Eastern High School - Lantern Yearbook (Lansing, MI)

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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-

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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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HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT What shall we eat? What shall we wear? These are lmportant questlons Such they have always been and probably always wlll be Those who take Home Economlcs courses Fmd the answers to them They learn to select and serve the foods that sclence has proved most b9I'l8HCl3l They learn t make and choose clothes that best fit thelr partlcular type The home IS the greatest and most powerful lnstltutlon In any country Those who have as thelr duty the keep mg of It cannot be too well versed m knowledge that llghtens the tasks that makes for the fam 11ys best health and that causes domestlc lnfe to be happy and full of content At the request f many boys a semester of Home Economlcs for them was mtro duced The preparatlon of slmple meals the selectlon and care of clothmg and the makmg of the boy s own room more lxvable are lncluded in th1s course The Home Economrcs department has a Eve room model apartment where practlce ln the art of enter tammg and care of the home may be had Sclence and art golng hand ln hand w1th home makmg are promotmg better homes and a healthler natlon Lwmg Room m the Apartment I Page Twenty five l . O , - ' 1 v . 0 y 1 v , . v ' 1 v