Eastern High School - Lantern Yearbook (Lansing, MI)

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A Mathematics Class 3 39 MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT The study of mathematlcs helps cultlvate DFCCISIOH and clar 1ty of thought for the student equxpped wxth correct modes of reasonmg IS able to arrlve at d1Hi cult concluslons very quzckly Therefore two semesters of alge bra whlch equlps the student with methods for SO1Vlng problems that would be dlmCl1lt or lmposslble to conclude wlthout algebralc pro esses and two semesters of geom etry that teaches correct reasomng and the appreclatlon of thls sub Ject m art, llfe and nature are re qulred In addltlon a thlrd semes ter of geometry and a semester of trlgonometry useful ln any en gmeermg course are offered Numerals and figures have much to do wxth the brlllnant sclentlfic and archltectural achievements of today and justify the extenslve study of them In the high schools I Page Twenty-twol

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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 . - ,

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SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Soclal Sclence carrles w1th lt a certam great appeal for all sub jects dealmg w1th people are m terestmg It IS Fme to study the famous men and women of the past to thmk about the romantlc thlngs that they dxd and to plcture m lmagmatxon those scenes that have made hlstory Yet one learns not only of past events but Llfe World Hlstory tracmg mans ex perlences to the present txme IS a two semester course Umted course and IS requlred ln the senior year Besldes bemg a study of the r1se of the Umted States nt also treats the 1mportant subject of Clvlcs C1v1c Socxology a one semester course may be taken by those mterested m the problems of our clvllxzatxon Thls knowl edge IS supplled by our Soclal Scxence department, and gamed makes life fuller and better For history IS human ahve and llvmg Y - , , . . , , . . States History is also a one year - , , . , -