Walnut Hills High School - Remembrancer Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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Experi' guidance helps our sTu- HISTORY I-IisTory aids us in connecTing The pasT wiTh The presenT. By undersTanding The problems and evenTs of The pasT. one is able To beTTer undersTand The happenings of Today. Lower school sTudenTs sTudy America's hisTory and The WesTern Hemisphere. Two years oT hisTory are required in The Senior High. One may Take Modern, AncienT and Medieval, and American I'IisTory. Many also Take Economics and Sociology. HisTory helps sTudenTs To become beTTer ciTizens. TWO AND A HALF PERIOD SUBJECTS The insTiTuTion oT having cerTain classes Tor Two and a half periods a week has been Tound To be an inTeresTing and suc- cessTuI meThod oT Teaching Those subiecTs noT considered parT oT The basic ToundaTion oT educaTion and oT giving The sTu- denTs a broader background Tor TuTure sTudies. All lower school arT and music classes. and some senior high classes in The same subjecTs. are TaughT on This schedule: The enTire physical educaTion program is also carried ouT by This plan. Chemishy sTucIenTs puT principle To pracTice Skills are encouraged for enhancing The presenTaTion of The academic program. SCIENCE CLASSES WiTh The modern worId's becoming more and more scienTiTic, The science classes aT WaInuT Hills have been raised from Their Tormer subordinaTe posiTion To one of primary imporTance. In The IasT Tew years one of The graduaTion requiremenTs has been one oT The Two phy- sical sciences, chemisTry or physics: biology is also re- quired in The Treshman year. ParT of The Time oT each course is spenT in The IaboraTory where The sTudenTs can waTch The TacTs They have learned in acTion. denTs learn aI::ouT Themselves. fsssssseff

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LATIN AND MODERN LANGUAGE WiTh The increasing amounT oT emphasis placed on inTer- naTional aTTairs Today. The sTudy and The knowledge oT a Tor- eign language have become exTremely imporTanT. WalnuT l-lills is one oT The 'few schools which has a six-year LaTin course. Three years oT which are compulsory. ATTer Three years a sTudenT may conTinue. or may Take a modern lan- guage-German, French or Spanish. The hisTory and cus- Toms of The various counTries are offered along wiTh The vo- cabulary and grammar of The languages. ,ENGLISH English, an essenTial in The curriculum and Tor use in sTudy, is sTressed aT Walnuf l-lills. The slcill oT composiTion, grammar proTiciency and reading comprehension are all emphasized. A six-year course is compulsory, as English is used in all oTher subiecTs. Emphasis is placed on liTeraTure and reading com- prehension. OuTsTanding sTudenTs are eligible To Take a Three-year Advanced STanding Course. Through This sTudy sTudenTs are able To use English more eTTecTively in everyday life. 18 Sfudenfs are highly suscepfible To Mr. Knal:'s unique inferprefafion of ancienl hisfory. ur Curriculum in Practice A lilfing as well as a profound presenTaTion of French demands in'leres'l and aHen'rion from Mr. Wilson's sfudenls.

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Walnut Hills' Teachers Firsl Row: MR. PAUL AHLERT . . MISS ELDA BAECHLE . . MR. LLOYD BAILEY . . Second Row: MR, WILLARD BASS .... MRS. RUTH BLUMENTHAL . . MR. RICHARD BOURN . . Third Row: MISS MARY R. BRAMEL . . MISS SHIRLEY BRAND . . MISS MARGARET L. BRUEGGEMAN FourlI1 Row: MISS ESTHER CAHILL . . MR. GERALD CAMPBELL . . MR. DENZIL CARPENTER . . Fifih Row: MRS. RUTH CATALIN .... MR. FERROLD C. CATTERALL . . ........Shop . .Ancient Medievai Hisfory . . . .Maihemaiics . . Physical Educaiion . . . . . .Enqiish . . Maihemaiics . . Mafhemafics . . . Maihemaiics . .Science EngIisI1 Mafhemaiics, Science . . . .Mafhemafics . . .EngIisI1, Speech Mecha nicaI Drawing. Maihemaiics MISS NORMA CUZZORT .... Secreiary Io The Librarian Sfuclenls of German are infroduced 'Io modern scienfilic 'fermi- nology.