Boise High School - Courier Yearbook (Boise, ID)

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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 If your tanning ideas are just a little out of date, just take ag from John Alden Bauer.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

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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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Blanche Jeffrey, who has her M. A. degree from the Universitj of Washington, and Marion Barnes, with her M. A. from the University of California. When yon get to be a high and mighty senior you have to take American history. This subject is taught bj Miss Jeffrey, Miss Davis, Grace Berry, and Arthur Hays. Miss Berry has her M. A. degree from the Teachers ' college, Columbia University. Mr. Hays has an M. A. from the University of Idaho. Just to liven up the drj tacts of history, some of these teachers make good use of the piano and victrola. Debit this. Credit that. Confusion reigns verj often upon the pages of student bookkeeping books, while entries refuse to come out right. The commercial department is headed by J. E. Six, who has acquired his B. S. degree from Central Missouri State Teachers ' college. Crooked letters and tired ringers make the brain sluggish, and the typewriter begins to play tricks. But after a good hard battle, you learn to be a good typer. James A. Burt, treasurer of the student body and overseer of the book room, is one of the teachers in this department. He has an A. B. degree from Ellsworth college. Laura Lynn, A. B. from Armstrong college, teaches shorthand, typing, office practice, and commercial arithmetic. Grace Maberly also teaches typing and junior business training. She has acquired her B. S. degree from Oregon State college. Minnie Lukes, with a B. A. degree from Midland college, teaches typing and shorthand. Ida Marsh, who has attended Winona State Teachers ' college and Oregon State college, teaches a complete course in advanced commercial work. You have to be the cream of the coffee before you can take this course. E. F. Grider, who has obtained a B. S. degree from Oregon State college, teaches CO) mercial arithmetic. Learning how to make the little bungalow a haven of res the home ec classes. The girls are smart and beat the depi own clothes. And they can cook, too. The department is headed bv Carol Paine, who holds a B. S. degree from the University of Washington. The cafeteria is under the direction of Esther Stalker, nd one of the aims of in bj making their