East High School - Angelus Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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CURRICULUM I for so long with rules of grammar and unending compositions, has been some- what livened by the appearance of the journalism and creative writing and also by the various contests offered. Some of the stories in the contests seem a little odd, but maybe some of us just aren't modern enough and must stick to our good old-fashioned meller-dramerf' But often some exquisite works that all of us can appreciate are handed into the Edith Hill Memorial Contest and the Script Book Contest. Although the journalism students get only a half a credit for all of their work, they seem to get enough fun out of it to justify it. We think that it would be a capital idea to install a minia- ture lunchroom in the journalism room, as it must be rather hard to survive .on stale left-over candy and popcorn. What- ever they eat, however, seems to. do-well by them, as they put out a darn good paper, in spite of. some of the objections that there is too much gossip and such. On to the language rooms, where each little group is prattling away its own idea of how the language should' be spoken, the result, our modern high- school pronuncia- tion. The German students do get the most out of their classes, assembling quite often to try out their German in so n g s a n d dances. Itis a pity that these side- lines can't be util- ized by the other l COUNSELING . . .Poss1BLY language classes where occasional movies, are the only outlets. Potential Spaniards and Romans have medals i for which to work. Until' this year, when? medal was established in memory of Whitaker, French students worked only for the love of the language. Students in languages were formerly taught only to read and to speak the language. Now the literature and culture of the countries are taught as THE INEVITABLE AMERICAN OBSERVER 'Twenty-three

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THE TANGELUS . 1936 With a wide yawn and a despairing look at the clock we await the clanging of the bell that will send us on our way to some other class. The restless students all around have closed their books, and although they may not yet have Hnished their next hour's lesson in this study, they are no longer working and are all waiting as patiently as we for that clang which will free us from the toiQs of the day for 7 GFFICE FORCE . . . AND WHAT FORCE! at least five min- utes. When at last that signal does sound through the halls, all noisily file out and the once quiet halls are filled w i t h a frenzied bedlam. After much pushing and general jamming, we make our way to the elevator E which, will carry Twentyftwo THE DEAN AND HER PROTEGEES us to the third floor and the history class of the next hour. With some of these handsome young history teachers around, the Angels are inclined to be a bit fluttery at first, but after their first moments- of 'adoration they settle down to a steady- routine of uninteresti-ng his- tory b kfs -ahd the inevitable American Observerf' 351116 'IOB class of this year seems to havei taken up a different system of teaching, on the Progressive Education line, but no one knows exactly how suc- cessful itfwill be. The English class, where we struggled HIGH FINANCE

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1 THE 'IANGELUS . 1936 SUCH ENTHUSIASM! well as grammar points. This is decidedly an advancement, for it will bring all the people of the world closer together be- cause of a better understanding. The great loss of the language department this year was the death of Mrs. Whitaker, whom everyone liked so well and who was such an excellent French teacher. Health is the road to all happiness, but from gymnasium attendance records we would judge that the physical education HARD ON BREAKFASTS Twentyffouf courses aren,t considered the only way to health. Gym courses are offered for boys and girls, and consist of posture ex- ercises and seasonal sports. The newest gymnasium course is a mixed folk danc- ing class, which learns the dances of dif- ferent races. This year, in cooperation with the music classes, the class presented a folk festival. At the end of our flying visit to the music department, we can only say Hats Off to Miss Moorhead for the fine work she has done with local music, and to Mr. Gorsline, who has done so well with the bands and orchestra. East is certainly turning out her quota of secretaries, judging by the number of commercial certihcates handed out each year, and many of the girls would make very pretty secretaries for some of you potential big business men. Outside of the students who clutter up the classes for just a half a year in order to learn enough to type their term papers, the people in these classes should make right smart business men and women. Now we think that it is about time to give three cheers and a hip-hip- hooray for the boys who take c o o k i n g. We haven't heard of any sewing as yet, but then, you never know what to expect of these Angels, and it may come to that. On . the other hand, we have some girls in the mechanic