The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-14
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
Election Schedule TO Term

Last Friday all members of the prospec-
i've senior, Junior, and sophomore
classes were given courses of study and
elective blanks. Elective day was
more distinctly observed than usual, for
the heads OF the department gave inter
estlng talks on the aims of the courses
onered IN their departments.
Mr.. Warren especially emphasized
several points: That a student should
not try to take more subjects than he
Is able to carry, as many have done
TINS year; that he should consult par
ents and teachers before arranging next
year program; that students planning
TO enter college need Latin and should
look up the definite requirement of the
college OF their choice; that practically
all college entrance requirements include
at least two years of modern foreign
language. lie also emphasized that for
student to take high school work in
hye years rather than four is a distinct
advantage tor many and not a disgrace
as some think.
Excellent advice was given by Miss
Henshaw on the importance of mathe-
MATES and the necessity of passing each
year 5 work before attempting another,
for all colleges require a thorough
knowledge OF algebra and plane geome
try, and technical schools solid geometry
also All who fail to attain a mark of
at least 70 in plane geometry should
take it over y
Miss Osgood pointed out the benefits
OF modern languages. The World war
mas shown not only the advantage of
being able to read a foreign langua ge
but the necessity of correct pronuncia-
tlon. \ student should obtain the fol-
lowing from foreign language study: \
correct pronunciation, a real reading
ability, and an insight into the history,
literature, and customs of foreign peo-
pies. The student taking up this study
ShOnid have int prpSt no Dppnlp
have flexible speech organs, u good ear
for sound. a we'll developed memory
and especially, a good background OF
English grammar.
Miss Tucker emphasized the impor-
lance of the Study of history and eco
Monies. not merely for the sake of the
points gained, but for better under
standing of the worlds problems of to-
day Economics Is a study of wealth ~
its relation to welfare.
Mr.. Parker in few words advised
the commercial students. He advised
those who failed to secure a good mark
i'm first year bookkeeping to repeat it
before attempting the more difficult sec
ond year.
Miss Bagg told of the chemical and
scientific superiority OF Germany at the
beginning of the war and how the in
this. The advancement of commerce
and industry Is intimately wrapped mp
in the increase OF chemical and scIen-
tifc knowledge. All who take chemis-
try should have received a mark of at
least 20 in first year algebra. In speak
ing OF the new biology course she de
hned it a. a study of living things such
as, plants, animals, bugs and bacteria
All students intending TO study medI-
cine should take chemistry, and for
them biology is desirable II possible
class in biology will be formed next
wear.
Miss Piggott. in speaking of the do
mestic science class, said that cooking
iust fun Household management is a
study of the management of the home
and gives an idea of how much it costs
to run a home