The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-12-24


pupils are doing practical work In the labor
atory and gaining practical knowledge of
wnat some Of our common commercial sub
stances are composed of. The principles
studied in physics this week have been
tnose made use of In the barometer, the COM
mon lift pump and the force pump, the last
TWO common illustrations bringing the prac-
ucabiity of the matter home to all. II you
don't believe this just try to explain why
the water comes up through the valve and
follows up the plunger of common lift
pump.
lhe work of Miss Boice is confined en-
tirely to Latin and German which subjects
are of more Importance than ever now since
pupil must haye two years work In some
language IN order to be admitted to the
University. Miss Boice has two classes In
beginning Latin, one class reading Caesars
histories of the Gallic wars, one Cicero's
orations, and one Vergil's Aeneid. Her
advanced German class is reading high class
modern stories and poems.
Miss Lowell has seven sections all deep in
English work. Three of them are ninth
grade sections which are studying Burns
writings at present Two of the classes, the
seniors, are studying the Bunker Hill ora
tion of Daniel Webster. AS sample of
what kind of reading the classes are study
ing 1t may be mentioned that the work of
the senior class for this year covers the fol-
lowing well known standard writings: EN-
erson's American Scholar, Fortunes of the
Republic, Shakespare's McBeth, Lincoln's
Gettysburg speech, and selections from
Paradise Lost,
The work of Miss Hodge lies in English
masterpiece work, English literature and
civil government. Her section in master
piece, the tenth grade, is reading the Vicar
of Wakefield at present and her civil gov
eminent class is now studying the civil gov
ernment of oui own state.
Miss Hartshorn's classes, with but one
exception, class in English analysis, are
classes in history. She has a. present three
sections in English history, two in general
history and one In United States history.
The disproportion between English and U.
s. history is, however, only temporary ow-
ing to a change in the course.
An ordinary person who listened to Miss
Curliss' classes for one day would be quite
likely to have visions Of ''x square, minus
the square root of minus equals -
what" running through his head that night
All of her seven classes are classes in alge-
bra this semester and that the subject Is an
important one those can but realize who
have tried to do advanced work without a
proper knowledge of algebra to begin with.
The above gives fairly complete sum-
mary of the teaching required of the high
small part Of their regular routine work.
Another feature of the high school work
has just been set in motion principally by
the pupils themselves This is the organ
ization of literary society, membership
to which is open to the junior and senior
classes of the high school. The society
will meet every alternate Friday evening in
the high school assembly room and has as
its object to promote an interest in litera-
tare, to increase the knowledge of parlia-
mentary procedure, to cultivate the art OF
public speaking, and to establish a stronger
bond of fellowship among the members of
the Owosso High School," The officers,
elected Tuesday evening, are: Isaac Glad
den, Pres; Elizabeth Todd, Vice-Pres :;
Bertha Edwards, Sec'y; Glynn Blanchard,
Treas; Roy Matthews, Marshal; Edna Os-
borne, Critic.