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

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ilatm Jon I IIINI WII.I.IAwIs MIss km III RINI WILLIS MISS MARC ARI I IXINL Mm jrsslr IAFI HE l.atIn department I grow Ing growmg groxxmg lhere enrolled In It thle yewr uhrch makes a good half of the total school enrollment It requIres eIght classes a day to ac eommodate the freshmen and the sopho Irores a e not far behrnd Every hour In every day fmds a Caesar class In sesmon Though many pupxls after lllllbllllli., two years of Latm turn to scIence or a modern language here IS an ever Increa Ing number who com plete the LatIn couree lhIs yeur there are aloout srxty Jumors and forty lne QCDIOTS The work IS vers thoroughlx done Grammar and readmg are lmlced together throughout the course and prose IS never forgotten 5 iff' ,, W ' ' ,X N 'II it . . Zliwllh , s A 'f km 5 , 'A , . 'Q ,l'I- Tl iff fx 'X are four hundred and sixty-hve students l ll' ll IWQI I . . , K Y . A E 1 f' ' ' . , , Y I l 3 I I .Q? I . ' ' I 'I' I . . ' K Y I , MII? lr I . 1 I '27

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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

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muhcrxn ilanguagry DR ADFLI Fucus Mrss QARAII LORINQ, M I rox DL FLOS Hl course lll modern lxnguwes oflus exceptroml admntxve md 1 xnlc xxlth those rn the best school of the country Our students who enter hrgher educatronal mstltutlons ap preclate the thorough drill xshrch they haxe recenecl lhe experience of the berman teachers has led them to lay much stress on grammar and prose composrtlon The more advanced xsorlc lncludes 1e1cl1ng ancl Interpreting lrtenny monks memorrzlng and drrll rn the use of rdroms and ln conxersa tron All thls creates a German at mosphere a love of the worlc and the dCSlI'C for a greater Lnouleclve of the language lhe course ln French rs also plannecl on these methods and the stu dents enjoy the FIDE opportumty ol mastermg that most dlfhcult thmg French pronuncratlon under a name French teacher Jun.-f . . L , '. W 4 K eg: .' . 4 ag-5 Q 'Q 's ' . . Q 5 . . ., .C . ., , , . C