Eastern High School - Lantern Yearbook (Lansing, MI)

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ri is i te i 'T Seated: Eftia Ericson, MA, Marie Sisson, AB, William Anderson, Ph.B.g Louise Sprau, MA, Mabel Wood, MA, lrrno Smith, AB., Standing: William Sage, A,B., Diploma from the University of Paris. The LANGAUGE DEPARTMENT is experimenting with a new system ot teaching this year, The students ot Spanish and French hear conversations carried on in those languages through the medium ot Linguaphone Phonograph records. l-learing the language they are studying spoken correctly is expected to benetit them greatly, ln addition, the Spanish Department expects to teach Spanish 5 and 6 it a sutticient number ot students desire those courses, The head ot the Latin Department, Miss Smith, has brightened her room by the addition at a mural painted in color by two students. This mural depicts a Roman triumphol procession Awards are purchased by the Latin Club tor the students who do excellent work in adv nced Latin. Three classes of awards, the Eta Sigma Phi - 'S medal, the Virgilian award, and ' Roman coins, are open to ad- vanced Latin students. ln addi- as tion to Spanish, French, and Latin, a student may, by entering the German Club, learn something at that language. Miss Smith discusses the Roman Senate with Romsey Haynes. French class at work. in l I l and the Language ,17-

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Standing: Aleath Garrity, MA., Carroll Ransom, M.A., Helen Beniamin, AB., Marie Sisson, AB., Vivian Janney, AB., Wilma Wooton, A.B., T. G. Harris, MA., Seated: Mildred Toogood, AB., Margaret Winters, MA,g Nellie Grohe, MA., Bertha Pollitt, MA, In keeping with the progress made by the rest of our school, the ENGLISH DEPARTMENT is offering two new courses this year, One of the two, remedial read- ing, teaches students how to read more easily. lt is designed for those students who find reading a difficult task. To determine whether poor eyesight is the cause of this reading difficulty, a Betts Ready to Read Service has been purchased. Radio speech, a course which very few schools in Michigan have yet introduced, is the other new English subject. For use in this course, the school has bought a fine new public address system. Eastern l-ligh School is noted for its excellent English department. The graduates of Eastern who at- tend Michigan State College are rated above average in English. The grammar course with its mimeographed material has been finely worked out. ln addition, a course in world literature such as many schools do not have is offered to the seniors. Miss Toogood guiding M. Pastra's reading. Miss Woatan's grammar class. I I l and the English

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l I I and the Physical Education l V. P? i Naturally, with all the equipment which the school owns, the GYM students are not without exercise during the winter, but outdoors baseball and run- ning on the track in the spring are looked forward to. The equipment in our gymnasium includes six basketball backboards, permitting two games at once, mats, a springboard, and, ot course, the swimming pool. Out-of-doors, aside from the stadium, which has a capacity ot titty-tive hundred, and is lighted to permit night tootball, we have two volley ball courts, a track, and plenty ot room in which to play ball. The three gym teachers not only have charge ot over one thousand enrolled students, but they must also direct about forty-tive interclass contests in volley ball, baseball and basketball every year. Seated: Helen Walter, AB., Leila Reynolds, B.S., Verna Gunnison, N Standing: Donald Manz, B.S., Margaret Willmon, B.S.g Esther Cline, AB., Wayne Edgerton, AB., Ralph Peterman, R A. Winston, BS., Walter Graft, Life Certificate, Winifred Kalchlhaler, AB. Did you know that over ninety per cent of the students ot our school take some subject taught in the COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT? Needless to say, this requires a great deal ot equipment and many instructors. There are ten teachers who are endeavoring to help our students to become ac- quainted with practical business situations. They familiarize us with the use ot twenty-eight dit- terent types ot machines. To get a better under- standing ot the work which they expect to undertake, the commercial students visit modern business ottices in the city and observe their prac- tices The salesmanship students have visited some ot the largest department stores in Detroit. In addition to the courses now ottered, the Commer- cial department expects to introduce a new course in Consumer Education next semester. A unique feature ot this department is its student placement bureau. elson Van Liere, AB., AM., Beniamin Leyer, 1181 l l l and the Commercial