Washington High School - Washingtonian Yearbook (Washington, IN)

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LULA BERGDOLL Hlstory A O FULKERSON U S Hlstory I-IISTOFQY But llttle more than a dozen years ago hlstorv was glven scant conslderatlon ln maklng out the course of study for the W3Sh1Hgt0H hlgh chool Only General Hlstory was offered as an elect1ve No especlal preparatlon was requlred of the hlstory teacher Today the hlstory course IS qulte a b1t more preten tlous A year s work ln Early European hlstory a year s Work IH Modern European hlstory and a year s work IH Un1ted States hlstory and CIVICS are now offered Un1ted States hlstory and CIVICS are requlred and are glven ln the senlor year Mr 88 Fulkerson teaches these subjects At this wrltlng there are one hundred and elghteen enrolled ln the European h1 tory classes These courses are Lula Bergdoll IS teacher About once a week a perlod IS glven to the study of current events Th1s study keeps the student lnformed about the blq thlngs taklng place IH the world and connects the past wlth the present Hlstory thus studled IS not a mass of Isolated events but a closely related and connected whole QD DWH ,fw f If qw Q f I V ' ' S . ' ' ' elective. They are growing more popular each term. Miss , . . y . I . 1 9 c . . . . Uh . . . . . 0 W Q . t -,

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ELLA MAY LYONS French FRANCES CULBERSTON Latin FOREIGN LANGUAGES Aside from its cultur rl x rlue the recent den rnds The school otfers r tour vear course in Latin made upon the students of French his mad of the French language especrallx desirable The arm of this course is to prepare the pupils to read French easrlx to understand srnrple French when spoken and to speak and write rt w ith some degree of fluency To accomplish this emphasis is put upon pronunciation con- versation oral and written compositions read- ings w hich emphasize French life and Various selections from French Literature. G 1 lxllfrrr ledge ln the first rear in addition to the Work rn elementry S fy 6? ati' '-, 7 ,gg - - .mf grammar stress is lard upon l atrn phrases rn dailw use and a studv of English derivation During the second vear four hooks of 1 aesar are translated and a studv rs made of Roman life and Customs which rs continued rn the third year along with the translation of four Orations of Cicero. One lesson per week is done in Latin composition. The fourth year course consists of the four books of Virgil s Aeneid along with a discussion of Roman Mythology and its prevalency in the Litera- ture of ancient and modern times.

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JANE A SCEARCE English ANNA WOOD Engllsh ENGLISH The purpose of the xl ork of thlg d6D1ltITlQI1t IS tu o fold flrst to help the student to obtain for hlmsell not only 1 knowledge of the science slde of English the plllltlples laws and usages of standald lfngllsh but to glxe lllln also sklll as possible ln the use of langu lge second N through the study of representative S6l6CtlOHS from the field of English and American Lltelatule to en able the student to develop pow Q1 and lnslght lll the lnterpretatlon and appleclatlon of good llthlwltlllt also to acquire a taste for and loxe of that VKl11Ll1 ls good IH the fleld of lltelatule In older to accompllsh thls purpose the department offcls four velrs work IH Lngllsh three of Whlch are requlred for graduatlon from hlgh school The time 19 almost evenly dIX1d6d between the study of the Junior Vear an attempt ls made to g1V9 the student 1 blrd s exe VIQW of the fleld of English Llter atule xx hlle IH the latter halt of the Senior year the HlStfJ1X of Amellcln Literature IS taught The de partmcnt also offers a course IH Public bpeaklng open to lll students W ho have had the necessary pre llH1lH21I'X tralnlng . . s ' 1 Q ' ' - 3 ' 1 - I ' . , , . y . ' .S . 'YE ,xl 'UZ , . F .Sy . - K a 'v 1 f C . , 4 s - A l K , K by much practice ln speaking and writing as much of Literature and of Composition. In the latter half . L . . K 2 i A y 1 I . I , .K . U x L x' K ' . . i . . , . A C H C A , X . . , . , . . , K ' 7 v ' . 'L - , Z L- Aw v L -