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SCHOOL NEWS

tnat are translated the pupil becomes
tited tor more difficult French and
above all. so thoroughly French in
thought and feeling as 10 create in
the heart of him an appreciation of the
French people and a love for their
beautiful land and tongue
The second year is Just a contin
uation on broader and more diff
cult scale of the attempts of the fist
year. Now comes the reading Of
French writing original stories. recit-
ing poems and the easy use of dip
lomatic expressions. No more is pro-
nunciation awkward but natural and
tree and with as much feeling as an
English sentence. 1t is a noticeable
and gratifying fact that the French
pupils are SO Interested i'll this study
that they voluntarily converse in
French among themselves out of the
school. Another appreciable fact is
that Seniors go from here to standard
colleges and are able to successfully
pass the Freshman examination
Mathematics
The practical and unitarian value
of Arithmetic to all pupils cannot be
overestimated. The business man
or woman is hopelessly handicapped
whose knowledge of this subject is
limited and the housewife who at
tempts to handle the business prob
lens of the home finds thorough
knowledge of arithmetic one of her
best assets.
The study of spelling is being en-
phasized in our High School this wear
more than any year in its history
This unusual interest has been ar
oused by desire to meet the urgent
demand OF the business world for
better spoilers. Daily drills in SPELL
ing are given in the High School.
Interest has increased to such an
| extent that is very common sight
to see students strolling on the cam
pus with open spoilers. In connection
with Lessons in spelling; the pupils of
the + ghth grade arc given instruc-
tons in the well known Palmer Me
| thod of Business Writing.
Department of Science
The highest intrest of education de-
mands judicious combination of pure
and applied science and working with
this end in view each grade of the
High School is given as near as pos
s,ble the successive steps that will en-
able the student to grasp the higher
branchs of science of the college
course or to enable him to understand
the scientific principles of EVERYDAY
life in which he will come in contact
The instruction of the first wear
high-school has for its purpose the
covering of the special sciences in
order that the student NAV choose the
science he likes best. and lay the foun-
dation according to his. choice also to
give an orderly scientific understand
fng of his environment
The second year is study of phv
steal Geography which deals with man
and his relation to the earth as a home
and a workshop and the environments
las relates to the activities OF human
life.
The third year is mathematical
and mechanical introduction to te-h-
nical science, puts into language of
which the student already under
sands the hows and why's of the ply
steal world in which he lives. The
fourth year deals with chemistry as ap-
piled to everyday life such as relates to
agriculture. household and sanitation
together with enough theory to enable
the student to meet the college re-
quirement.