Des Moines Technical High School - Engineer Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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martmeumitiw. MIss lVlAR'l'IIA Bl-QHSON, MR. A. W. MI1RRII.I., MR. H. B. SMITII, MIss MARX' S'I'ANI.EY. MIss JESSIE TAFT. I5 lf ' If I R. SMITH, Miss Stanley, and I' Miss Taft embark the pupils I l on the troubled sea of Mathematics and Miss Beeson and Mr. Merrill pilot them safely over the dangerous depths. According to the latter Theres no play about Mathematics which certainly true In West High Three semesters of Algebra and two of Geom etrv are required of every graduate 1nd there lb enough elective work to keep nIm more than busy lhe real aim of this department IS not merely to make pupils learn rules and solve prob lems for which they see no practical application but It IS to teach them how to apply the knowledg they have gathered and how to think and act independently sf'-fr' yr? , . ,, . . , lm f - . K . . , ,f , o I - . . Q f:f Q 1 .,r ' 1. 'C r it '-Jil I I , X T ,'f-A gr A, in . ' ?- .- '. 'Qs fi 'tn ' ' sea. . V' NA

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imsturp ann Qlmxrs MR N H Wants Miss josrP11tNt lAXLOR Miss Amar Moss Mtss L1 tm b1MMoNs IVICS and Anclent Mediaeval ancl lVloclern Engllsh and Xmertcan Hrstory are taught rn West Hrgh One semester rs spent tn the rs thoroughly clrscussed both hrstortcally and polltlcally During the leglslatne and congresslonal sesstons reporters are sele tecl to lnform the classes of the ptoceedlngs of these bOCllCS and the puplls clrscuss them thus Jelng encour aged to do mdependent thtnlung Two years of Ancient Mediaeval and Mod ern and Engltsh Htstory follow and ln connection wlth the regular work atten tron rs patd to great authors orators and artrsts as well as to warrtors and statesmen Amerrcan I-ltstory rs studted rn the senlor year espectal care bemz glven to develop clearly the power to reason from cause to effect Thus I5 supplemented by much extra reaclmg and numerous essays study of the federal government, which

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Srxrnrr Mu LAFAN rrr Hlcc nt Miss ft Lt MA lx0sIOMLAlSlxN Miss I RANcrs Mt FARLAND C IPNICE holds a xery lmpor tint plxce xn the work of the hugh school both Natural and Physical gcrence bemg tauvht The former ha one laboratory one lecture room anfl one recltatlon room and the branches taught are Physlcal Geography Bot any and Phy slology The latter IS re quired from all students but the num ber talung Botany changes very little from year to year the great lncrease vomv to Physlcal Geography Two laboratorles and txso lecture rooms xxrth all necessary equxpments are devoted to Physlcs and Chemlstry and Mr Hlggms has also a prnate labora torv In Chemrstry about three fourth of the vorlc IS done ln the laboratorx IH Physlcs one half therefore good equipment IS essentlal to the satlsfactort study of these branches l-he depart ment has an Increase of slxty per cent ox er last year