Boise High School - Courier Yearbook (Boise, ID)

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,-ho battled with Caesa 1 translated into Ens all thr ish the the Gallic entures of .. hi. i they whai id and undt ich teacher al and literary value of Spanish. Ye igh that we think they could get what btudents — and we mean stu.1 wars, gave speeches with Cice Aeneas, are sure A-l pupils. Those taking French have onl) themsel stand thei r adopted tongue. Anyway, th; aiming at. Main students seem to realize the pi students of Spanish can rattle it off well they wanted in the native Spain. The popularity of German is gradually increasing. Evelyn Wenstrom, with an A. B. degree from Carleton college, is the teacher in this subject. Spanish is taught by Karen Kieldsen, who holds an A. 15. degree from the Univer- sity of Chicago and by Valora Blackburn, who obtained her B. A. and M. A. degrees from the University of Colorado. Mary Ann Hogarth, holding a B. A. degree from the University of Nebraska and an M. A. degree from the University of Iowa teaches Latin. Day dreams in fourth dimension, to sa nothing of nightmares in perspective, are some of the dilemmas of solid geometry students of this venerable institution. What can be done to a triangle by trigonometry studes is simply astonishing, the teacher general lj being the victim of part of the astonishment. All courses in math from beginning algebra to advanced algebra and trig are given in this school. Seth Freer, with a B. S. degree from Carleton college and the University ol Idaho is head of the math department. Mr. Freer teaches algebra, plane and solid geometry, and trigonometry. A. G. Boosinger, instructor in algebra and geometry, holds both a B. S. and M. S. in education from the University of Idaho. Howard Paul, has his B. A. degree from Nebraska Wesleyan university and also teaches algebra and geometry. Algebra is also taught by Genevieve Dartt who has obtained her B. A. degree from the Univer- sity of Idaho. The department also sponsors a mathematic club. E. F. ; Guild. Fu-.

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A.l.mi., l-tlum; AcMm.imi, ' Administration well, that is So, whether st six credits in English. t California, it are Emily ster Moody, nbery, B. S. To teach students, dumb, brilliant, and otherwise, not to say ain ' t- one of the aims of the English department of this knowledge factory, they will or no, the students of Boise Hi are required to obtain at Ie; in English literature and grammar. Several special courses are offere Richard Pomeroy, who holds an A. B. degree from the University is the head of the English department. Other teachers in the departmi Stewart with a B. S. degree from Nebraska Wesleyan university; L who has a B. A. degree from Washington State college ; Stanlc St, degree from the University of Idaho; Esther Huse with a B. A. degree from the University of Missouri, and a M. S. from the Universitj of Idaho; Helen Moore, who has a B. A. from Drake university; Inez Woesner, B. A. from Universitj of Washington; Kathryn Morgan has an A. B. from Whitman college; Dwight Mitchell holds both a B. A. from the University of Oregon and an M. A. from the University of Washington. Edwin Adams, dean of hoys, who has B. A. and M. A. degrees from Washington State college, also teaches one class in the English department. The English courses offered cover a wide range for anyone interested in some phase of this subject. Besides the regular classes in grammar, composition, and litera- ture, a class in creative writing is offered all those especially interested in original writing. This year the creative writing was in charge of publishing a booklet of selections by all high school students. Dwight Mitchell instructs classes in journalism, whose special duty is the publication ol the High Lights. Classes in expression are taught by Helen Mayer, who holds a B. A. degree from the Oregon university, and Eester Moody. Hie, haec, hoc, si senor, bon jour, danke schon. This may be so, hut unless you are in the foreign language department you won ' t believe it. If you happen to get curious about the foreign language department, you will find that it is headed In Emma Simmons, French instructor. She holds a B. A. degree from the Universitj of Missouri and an M. A. degree from the University of Wisconsin. . Valora; Boosinger, A. I.; Hun, fames; Chase, 1. E.; Chindgren, K. F. Jh- f J A AJ.

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ngshead, M Esther; Jeffrey, Blanche; Jo What makes flowers grow and die, stars fall, pollywogs turn funny, and lots of other things? Ask any student in the science department and a correct answer is assured. John Sawyer, teacher of physics and head of the science department, has his A. 15. degree from the University of Illinois. Rotten eggs? Oh, dear, no. It ' s only hydrogen sulfide from the good old chem lab . Floating over the transoms and through the cracks in the doors, it announces to the whole school that Willis Coffin is holding a chemistry class. Mr. Coffin has acquired a B. S. degree from Penn college. Of course, rotten eggs aren ' t all you have in chemistry. Nice problems in qualitative analysis, but we dumb ones say, Why bring that up? Be careful, you almost killed that fly. Why, he is almost a perfect specimen. No, they are not hug eating cannibals hut students of Cecil Pollard ' s zoology classes. Mr. Pollard has received his M. S. degree from the University of Idaho. These beautiful bouquets of wild flowers aren ' t to make any teacher feel better, but are for the botany classes. Harry Mitchell, with an A. B. degree from Wayne State Teachers ' college, and Bernice Bjornson, who has a B. S. degree from the University of Idaho, are teaching this interesting subject. Just to get a bird ' s eye view of all the science, Howard Paul also teaches general science. If your tanning ideas are just a little out of date, just take ag from John Alden Bauer. He obtained his B. S. degree from the University of Idaho. To give the freshmen a good idea of what history is. he is required to make gss 2 or general social science. Larry Wood and Clara Wyman are in charge of this subject. Both have their A. B. degrees from the University of Chicago. Students curious about our ancient forefathers and what thev grew to be like after years of development can find out by taking ancient and medieval history from Hoyt Cooper an,] Deborah Davis, who both have their A. B. degrees from the University of Iowa. Miss Davis is head of the department. After digging through the first year of history, you can take modern histor