Brush High School - Sagebrush Yearbook (Brush, CO)

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COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT The Commercial Department offers various courses in business lines, such as Commercial Arithmetic, with Business English following it the last semester; Shorthand 1 and 2; Bookkeeping 1 and 2. and numerous classes in Typewriting. The typewriting room is well equipped with different kinds of typewriters and changes are made every two weeks, so as to enable one to use any model of typewriter. Each year the Commercial Departments of the state conduct a contest between the different schools. This contest includes every branch that is taught in the Commercial Department. One of our students in Bookkeeping took second prize in the state contest. Another student took third in rapid calculation. This department offers a very speedy and acccurate course in all lines. Our students have holies of winning the cups in the state contest this year. M. X. HISTORY History is one of the fundamental subjects in a high school course. It is valuable, not only because of the fact that it adds to the sum total of our knowledge, but it also enables us to interpret the conditions now existing, and predict future events, in the light of the happenings of the past. In Brush High School this year, three different history courses are given. In the course in Ancient and Mediawal History, the important events from the earliest historic times down to the time of the early settlers in North America are studied. Modern History begins with the pre-Xapoleonic period in European history, and extends to the present time. There are two classes in Ancient History and two in Modern History. They are under the supervision of Miss Bleasdale. Seniors are required to take American History, which is a complete course in the history of the United States of America. Mr. Stevenson, our able in- struitor. makes this study a most interesting one. L. F. The world, dear friend, is a strange affair I'( ) ’ Thirteen

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OUR SCHOOL DOMESTIC SCIENCE Our Domestic Science Department comes under the supervision of Miss Plumb. She devotes her forenoons to High School classes and her afternoons to those of the grade school. There are two classes, one advanced and one elementary. The elementary class meets for two periods and no outside work is required. The first semester was devoted to cooking and the second to sewing. Full credit is given. The advanced class was not organized until the second semester, but the girls have accomplished a great deal. On Wednesdays, dinners and luncheons are served by the girls of this class. On Thursdays, dainty foods are pre- pared by them and sold at cost to the ladies about town. Food for banquets and receptions given by the school are also prepared in the Domestic Science Department. The girls who are taking Domestic Science this year have found the course a most pleasant one, and under the leadership of Miss Plumb, it is also a most useful one. T. L. LANGUAGE Language seems to be a very popular subject in B. H. S. Latin, probably the most popular of the foreign languages taught, is in the form of a two- year course. Latin 1 was such a large class that a division was necessary, making two classes of first year Latin. Mr. Stevenson teaches all three classes of Latin. Trench, a little less difficult, has not as large an enrollment as Latin. It is also given in a two-year course. Miss Martin has charge of the French Department and makes it very interesting. E. M. I’niK Tirclrn Hr known little who tells his wife all he knows

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MANUAL TRAINING Our Manual Training Department is under the instruction of Mr. Skaggs, who also lias charge of tlie boys’ physical education. This department is one of the most widely known in our school. There is ample equipment to make anything one may desire. A lathe, turning saw and a number of other machines are at our disposal. Many useful and beautiful articles are made and nearly every home in town has something that was made in our school. A considerble amount of work has been done around the school by the boys: benches were made for the gymnasium, which add considerably to its seating capacity and makes things more convenient for the spectators. Tables were made for the library, which added to its appearance and usefulness. Book-cases were made by the boys for the library, and also for the class-rooms. Much of the material used for track is made by our Manual Training boys. A large number of Freshmen and Sophomore boys and a few girls take this subject. F. P. SCIENCE Our Science Department is under the supervision of Mr. Howe. The rooms are arranged on the order of the unit system. The chemistry laboratory is on the east side of the southern exposure and the physics laboratory is on the west side of the southern exposure. Between the laboratories is the lecture room, where classes are held. Glass window partitions separate the various rooms. Thus it is possible for the supervisor to have classes in all three rooms at once. Physics is very interesting and instructive. Many experiments are con- ducted which are of practical value and use in every-day life. Chemistry is somewhat more difficult than Physics, and necessitates more application. Biology has been made a full-year subject, and the course is quite exten- sive. Psychology is a half-year subject. Biology and Psychology are under the supervision of Miss Bleasdale. E. M. Page Fourteen Handsome is as handsome does