University High School, Jordannus,1960, Page 22

Description:	... through international and domestic relationsJames Mason, English, tennis coach, Junior Class sponsor;Byron Massialas, social studies, Sophomore Class sponsor; Bar¬bara Miles, English, sponsor of Eighth Grade; Fred Mills, art;A. Pryce Noe, math.■Tunde Csoke is asked to point the location of a foreign country in a world geography class.The Social Studies Department this year experimented with a special democratic theoryclass. Thirteen students were admitted to theI. U. Freshmen Honor government class. Mr.Cox and Mr. Massialas also tried a new methodof teaching — what they called their generalization method. By setting up an if . . . thenalways” generalization, such as if a people ofone culture contact a people of a different culture, then always a culture different fromeither of these but characterized by identifiable elements of each emerges,” they hope tohelp students to apply reflective thinking tothe study of history, therefore, helping themremember more facts. For the first time, seniors were offered sociology, economics, or international relations, to fulfill their second semester social studies requirement. Smart andsnappy in its new black and gold uniforms, theband performed at all home games. Band members earned over $600 to pay for the uniformsby selling chocolate turtles”! Industrial andfine arts are combined in a co-educational program for the art students at U-School.Throughout the year, student work was displayed in the halls, and in the spring severalstudents entered the National Scholastic ArtContest, capturing many awards.o<
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