Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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For those who are plan- ning to study engineer- ing and other scientific courses in their college career, a knowledge of German is an asset, and therefore an elementary course of this language is offered. Latin provides an ex- cellent foundation for other languages and also is used by anyone prepar- ing for a professional career. Any student with the wanderlust will find that a year or two of French and Spanish will be use- ful to him in his travels as well as in general life. Soiled left to right: Mis Flossie Hate.'. Mrs. Virginia Hoseherg. Standing: Misses Dorothy Hlaekman, Florence Anderson. Minnie Kskclson. Social Studied Seated left to right: Mr. M. W. Schultz. Miss Lucille Burianck. Mr. X. II. Ringstrom. Standing left to right: Mr. Den .il Nelson. Mr. Boyd M. Col- lins. Mr. George I’otter. Included in the high school’s lineup of social sciences are European history, American his- tory, economics, soci- ology and civics. Both American history and civics are compulsory in order that students may know the history of the foundation and growth of our nation and have a knowledge of the workings and laws of the American government. European history pro- vides a background for students planning to at- tend college as well as those with special inter- est in world affairs. Economics ties in with the math course, and one can take sociology to be- come acquainted with so- cial conditions as they exist.

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Km mi In order that we may make the acquaint- ance of our authors and their works and may speak and write our mother tongue correctly, we are supplied with a very able staff of teachers in the English depart- ment. They take us through the book land of our English world and train us in our gram- mar. Through the study of our literature we learn of the customs, manners and his- tory of other times and places and acquire the taste for good reading. For those of us who aspire to write var- ious types of news stories and to under- stand the newspaper better there is the journalism course. The library includes many references for class work as well as books for recreational reading. Stated: Misses Margaret West. Jean MacDonald, (•ail Lapham. Mabel John- stone, Josephine Mirlield. Standing: Messrs. Merle Makeover, Frank L. Mad- den. Misses Hortense Finch, Elsie Wallace, Mr. Clarence Hach. Miss Anne Jorgensen, libra- rian: Kleanor Kohrs, Barbara Itran n. LIBRAM 13

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■led: Mr. liny, Mi»» Kcnrick. Slandinx: Mr. Still. Mr. Boning, and r. Bickford. MeMtewatioi The never-ending: search for the value of X, the unknown quantity, goes on and on in our mathematics department. Some try to solve the knotty problem by alge- bra, some by geometry, some by trigonometry. Solid geometry, higher arithmetic, and business arithmetic are also help- ful. Mr. Jesse E. Day, Mr. W. S. Rosing, and Mr. Paul Still teach algebra, business arithmetic, and plane geometry. The solid geometry, second year al- gebra, and trigonometry courses are led by Miss Marie 0. Rearick and Mr. Russell W. Bickford. W h e t h e r studying toms, amoeba, acid, or natomy, it is interesting ork with the six science i structore. Mr. Milton rennemanandMr. Hugh . Woodroffe teach phy- ics, while chemistry is night by Mr. Harold Ioney. Miss M. Rae ohns, only woman ;ience instructor, has lasses in zoology and iology. Messrs. John litchings, Harvey Voris. nd Hugh Woodruffe also each biology. In addition ; biology, Mr. Hitchings caches physiology. Miss Johns’ and Mr. 'oris’ rooms have many olorful plants and speci- lens. Mr. Hitchings uses model of the human ody with detachable arts. 7lie £tie ic i Mr. Krcnncman. Mr. Money. Ml» John». Mr. Woodroffe. Mr. Vori . Mr. Hitching .