Evening journal., 1916-01-29

During the first period, from ! to I
1.3O. we have American history in
room 1. with Miss Hill as teacher We /
are studying Mizzcy's American His /
tory and find il very interesting. Hav-
ing finished the book we are now re-
viewing in preparation for the final eX-
animation. The recitations are very
interesting since we take up present
day problems and occurrences and go
off into the maze Of the complicated
questions that are facing the world
and discuss ways and means of cor
recting the evils of the day; then
Jump with surprise and dismay when
the buzzer rings, for the lesson has
not been covered.
"In the second period O.30 TO p,
Mr. Ennis teaches science in room 2.
/ In this subject. too. we have finished
the book and are reviewing for the
final examination. This study has
been valuable for the real knowledge
( il has imported to the pupils. II
teaches about heat light food, air,
water. chemicals. drugs, and patent
medicines. sound and musical instru-
ments. Il also includes a course in
! applied physics.
Next comes German. which Mr.. En-
mis- teaches in room 2 from 2 to 2.3O.
Just now we are reading a story call
ed The Dumb Ones German is not
so hard as Latin and the rules are
easier 10 understand Il seems more
interesting because it Is language
spoken i'm the world today end the
words stand for present day things
not those of past centuries.
from
2.30 10 3. teaches algeLGa to the Jun
iors and seniors. AT the presen' time
we are working problems ihat involve
the finding OF the values of two or
more unkncwns This lesson seems
to all to be the hardest and some OF
the problems have required several
DAYS to solve.
"On t.e whole. tho course this year
is very ENJOYABLE ana aHncuLh the
, lessons require much study they are
not especially hard. u is a PLEASURE
TO work hard because the teachers are
taking an interest i'm the pupils and
stand ready and willing TO help at
any time.
1.-THE junior commercial class con
sists of four girls They have four
, subjects whicn are as follows Short
hand. bookkeeping, typewriting and
/ arithmetic.
"They also have two studies from
the general course. English and al
zebra - Their studies are not what
one would call easy by far, but all
of them are q great benefit TO us, and
. are also very interesting
+ "1n shorthand they have finished
the twentieth lesson of Benn Pitman's
, phonographic amanuensis. This study
, is very interesting ana Will be OF
, great value I'm tho future. I'm book
keeping they are using the inductive
set. which they will finish In about
5 month. after which, they will take
:. Iup commercial geography. I'm type
/ writing their aim Is accuracy for the
r first year and they have Just reached
o the stage of letter writing. Their de-
sire is to accomplish both accuracy
:. and speed before they depart from
/. the school
3. Senior Class Work.
Ella Green represented the senior
e class and said
"The general course Of the senior
" class this year Is very interesting anC
le is as follows;
D. During tine first period OF the morn
IS ing session, the seniors formerly hat
e study period but have now decided
d to take agriculture during this period
with the freshmen, who are beginninl
IT this subject after having completed
S physical geography. Agriculture Is
Il not required to be studied by the sen
r iors. but the seniors reel the need OF
n il since every one is now required e
k pass an examination in agriculture
,. before they can obtain q teacher Ger
S tifcate. Five girls ofthe High School
are expecting 20 take the teachers
c examinations this spring.
S The seniors are taking plane
Is geometry with the juniors aud sopho
T. mores owing to the fact that seyera
D. seniors failed In this subject in then
1t Junior year and also because the new
State course requires review o
~ plane geometry in the senior year Th'
IS State course requires that plane geom
NJ etry be taught in the sophomore yea
n and solid geometry in the junior year
I'd but since the juniors of this year hav
RS never had plane geometry. they ar
OF required to study II with the senior
sn and sophomoges.. Hence the thre
-. classes are combined and have foun
ct out that geometry requires work bu
er is we'll worth the time spent on
because of It's great benefit toward
if- the ability o. thinking and reasonin
ut well.
ps I'VE have just completed the stud
ut of hygiene which we found to be ver
re- practical and useful as well as inte
UT esting. The book. whose title is III
m, Peoples Health. treats OF both pu
le. lie hygiene. which Is the adaptio
mt of the surrounding conditions to life
pg and personal hygiene, which is Il
SIS adoption Of life TO the surroundir
til conditions. This subjects counts l
tie point toward graduation Since Il
a completion of hygiene. we have begt
81 the study of physiology. which wi
e- also count l-2 point. Each OF the 9TH
NJ subjects count one point which maxi
r. total of points required OF Il
senior class for graduation.
he During the last period of the NOR
ing we have German. We do not kno
re German well enough to converse bl
IS do know something o. the grammai
h, cal constructions.
a. During the first period OF the a
lg ternOon session United States histol
OF Is taught In this course. we stud
nd the history OF our country in relatio
rs to modern day problems.
be I'VE study English from vel
ry practical book. Applied Business En-
lp- lish. The seniors have also read tw
ire books OF Paradise Lost. and haN
or written a biography OF John Milto
nst the author. in this course we al
gut required to write themes quite fr
quently.