Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1909-02-25
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
Continued from last week.


In the subject of Grammar the chief
aim is to teach the pupil the correct
usage of the English language The
first part Of the year was devoted TO
brief review of Seventh grade gram
mar. This included review OF the
parts of speech and their properties.
This work is being completed by work
in analysts and parsing. This work is
to be applied in later work to be given
in Composition For what is the value
of the study of subject if we are not
to apply it?
1ne aim in the course in Arithmetic
is to develop rapidly, accuracy and
skill IN the various fundamentals OF
the subject. Besides brief review OF
Seventh grade work, the subject Is
further completed by Percentage,
Interest Discount, b sank Discount,
Ratio, Proportion, Square and Cube
Root and their applications. Each rec
itation is introduced by either rapid
mental work or rapid DIR Il wotz at the
board. This is to prepare the mind for
the active and careful work that is
needed for this subject
The aim of the Constitution class is
to make the pupil acquainted with his
own home government, the govern
ment of the county, state and nation
so as to prepare him to hold that fu-
ture position as citizen OF the United
States In this subject lne Oh inc in
the Course OF Study has been closely
followed.
In the Physical Geography class OF
the Ninth grade there are eight mem
bers The chief aim is to acduaint the
pupil with nature itself SO as TO lead
him to understand he phenomena
which are taking place about him
every moment Here he becomes ac-
quainted with the earth itself, It's riy-
ers and mountains, lakes and lake
basins, various phenomena and their
causes This subject is TO be conclud-
ed by study oil the relation OF these
physical conditions TO man. care
fully prepared notebook is kept by
each pupil. The purpose of the note
book is to give the pupil wider scope
of work than that given in the text
book.
The Composition class is made up OF
nine pupils. The aim OF this course IN
composition is To give TO the pupil the
Fundamentals underlying good compo-
sition4 A thorough study of the tive
forms of discourse, of the paragraph,
sentence, words, aud figures of speech
has been covered. A thorough course
in letter writing and its fundamentals
has also been covered. The reluain-
der of the year is TO be spent in brief
review and application of this work in
composition.
The Ancient History class is made up
of ten members. The aim in this
course in history is to acquaint the
pupil with the history of the earliest
nations as forming a basis for our
Modern History. Herein we become
acquainted with men of example and
mind to whom we owe greater share
of our present education. A carefully
prepared note book is kept by each
pupil in order To broaden his views on
the subject.
The English History class, which
completed the work at the close of the
semester, is made up of two members.
This was an interesting study of Eng
land from its earliest known time to
the present day. The aim in this
course was to create love for History
and TO understand what part the histo-
rv of England took in the history of
the World. In this subject an ample
opportunity was given for the study of
the life of the greatest men the world
has ever known.
The Geometry class is composed of
two members. The aim of this subject
is TO create love for the subject of
Mathematics. In Geometry, reasoning,
one of the greatest powers of the mind.
plays most important part. The first
four books of Geometry. which include
the study of lines and surfaces and
construction problems based thereup-
on. have been covered. The remain
der of the year is to be devoted to Book
V of Plane Geometry, Book | of Solid
Geometry and all exercises based there
in.