Truesdale High School - Cub Yearbook (Truesdale, IA)

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Usic The annual music contest was held on March 29 at Ida Grove. All of our entries to the contest did exceedingly well considering the small amount of practice they received. At the time of the publication of the Annual, we had not received the ratings of any of the contestants. Nevertheless, they all deserve some commendation of praise from the student body. All the contestants worked hard under the capable direction of Mrs. MacDiarmid. Practice time was limited but it was spent to good advantage. Those participating in the contest from Truesdale High School were as follows: ' Sextette: Soprano ---- Second Soprano -Maxine Armstrong Laura McConkey -- -jean Miller Connie Schroeder Alto ------ Norma Spooner Trio: Soprano--- Second Soprano- Alto ------- Solos: Soprano- Mezzo- Soprano- -- Loretta Spencer ---Dorothy Luft ---Betty Pewsey Norma Spooner - --Maxine Armstrong Dorothy Luft -fBetty Pews ey Norma Spooner Contr alto ----- Beulah Gutel Baritone ------ Warren Clark

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AUDIO- VISUAL EDUCATION Truesdale is among the increasing number of schools in our state to own an audio-visual projection unit. This year regular classroom instruction has been augmented by the weekly showing of educational pictures. The pro- gram that was set up was designed to broaden the scope of learning by creating experiences for pupils that they cannot get in any other way. Instructional pictures shown this year have covered such fields as English, history, geography, health, safety, science, agriculture, industry, vocations, food, clothing, and art. Motion pictures help pupils to see things that they cannot see in any other way. On the screen they can see projected in ten minutes the entire life cycle of a cultivated plant which may normally take four months to mature. They can- not see that plant grow in any other way except with the motion picture. Motion pictures enable pupils to push back the horizons of culture and in- telligent thinking so that they can develop to the maximum of their capacities. The motion pictures, used as an introduction to a subject, presents it as a com- plete story, and enables the pupils to appreciate the over-all view and the inter- relationship of each part of the lesson as a whole. Motion pictures make a sub- ject real and concrete. Too often lectures and textbooks tend to be just a mass of unmeaningful words . The value of educational films has been proved conclusively by the army. Pupils learn more, learn it faster, and retain it longer when motion pictures are used. Education is on the march: motion pictures are a great forward step in the dissemination of knowledge. It is limitless in scope and in subject matter. Audio- visual instruction is now regarded as the avenue of greatest advancement in teaching It is the future of education and its signficance cannot be ignored.