Boise High School - Courier Yearbook (Boise, ID)

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oreiigin anngiuieige THE Foreign Language De- partment in Boise High School is a very well established one. Four languages, French, Spanish, Latin and German, are offered. This department has given many students not only a knowledge of a foreign lan- guage, but also the ability to associate it with the ideas and CUSt0111S of the l2iI1dS fI'0Ill Mary Ann Hogarth, Lating Evelyn VVenstrom, German and Latin. First rnfw-Valnra Blackburn, Spanishg Emma Simmons, Head of Department and French, Karen Kieldsen, Spanish. Svruml row-H which these languages come. The department is headed by Emma Simmons, a veteran teacher in Boise. A very complete group of Latin subjects is taught. First and second semesters of Latin include Latin Grammar. Third and fourth semesters take up the study of Cae- sar, which is mainly lessons in translations. Fifth and sixth semesters involve Cicerog Virgil constitutes seventh and eighth semesters. Thus Latin is offered four years. Evelyn Wenstrom, who has acquired an A.l3. from Carlton College, teaches this subject, and Mary Ann Hogarth, who has received her M.A. degree from the Uni- versity of Iowa, is also a teacher of this language. German, introduced last year, is taught by bliss XVenstrom. Two years are offered. Three years of French are taught. The first year takes up the study of the funda- mentals of the language. The second and third years include grammar and transla- tion. French is taught by Miss Simmons, who has obtained her lVI.A. from the Uni- versity of VVisconsin. French songs are also learned by the students. Spanish holds for the student a great deal of pleasure other than the study of the language. Three years of study are required for completion of the Spanish courses in Boise High School. The first year of study consists of the fundamentalsg the sec- ond year is grammar and translation, and the third year is mainly translation. Teachers of this subject are Valora Blackburn, who has received her lVI.A. de- gree from the University of VVisconsin, and Karen Kicldsen, who has acquired her A.l3. degree from the University of California, and has done some graduate Work. Dine Rose ohne Dorman -No rose fwithout thornr. l Page Trwfnly-five

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l X First ru-w-Minnie Luke-s, Typing and Shorthand, Laura Lynn Typing, Shorthand and Commercial Arithmetic, Ida Marsh, Typing Shorthand and Othce Practice, Grace Maberly, Typing and Element- 'T 'lin 9 '1 lr - Nl VV Kline Cnnnn ri'1ll J A Ur! ral l i U1 IHA 0'Ll.'qi . . , 5 C A JIYY: . Burt, Elementary Business Trznnlng and Commercial Arithmetic, J E. Six, llead of Depzlrune-nt, C'onnnz-rcial Arithmetic and Bookkeeping, o Olllflllllfllllilfofllllill KJMMERCIAI, work in Boise High School has be- come a major part of the school. Seven hundred and thirteen stu- dents are enrolled and seven teachers are employed in this department. The subjects offered are: Typing, Shorthand, Office Prac- tice, Commercial Law, Book- keeping, Commercial Arith- metic, Elementary Business Training, Commercial Geog- raphy and Salesmanship. Manly students have taken advantage of these practical subjects in planning their careers. J. li. Six, who heads the department, teaches Commercial Arithmetic and Book- keeping. Nlr. Six acquired his B.S. in Education from Central lylissouri State Teach- ers, College. A. Burt, who is treasurer of the Associated Student Body, also teaches Commercial Arithmetic, Elementary Business Training, and has charge of the Book Room. He has his A.B. from lillsworth College. lylinnie Lukes attended Nebraska State College and Nlidland College for four years, taking an A.B. degree from the former school. bliss Laura Lynn, who has an A.B. from Armstrong College, teaches Typing, Shorthand and Commercial Arithmetic. Grace Maberly, who has a B.S. in Commerce from Oregon State College, teaches Elementary Business Training and Typing. lda Nlarsh, also a teacher in this department, teaches one of the major sub- jects, that of Oflice Practice. lyliss Nlarsh has attended Cheney Normal College. Oflice Practice is offered for students who are majoring in stenography. Advanced Typing and Shorthand must be taken with this subject. Nl. VV. Kline, Commercial Law teacher, has an LI..B. degree from the University of Idaho. A new project has been introduced in the Commercial Department, Single-period Typing. Eighty-five students now in the four classes are officially enrolled for only one period daily. For extra laboratory or practice Work each student is tested for his resourcefulness or initiative in the use of his study hall or other extra time. Typmurirfrs hum busily as future slwzografzlzerx dmmlop skill. Page Tfwrnty-four

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Mathematics THE ancient aristocrat of the sciences, hlathematics, has been given, in Boise High School, a staff of as competent instructors as any school in the state. Headed by Seth Freer, this department has grown to be one of the largest in the school with approximately two out of First rofw-A. J. Boosinger, Algebra and Geomctryg Glen:-vieve CVC1'y' HVC StlldCl1tS CIl1'OIlCd ICOI' Dartt Algebra and Geometry, Howard Paul Algebra an Genm- X - i i etry. lS1'1'uml l'UfLUfSf'Ih Freer, Head of lleparimcnt, Algebra, Geom- the Mlbjett- Mr' Freer VYa5 ctry and Trignnometryg J. A. Burt, Algebra. graduated froln the Ulllverslty of Idaho, and also received a B.S. degree at Carlton. He has been a member of the faculty for fifteen years. Among the branches of lVIathematics taught in Boise High School are Elemen- tary Algebra, Plane Geometry, Higher Algebra, Solid Geometry, Trigonometry and Advanced Higher Algebra. Each of these is treated as a unit that goes to make up the entire subject. As a rule, only one kind of llflathematics can be taken at a time, thus requiring eight semesters to complete the course. Under hir. Freer in the lVIathematics Department are five excellent teachers. They are A. J. Boosinger, lVI.S., who comes from the University of Idaho, Howard Paul, A.B., a graduate of the Wesleyan University of Nebraskag James A. Burt, A.l3., who hails from the University of Idaho, another Gem State graduate who has a HS. degree, Bernice Hjornsong and Genevieve Dartt, who has an A.B. from the University of Idaho. Nliss Bjornson was absent when this picture was taken. Algebra is a brief, simplified method of solving apparently complicated problems by the use of literal terms substituted for unknown quantities. Geometry, taken from the Greek words the earth and to measure, comprises the third and fourth semesters. The third and perhaps most practical of the Matheriiatics courses offered in B. H. S. is Trigonometry. This is a study of the relation between the size of the angle of a triangle and the lengths of its sides. By this process the distances of stars and high peaks are measured. This is for the advanced student and is necessary in surveying. Each studeni lakes his turn at dcfnonstraiilzg a theorem. , Page Twenty-Jix