaTions, vocabulary building, workbooks, The BEACON l.lGl-lT LITERATURE series, magazines, newspapers, and library booksfall These help The sTudenTs To acquire more skill in reading, wriTing, and speaking. Thrown in Tor good measure is sample newspaper wriTing. ATTer all, This is a Tull course noT only To work in buT To live by.

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qfnccthematico Malhemafics. as +augh+ by Mr. Prosper Hill, is noi' limiled only ro vocarional fundamenrals buf also includes algebra, Trigonomelry, geomelry, and lhe direcl uses of lhe slide rule. All srudenls musr lake malhemarics. Formerly, E+ was laughr mainly lo non-high school grad- uares. Wilh lhe passing of lime, rhe demand is for beller slcilled lradesman wilh more 'rhan ordi- nary rraining. Vocalional malhemafics is rhar parr of Jrhe course lhal presenis problems and solulions lo sludenls which 'rhey may or will encounrer in Their life work. To expecl To be a good lradesman wilhoul maihemalics is iusr as foolish as expecfing 'ro be an ellicienr workman wilhour The proper Tools.