Suffield High School - Sagitta / Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Suffield, CT)

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Readin ' ' n Vitin ' ' n Vithmetic, and a lot more besides; from shop to typing, from chem to cooking, there is a course to prepare us for after school life without resort to the hickory stick. In the spring of our eighth grade year, we selected courses after consultations with our par¬ ents and faculty. Those who planned a business career selected the commercial curriculum and set out for their classes armed to the teeth with typing erasers and stenographer ' s notebooks. For those whose goals were undetermined or who planned to labor immediately, a general course of study developed a broad background and some training. College hopefuls enrolled in the college preparatory course and embarked on a rough sea of language, history, math and science. Since July, Korea has posed a personal problem in democ¬ racy. (Donnelly, Kraiza, Nodwell, Egan). ...School daze A Bond is a promise to pay— and this class, they hope, will pay after graduation. 13

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The modern miracles of dynamic thought come home to intrigue and shape pliable young minds to the ways of analysis and reason. (The Prosh meet Mr. Morse and electricity). School dap... They all want something, especially when reference reports are due. The haystack needle CAN be found. That is the axle! The Driving Class learns how to ride, not walk, home.

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All work and no play . . . makes school boring and students dull. Here the appeal to all senses as well as reason overcomes the ennui that breeds inertia. Audio-visual instruction (radio, movies, slides, records), sci ence (abora- tories, student discussions, special readings, and individual projects take learning from the rote of text into the realm of activities enjoyed. But PEOPLE still provide the best source of experience for learning, and from the faculty comes individual consideration and wealth of fact. Add thereto trips and assembly programs (professional and student), and our emphasis on PEOPLE is evident. Yet with all, problems arise and help is needed. Room 25 supplies ideas but decisions must be ours. Let this Globe be the center of your universe right now! Trust the English Department to immortalize the immortal Bard for each generation. (Miss Biggerstaff). You can ' t eat culture, From clouds to earth in tests, grades, pamphlets, (Mr. Greenleaf). lass; let ' s talk dollars! the counseling room, as and logic picture YOU. Lights out as science increases visual perception and illustration of a social problem. Our tempera¬ mental projector is increasingly evident in class . . . some gum, no popcorn.