New Britain herald., 1928-01-21

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 oeiyiag his diplema from the Trade school will also automatically be granted his High school diploma. 0aIyi boys Of excellent Aeelth and ssDssise nsatal ability will be ad- vise6 to attanpt this oourus. as 1t involves part-ttms work it both trade and high schools.
 - Electivs suhjecta opeu In all the above coussss include history. biol ogy. Frsnoh. mathematics, art. me |chanical drawing. physics. orches- tra. and chorus. Credit will also be given in music for Gles club and orchestra work and for home study. ! Because of the fact the college en- trance requirements are not uniform students who expect to continue their education must make definite selection of ., college before begin- ming the work of the first year in high school. All subject choices will be conditional on the approval Of the principal. as guidance is . rec ognized part of the school curricu- lum.
 Junior HiSh School
 The Junior High school. embrac- ing the seventh and eighth grades and the present freshman year in High school. Is distinct departure in /Plainville. This and the Senior High will use the same building. making full use of It's facilities and relieving the pressure of overWrowd- ing in the primary schools for at least three years. In connection with the announced program of studies the school department states, This program of studies Is an attempt to make clear to parents and pupils just what we shall try to do with this new school. It ia not . per fected plan but one that is work able and can be easily adapted to the present school building. All pu- pills who have completed the sixth grade will enter the first year. Since there are few electives this year. the pupils can easily adjust themselves to the new plan. The work will be departmentalized but there will be no lack of teacher, guidance and direction"
 English, social studies and guid- ance. mathematics, science and na- ture study. health and physical edu- cation, practical arts or home eco monies, assembly and music. club, music and art are required for Grade z. With special English classes for those lacking in this respect and with art or music work for especial ly talented pupils. The same sub jects are continued in Grade s, with electives to be picked from practi- cal arts, home economies, general language. music and art. The Grade electives include algebra, junior business training, commercial arith- metic and introduction to business, Latin, mechanical drawing, practical arts, home economies, music and art.
 The seventh grade practical arts course is one of the most novel and In this there will be tryouts in wood working, metal work. electricity and printing to de termine any special adaptability which the boys may> have. It Is purely a test course and will aid in helping the boy choose his future course. For girls there will be try outs in food, clothing, decoration and nursing.
 A similar test course will be the general language offered in Grade s. This will include an introductory study of foreign tongues and thor ough review of English. Pupils who do not do we'll in this will not be for the college course with it's Latin and French. Courses like these are distributed all through the Junior High school period in an effort to allow the pupils to find out their own likes and abilities and pre- vent them from wasting their time on subjects which might be dis and useless and might lead to their leaving school.
 The whole plan, as said before, Is an attack on the conditions which lead pupils to leave school before high school. Mir. Staples believes that this existing condition results largely from the lack of in- terest in subjects now offered, and the new plan is designed to catch the interest of the boy or girl and hold it and the student through jun for and senior high. The wider the field of subjects. the more possibility there is of child finding something of real interest. he says. He put this plan into effect in Suffield, where he was before coming to Plainville, and states that the greater choice in large increase in the of high school students.
 Children of several of the newer racial groups, who pre- riously were going to work as 0bon IS they finished grammar school or became fl years of age, were at .racted by the new courses and re- nained for the full 12-year course, M. Staples says.
 WAGES ARE CUT