Tipton High School - Tiptonian Yearbook (Tipton, IN)

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MISS ELINOR K. TOWNE MISS GRETCHEN SCOTTEN MISS ETHEL WOODY MRS. IDA MATTHEWS Librarian

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PROF. C. F. PATTERSON Superintendent MR. G. G. DODDS Principal MR. M. E. HUFFORD MR. J. W. CURRY.

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The English Course. English is the broadest subject in the high school curriculum, for it presup- poses as a basis for work a foundation in many other subjects. The course is planned to continue carefully the work of the grades aud is spiral in its nature, since it comprises a constant review of past years work in English and demands, besides, that the pupil shall draw continually on his knowledge of history, foreign languages and science. The English course in the Tipton High School is in two divisions, literature and composition. The latter consists ofa careful study of the various forms of discourse, with oral and written practice in each. There is also a general survey of the different verse forms, and opportunity is given for poetic composition. Under the head of composition a study of some of the common errors in English speech is made, and the pupil is trained to avoid them. It is not expected that high school students shall develop into poets, essayists, or novelists, but that they shall learn how to write an interesting description, to tell a story in an entertaining way, and to give a careful explanation or direction. Literature offers a more attractive field for the student. Here he is permitted to read some of the best works of the best poets and prose writers of America and England. Through these he not only becomes acquainted with pure English, thereby improving his own, but he learns to know, also, some of the principal motives which control human action. Cooper's stories of pioneer life, beset by Indians, inspire him with the courage of his forefathersg guided by Irving he sees the wonders of the old world: with Scott he wakens to hear the huntsman's horn in the Scottish Highlandsg he dreams the dream of Shakespeare's hero or recoils from the base nature of the character who sacrifices honor and conscience to ambi- tion. It is not the aim to have the pupil make an exhaustive study of any authors' works, but rather to become familiar with one or two masterpieces of several, so that he may gain from them a knowledge of the progress in thought throughout the centuries. In order that his ideas of literature and its writers may be related, a part of the time in the Junior and Senior years is spent in studying text-books on the history of England and American literature. The high school graduate who has completed the English course must realize that he has only begun to think. Down the vista of years to come, the song-makers of all the ages, those who love old stories, and the writers of fairy lore are beckon- ing him where he need never be lonely while he lives in the world of books. A is for Assembly wide Where the students all abide: There we see them every day Some at work, some at play.