Eastern High School - Lantern Yearbook (Lansing, MI)

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ADMINISTRATION It may be sald that the admm xstratlve department rs the heart o the school If If an efHCl ently orgamzed machme the work of teachlng and tralmng llk8WlS6 runs smoothly There can be no doubt that much of the progress of Eastern Hlgh School IS due to the work of this department and the zealous efforts of 1ts members The office stenographers Mlss Bertha Moore and Mlss Melba Rooker are two persons always cheerful capable and obllgmg Performlng the mamfold tasks and the sometimes drab dutres of office routme rs Mxss Derby our assxst ant prmcxpal She rs a woman of vlgorous mtellect a character of genume frlendlmess admlred and respected by those she darly meets Who can say wrth such personalltles dlrectlng the busl ness of our school what new worlds lt shall marchmg conquer? Mann Office 1 I Page Nineteen I

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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Engllsh whlch lS a required subject durmg the three years of hlgh school arms to acquamt the student with h1s own language and teach hlm proper hablts of wrxtmg and speaklng Grammar the fundamental rs stressed ln the Sophomore B and Senlor B years They study that lwmg and power ful thmg 11terature and nts ere ators those masters who have produced a decided effect upon men through the ages down to our day Frlendly acquarntance wlth and understandmg apprecl atlon of such wrltmgs generate an appetlte for the best of books and lead the way through new paths of enjoyment ln readmg Compo sltlon the art of expressmg one s thoughts well IS taught in the Jumor B and Semor A semesters Students become efhcxent at wrlt mg essays short stones and poetry They find lt delightful to paint wxth letters and word plC tures that portray a varlety of moods and thoughts and people The fourth semester IS devoted to public speaklng that the student may gam poxse and ease before an audience The fields are mvltmg and the pasturage green Engllsh IS lxked at Eastern v y - Q t u 1 ' v - . . . , s v v v w v -

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LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT Students wtshmg to comply wlth college entrance require ments take at least two years Latm whxch IS the foundatxon all language study It glves enrlched English vocabulary a helps 1n the understandmg a apprecxatlon of llterature For those puplls who expect the future to travel or engage xn engxneermg projects 1n South acquamtance wlth Spanlsh IS valu able equxpment The study of thls language has been advocated by well known authorltxes and ln our hlgh school IS engaged an by many students That we may appreciate the language and llterature of France that our thoughts may run nn un trled channels that w1ll create new methods of thmklng and that we shall be sympathetic with the cul ture the customs and the xdeas of the country the French lan guage s studled A readmg knowledge augmented by conver satlonal practlce makes up the two year course MW A Language Room 2 67 I Page Twenty one I ' f 'W of . . . . of . ' an ' ' nd ' ' nd ' in American countries, an intimate , , , , , - i ' . ' 1 . - ,