Eastern High School - Lantern Yearbook (Lansing, MI)

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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 - , , . , -

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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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A Typlcal Laboratory I 89 SCIENCE DEPARTMENT The world is bullt upon sc1 ence Our l1v1ng revolves about t Its understandmg causes us to apprecxate the wonders close at hand It IS one of the most 1m portant factors 1n our l1fe In Eastern there are three large laboratorles a conservatory and several recitation rooms all equlpped ln the most modern man ner Mr Leach head of the de partment has done much towards 1ts progress Courses ln Botany and Zoology are popular wlth the Sophomores Physlology dlscusses the functxons of the body That dellghtful sub student wlth the composltlon and behavlor of many common thlngs In Physics the fundamental law, of force motlon and energy be sxdes the operatlon of machmes are taken up The sclentxfic studxes can be made both appealmg and mstruct xve at once In our sc ool through good teachers and operatlve puplls th1s IS accom pllshed I Page Twenty four 1 i . ' ject, Chemistry, acquaints the ' . h . , co-