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

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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

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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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GUIIIIIIPYIIAI 3Brparrmrnr MR QLAY D S1 INhI rc Miss CLARA Yoss Miss QRALF Sx1xrRs HE Commerclal course serwes x double purpo e It not only hts Its graduates for practical busmess occupatlons but also affords a regular hugh school educahon lhe studies m eluded ln aclchtxon to the usual h1g1 school cultural work are Book lceeplng and Banlunv Comrrerclal Geography Shorthand and Typevwrrtmg and Com merclal Law Wnth this combined prep aratxon graduates are enabled to secure chor e posmons m business ofhces or by rralung up one year of a forelgn language they may enter hrgher educa tlonal lnstltutlons Thls course rs an educator rn lmes of culture and p ac tlcablhty and that thrs IS appreclxted IS lndlcated by the fact that about one pupil out of exery four entermg the hugh school chooses the Commercial course C l