Casa Grande Union High School - Cougar Yearbook (Casa Grande, AZ)

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SCIENCE DEPT. Biology, the study of plants and animals, gives us good ideas pertaining to health, economic values, and conservation of our natural resources, and lays a back- ground for fundamental vocational knowledge. Physics, the study of matter in motion, is made into a very practical and useful subject in this high school through the improved methods of teaching by problems and projects. The science department is directed by G. Max, who was well trained in Arizona schools. Mr. Max is a teach- er with many original ideas and one who draws out the best abilities of his students. ENGLISH DEPT. The aims of the English department are: a thorough understanding of the English language, an aporeciation of our literary inheritance, a basis for judging v;hat is good in current literature, the development of accurate writing in all students,and the encouragement of imagin- ative writing where there are any signs of talent. Three years of English are required for graduating, but all pupils are urged to take four years. The English department is under the able direction of Miss Marguerite Waters.

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The seeds of civilization in Arizona were planted by the Catholic missionaries, and their blood early enriched the desert soil. The soldier and the padre always marched to- gether; the one on horseback, the other trudg- ing afoot; the one in burnished armor, with sword and helmet, the other in roiigh gray robe, bareheaded, carrying the Crucifix. But the zeal of the priest ever outran the greed of the cavalier. They were alike but upon conquest; but while the heated imagination of the cavalier was busy with pictures of bound- less wealth and with alluring dreams of earth- ly fame, the impassioned heart of the other burned with the desire to add to the glory of the Catholic Church, to reclaim from darkness the lost souls of the heathen, and, perhaps greatest of all, to earn the spiritual luxury of a martyr’s death. Pioneers in Ariz.—Lockwood

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HOME ECONOMICS DEPT-. There are about seventy-five students enrolled in the heme economics department. This year the course has been enlarged to include not only homemaking I, II, and III for girls, but also an applied science course for boys. Home economics can no longer rightfully be called cooking and sewing. Changes in the home made it necess- ary to broaden the experience of the high school girl and offer work in home management, child development, consumer's buying, family and human relationships, and interior decoration Our department has tried to meet these obligations, and we feel that we have accomplished our objectives to a great extent.