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A laboratory note book must be kept. At least one day each week or its equivalent is spent in laboratory work. Students are required to classify and mount some of the more common plants native to Indiana.
PHYSICS
FOURTH YEAR
Phyics makes clear to the student the more common physical phenomena that are daily observable. Trains him in accurate thinking and gives him the ability to record observations and conclusions in good English.
FIRST SEMESTER
General Properties of Matter; Mechanics of Solids; Me- chanics of Liquid and Heat.
SECOND SEMESTER
Sound; Light; Electricity and Magnetism. One day each week or its equivalent is given to actual experiments by the pupils. All experiments must be written up in a permanent note book.
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Electives
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
This course is designed to give a comprehensive view of the main physical features of the earth's surface. The cause of the formation of canyons, flood plains, alluvial fans, moraines, deltas, hot springs, geysers, and mountains are discussed.
COMMERCIAL GEOGRAPHY
A careful study of climate and its effect upon the pro- ducts of the soil is made. Imports and exports of our country as well as the leading foreign countries. Trade routes, both land and oceanic. Modern methods of trans- portation, a study of the newer regions of production and consumption; commerce and politics.
BOOKKEEPING
The student is first given an intelligent idea of the theory of bookkeeping. Then the business practice method is begun and followed throughout the course. The use of the ship- ment ledger, loose leaf consignment ledger, letter impression book and account sales register are explained. The cash book and sales book are used. The purpose and aim through- out is to prepare the student for the actual business life he must lead.
DRAWING
Drawing is not a new subject, as many suppose, but it is as old as the art of painting in which the ancient Greeks strove for mastery. To the real artist every line expresses a thought as truly as do the words of the poet. The artist is
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not unlike the author except that in the medium of ex- change of thought of the one is lines and strokes, the other words.
Delineation, Chiaroscuro, and color are dwelt upon. Classical geometrical and picturesque lines discussed. Drawing in light and shade practiced; attention given to even shading. Greater stress is laid upon drawing from models.
MUSIC
The value and purpose of music is well known. Music will always hold first place as an aesthetic study. Attention is paid to the cultivation of an "ear" for music, and to a study of the lives of the great composers. A chorus is organized each year in which students have an opportunity to develop musical ability. The chorus frequently appears before the public both in school entertainments and on other occasions.
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HIGH SCHOOL COURSE IN BRIEF
Year
First Semester
Second Semester
I.
Algebra Composition and Rhetoric Latin or German Botany Music and Drawing
Algebra Composition and Rhetoric Latin or German Botany Music and Drawing
II.
Algebra English Literature and Composition Latin or German History of Greece Music and Drawing
Plane Geometry English Literature and Composition Latin or German History of Rome Music and Drawing
III.
Plane Geometry Latin or German Mediaeval History American Literature and Composition
Solid Geometry Latin or German Modern History American Literature and Composition
IV.
Physics American History Commercial Arithmetic One Elective
Physics Civil Government Two Electives
students.
Writing and Spelling required of all High School
Agriculture.
Electives-Bookkeeping; Commerical Geography; Physical Geography; Geology; English;
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Text Books
ENGLISH
Lockwood and Emerson's Composition and Rhetoric
Howe's English Literature
Smiley's American Literature English Classics (Selected Texts.)
LATIN
James and Jenks' Latin Walker's Caesar Kelsey's Cicero Jones' Latin Composition
GERMAN
Bacon's German Grammar Bacon's Im Vaterland Selected Classics
MATHEMATICS
Wentworth's Algebra Wentworth's Geometry Moore & Minor's Commercial Arthmetic
HISTORY
Myers' Ancient History Harding's Mediaeval and Modern History Hart's American History Boynton's Civil Government
Ivanhoe Note Books
SCIENCE
Carhart & Chutes' Physics Bergen's Botany Tarr's Physical Geography
Gaunet, Garrison & Houston's Commercial Geography Warren's Agriculture
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Duties of Teachers
1. The tenure of office of all teachers shall be at the pleasure of the Board. Teachers may at any time be dis- charged for improper conduct, incomptency to teach and govern their schools, unfaithfulness in executing the direc- tions of the Superintendent, or want of that success which is necessary in the progress of the school.
2. Teachers shall be in their respective rooms at the ringing of the first bell, morning and afternoon sessions, and shall not dismiss their respective rooms before the regular time without permission from the Superintendent.
3. Teachers shall devote themselves exclusively to the instruction of their pupils, maintain good order, and super- intend the conduct of their pupils in the halls and upon the school grounds.
4. Teachers shall note carefully the physical conditions of all pupils under their charge. If cases of contagious or infectious diseases are found, report must be made immedi- ately to the Superintendent.
5. Opening exercises not to exceed fifteen minutes may be conducted in each room and may consist of Scrip- ture reading, prayer, singing, instructive talks, etc.
6. Teachers shall give particular attention to heating and ventilating their rooms, keeping the temperature 68 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit, and preserving as far as possible a condition of their rooms.
7. Teachers shall make such preparation of each day's lessons as will permit teaching without constant attention to the text book taught.
8. Each teacher is required to keep a register, noting daily attendance, tardiness, and class and examination records.
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9. Teachers shall require excuses in writing of all pupils who are tardy.
10. Teachers shall require written excuses for absence except the cause of such absence be known to both teacher and parent.
11. In case it is necessary for a teacher to be absent he shall immediately notify the Superintendent who shall make provision for a substitute.
12. Any parent or guardian feeling aggrieved for any cause against any teacher must make application for redress to the Superintendent.
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Duties of Janitor
1. In a general way it is the duty of the janitor to warm the rooms and to keep all parts of the school building and grounds in a clean and sanitary condition.
2. He shall sweep daily the floors of all rooms, cloak rooms and halls and keep them properly dusted.
3. The fresh air rooms and ventilating apparatus shall be kept free from dirt and dust.
4. He shall clean the erasers and blackboards once each week and wash the blackboards each alternate week.
5. He shall wind and regulate the clocks, attend to the drinking fountains, and keep the walks free from snow, ice or mud when occasion demands.
6. He shall personally attend to the proper closing and fastening of windows and doors and safeguarding the fires at the close of each day's session.
7. He shall have control of pupils who eat dinner at the school house and shall permit no boisterous conduct.
8. He shall report to the Superintendent or Board any mistreatment of himself by pupils or teachers.
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9. He shall attend to ringing of gongs and bells accord- ing to program given him by the Superintendent.
10. He shall perform such other duties as the Board or Superintendent may require.
11. He shall be allowed one hour for dinner either before or after the noon intermission.
General Regulations
1. Examinations will be held monthly.
2. The use of tobacco in any form is prohibited in the school building or upon the school grounds.
3. All graduates must have taken part in at least one of the public literary exercises of the school.
4. Students failing to take any or all of the final ex- aminations will be conditioned.
5. High School students who have studied during the summer in work in which they failed last year may take examinations on Saturday, September 7.
6. No student may take less or more than four sub- jects without special permission from the Superintendent.
7. The tardy gongs are 8:45 and 1:00. All pupils should be in their seats before these gongs sound.
Admission to the High School
Pupils of the Burnettsville Public Schools will be ad- mitted without examination. They must have creditably passed all examinations given by the teacher of the eighth grade for the current year. Others will be admitted only by a certificate of graduation from the County Superintendent or upon special examination.
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Requirements for Graduation
A four years' course of study must be completed. The unit of measurement is the credit, which signifies five thirty- five minute recitations per week throughout one-half of the school year. Thirty-two credits constitute the mininum amount of work required for graduation. The distribution of subjects must be as follows:
Mathematics
6
English
6
Language
6
History and Civics
6
Science
4
Commercial Arithmetic
1
Electives
3
Total
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High School Alumni
The growth of interest in secondary education in this community is partially shown by the rate of increase in high school graduation. The graduates of the Burnettsville High School are to be found in various endeavors in all of which they are meeting with the success so richly deserved by those whose training has been conscientiously done. In all, fifty-seven young people have received diplomas, and gone forth to battle with the world. What their high school training has done for them can be seen in the readiness with which they adapt themselves to the circumstances which surround them, the manner in which they face life's duties, and grapple with lifes problems.
CLASS OF 1907
James Duffey
Fred Gorman
Kate Stine
CLASS OF 1908
Harry Girard
Clara Cotner Carson Duffey
Frank Beshoar
Maude Reiff Bruce Cochran
Hazel Townsley
Ray Bennett Barton Wiley
Blanch Latourrette
CLASS OF 1909
Hazel Lybrook
Paul Girard Ethel Million
Charles Mourer
Ethel Herman
Gladys Ireland
Frank Lybrook
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CLASS OF 1910
Bessie Amick Hilda McMullen Blanche Holmes
Homer Hanna
Larry Peterson Esther Peterson
Clara Beshoar
Gladys Meeker
CLASS OF 1911
Delmar Galbreth Ruth Duffey Ross Good
Wanda Caughell
Joseph Ireland
Nellie Girard
Hazel Bishop
James Caughell Roxanna Davis
Mayme Stuart
CLASS OF 1912
Nancy Barnes
Pauline Beshoar
James Campbell
Hazel Davis
Bert Fisher
Effa Foust
Nella Foust
Harriet Girard
Grace Love
Mary Lybrook
Thresa McVay
Russell Pierce
Minnie Reiff Mae Snapp
Curry Sites
Ray Smith
Frank Stuart
Carl Waters
Ruth Wood
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Register of Students
NAME
CREDITS
Amick, Howard 11
Barnes, Nancy Virginia 32
Bell, Kathryn Mae 4
Beshoar, Perry Godlove
Beshoar, Mary Pauline 32
Brengle, Frank
16
Brengle, Ralph Tom
6
Byrkett, Elmer
8
Campbell, James Madison .
32
Caughell, Elizabeth Catherine
22
Clay, Sarah Dell
Cochran, Allan Paul
16
Cotner, James Martin
24
Davis, Harry Bert. 8
Davis, Carrie Belle
22
Davis, Hazel Lois 32
Duffey, George 24
Fisher, Bert C. 32
Fisher, Fred J.
8
Fisher, Hazel E.
8
Foust, Effa Mae
32
Foust, Nellie Viola
32
Fry, Susie Marie.
8
Galbreth, John Leslie
8
Girard, Phil
8
Girard, Blanche . 14
Girard, Joe Howard 24
Girard, Harriet Eliza
32
Good, Paul
8
Graham, Elizabeth
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Brookie, Guy
CREDITS
Graham, Virden
6
Grandstaff, Jennie 16
Guy, Grace May . 24
Hanna, Sadie Ann . 16
Hanna, Elmer Arnold 24
Hanna, Emily Opal.
8
Hargraves, Daphin Irene
8
Hook, Rilla Viola
24
Johnsonbaugh, Goldie Faye
14
Longbrake, Grace Vera
8
Love, Grace Mary .
32
Lybrook, Mary Alice 32
Marsh, Irene
Martin, Elsie Cleo
8
Marvin, Loie Arthur
21
Mertz, Ruth
8
Mertz, J. Harold .
16
McLeland, Merlie Marie
8
McVay, Anna Belle
16
McVay, Mary Thresa
32
McMullen, Frank 22
Million, Opal Marie . 8
Musselman, Gerald Edward 12
Nethercutt, Merle Echo . 10
Nethercutt, Nellie Verna 11
Nethercutt, Jennie Ellen 16
Otto, Carl Garner 8
Personett, Anna E .. 16
Peterson, Talmage DeWitt 16
Pierce, Maetina . 8
Pierce, Russell D. 32
Reiff, Minnie Margaret 32
Risser, Harold 15
Ruf, Edna May 24
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NAME
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CREDITS
Saunders, Ralph Raymond
6
Schneib, Martha 24
Shaffer, Hulda May 16
Showalter, Charley Albert 24
Sites, Edgar Curry . .
32
Slocum, Hal Rowland
12
Smith, Ray Edward
32
Snapp, Lillie Mae
32
Stuart, Frank .
32
Stuart, John Mark
22
Stuart, Paul .
22
Stuart, Cloyd
6
Stuart, Bertha
8
Stuart, Mason William
13
Tam, Elmer Roy
16
Tam, Lowell
6
Timmons, Lawrence Edward
24
Tobias, Paul McKinley
8
Townsley, Alta Mae
16
Waters, Cecil
24
Waters, Howard Carl
32
Watts, Mary M. 8
West, Charles Oral
14
Wiley, Mary Gale
8
Wood, Ruth Estella 32
Printed by The Burnettsville News
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The Burnettsbille Public Schools
1913-1914
THE BURNETTSVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
BURNETTSVILE, IND.
FOR THE YEAR 1913-1914
THE BURNETTSVILLE NEWS
Calendar 1913-1914
Teachers' Preliminary Meeting, Sept. 6, 9:30 A. M. Examination over Back Work, Saturday, Sept. 6, 1:00 P. M. School begins, Monday, Sept. 8.
Arbor Day, October 24. Thanksgiving Vacation, ( Thursday, Nov. 27. { Monday, Dec. 1.
Christmas Vacation,
§ Wednesday, Dec. 24. Monday, Jan. 5.
First Semester ends,
Second Semester begins,
White County Teachers' Association
Friday, Jan. 16. Monday, Jan. 19. ( Friday, Feb. 6. ( Saturday, Feb. 7.
School closes,
Friday, May 22.
Officers and Crachers
TEACHERS
FRED R. GORMAN,
Superintendent
IRA S TURLEY,
. Principal
META LOUISE WILHELM,
Assistant
BESS CALLAWAY,
Assistant
CURRY SITES, Seventh and Eighth Grades
CLARA COTNER, Fifth and Sixth Grades ETHEL HERMAN, Third and Fourth Grades First and Second Grade
FAYE TILLETT,
BOARD OF EDUCATION
J. C. DUFFEY, President
J. D. BROWN, Treasurer W. BESHOAR, Secretary TRUMAN HAINES, Janitor
General Information
Burnettsville is located on the Pittsburgh, Cin- cinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway, twelve miles west of Logansport. The town is situated in the heart of an extensive and fertile agricultural region and has a population of approximately 1000 inhabitants.
The people of Burnettsville are industrious, cul- tured and progressive. The citizens stand for what is best intellectually, morally, socially and religiously. The town has always had and still continues to have an enviable reputation for her splendid schools. To the generations gone before the people of Burnettsville are deeply indebted for the spendid school spirit fos- tered today.
MATERIAL EQUIPMENT
The school building is a three-story brick, includ- ing basement. The structure consists of seven large, well-lighted and well-ventilated rooms, and a basement in which are located the dining rooms and furnaces. The high school assembly room accommodates one hun- dred twenty pupils and for purposes of entertainment can be made to seat 300 people. The halls are wide and easily accessible. The doors are double and open outward. New flowing fountains have been placed on the second and third floors, thus insuring sanitary water supply. New furnaces have been installed, thus' combining adequate heating facilities with correct ven- tilation. The building is strictly modern.
The school is supplied with an excellent working library. The physical laboratory has been equipped
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during the past year with a complete outfit of appa- ratus, with a large cabinet for its care. The botany laboratory has been increased by the addition of mi- croscope, dissecting outfits, etc.
The assembly room has in it an upright piano, a valuable addition to the morning exercises and to the literary programs of the school. Several famous paintings , including the Aurora, Parthenon and Sir Galahad (left by class of '13) grace the walls of the assembly room, adding beauty and refinement to its atmosphere.
ADDITIONAL SCHOOL INTERESTS
Lecture Course. A lecture course, under the di- rection of the Senior Class, has been very successful for the past few years.
Glee Clubs and Choruses. During the past few years great stress has been placed upon musical num- bers and organizations. During the past year the male quartette and girls' chorus appeared upon sev- eral occasions, both at school and away. The cantata "Cinderilla" was also presented by members of the High School.
Dramatics. Dramatic ability has been fostered and developed through the presentation of various plays and entertainments at different times throughout the year. Debating and literary exercises are given considerable attention.
Publications. The Septuary, published under the direction of the Senior Class, is devoted to the interests of the students. It has appeared for the past five years, and as a record of the incidents and events of the school year as seen from the pupils' standpoint it fills a place in the institution of the school.
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The Annual gives the aims and purposes of the school with a brief outline of the work of the grades and the announcement of the courses of the High School.
ATHLETICS
The modern conception of the well-educated indi- vidual involves the physical as well as the mental de- velopment. It is undoubtedly true that the mind and body are inseparable, hence the training of the one to the exclusion of the other can be only a partial devel- opment. The best mental effort is possible only when the body is well conditioned. Furthermore, athletics, when properly conducted, foster a spirit of fair play and good will toward competitors on the athletic field.
It is in accord with this idea that the school directs and encourages various forms of athletic sports. Yet, while the policy of the school is and will be to en- courage every form of clean athletics, they are of sub- ordinate importance and it ever shall be the aim of the school to maintain them as a secondary function.
Comment School
The course of instruction in the Burnettsville schools consists of twelve years, eight of which are devoted to grade work and four years to High School work. The aim, scope and purpose of the first eight years' work is clearly set forth in the State Manual. The work of all grade teachers shall conform to this Manual, giving, however, sufficient freedom to the teachers initiative and individuality to insure the most effective work.
The particular work of the teacher in the first three grades is to teach the child to read. If this is done well, good work in the advanced grades is made possible and the future success of the child is assured. Teaching the child to read is one aim; to that is added in the upper grades the cultivation of an appreciation of and a love for good literature. Reading is the key to all knowledge and as such has incalculable value in the training of the child.
The field of the teacher of arithmetic in the grades is to develop the concrete as well as the abstract idea of number. The development of the general idea of number should not be attempted until the sixth, sev- enth and eighth grades. All arithmetic should be made as practical as possible. Concrete problems based upon the experiences of the daily life of the child en- rich and enliven the work and give to it a vitality which nothing else can do.
History is rapidly assuming a place among the most favored subjects in our school curriculum. In no country has the proper teaching of history such prac-
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tical value as in the United States. Here we are proud to boast that the government is subject to the will of the governed. If our boys and girls at maturity are to exert a salutary effect upon national and state affairs, they must be well taught in history. Furthermore, history develops self-control and judgment more effec- tively and permanently than any other of the present school subjects.
Geography is the knowledge of the earth as the home of man. It teaches man's dependence upon his fellowman. The physical characteristics of the earth's surface and their effect upon the location and growth of cities as industrial centers should be made clear to the child. Simple phenomena of daily occurrence, such as rain, wind, ice and snow, and man's dependence upon them, should be presented to the child so that a true conception may be had.
The work in language and grammar should fa- miliarize the pupil with the forms and drill him in the use of correct English. Composition work should be- gin as soon as the child is able to write. This work must be consistently followed throughout the grades, choosing the subjects upon which the child is to write from its known experience.
Physiology and scientific temperance is one of the most important subjects of the curriculum. The sub- ject is not meant for those expecting to enter the med- ical profession, but is intended to give each and every one such information concerning the body and manner in which it may be protected, invigorated and strengthened so as to live a useful and profitable life. The danger in the use of alcoholic drinks, tobacco and opiates must be pointed out but not exaggerated.
Nature study should be taught in connection with the work of geography, language and reading. The teacher should not fail to seize this opportunity to
create such a harmonious relation between the child and his environments as befits the cultured man or woman.
Last but not least in this brief outline of the work of the grades is the training to be given in the so-called "drill" subjects, including writing, spelling and drawing. Every teacher must see to it that these subjects are taught in her grades. The practical as well as the disciplinary value of these subjects is being more and more realized, and the teacher's attention is called to this fact.
TO SUM UP
At the end of eight years the students are ex- pected to read well, i. e., orally, with an understand- ing of what is read, and with a taste developed for future reading; to write a legible hand; to spell such words as they will have to use in and out of school; to be ready and accurate at figures; to have such a knowledge of geography as will enable them to read intelligently in any line and have an interest in the natural phenomena about them; to know the history of their country and have regard for her institutions; to be patriotic and have a desire for clean government ; to know the physiology of the human body ; the neces- sity for and what constitutes sanitary conditions, and the effects of tobacco, alcohol and injurious drugs; to understand the ordinary constructions of the English language, but above all to be able to use good English.
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High School
ENGLISH
The aim of the course in English is two-fold. (1) To enable the student to understand the expressed thoughts of others and to give expression to his own thoughts. (2) To cultivate a taste for reading and to give the student some acquaintance with good litera- ture. The purpose of composition is to give the pupil some power in expressing his own thoughts. To be able to write well, one must have spent a long and arduous apprenticeship in composition writing. To this end each student shall write at least one theme per week throughout the first three years of the High School course and at the discretion of the teacher of English an additional year may be required.
All themes must be written in ink on uniformly sized paper and to range in length from one to two pages, with an occasional theme of greater length. These themes shall be carefully graded with all cor- rections indicated and returned to the student. Special emphasis will be placed upon good, clear, forcible Eng- lish, intelligent punctuation and correct spelling. Other points entering into the merits of composition are capitalization, paragraphing, spacing, margining and neatness.
FIRST YEAR FIRST SEMESTER
Three days each week are given to composition and rhetoric. The student is made familiar with cor- rect forms of speech ; he is drilled in the construction
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of sentences, use of punctuation marks and idiomatic expression. Narration will be given close attention in the composition work.
Two days each week are given to the study of lit- erature. Selections for reading and study will be taken from Stevenson's Treasure Island, Longfellow's Evangeline, Tennyson's Enoch Arden, Cooper's Last of the Mohicians, Scott's The Talisman.
SECOND SEMESTER
Continuation of composition and rhetoric. Em- phasis is placed upon diction, unity and coherence. Nar- ration is continued in composition. In literature the classics are chosen from Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, Eliot's Silas Marner, Scott's Lady of the Lake, Dickens' Tale of Two Cities.
SECOND YEAR
FIRST SEMESTER
A brief history of English literature is given this year. Narration and description are emphasized in the composition work. Classics to be read and studied will be chosen from Coleridge's Ancient Mariner, Shakespeare's Macbeth, Addison's Sir Roger de Cor- erly Papers, Thackery's Henry Esmond, Byron's Poems, Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield.
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