Eastern High School - Lantern Yearbook (Lansing, MI)

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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

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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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.-Q, ,. , . .LA i Seated: Harry Wilson, E I. Courtney, AB, Emil Marklewitz, BS, T. K. Clark, BS, Standing: Orville Flory, AB., A G. Williams, D W. Bradford. I I and the Social Science There are two sides to the INDUSTRIAL COURSE, namely, that which emphasizes vocational, and that which stresses the appreciational and cultural aim. Any academic student may elect subjects in the latter, in tact, students expecting to enter engineering, medical, or dental schools are required to take some drafting and woodworking at the college. The graduates of that part of the industrial course which is vocational are prepared to enter industry immediately. They learn printing in a fully equipped print shop by printing the school newspaper along with various other jobs tor school organizations. They experiment in the automotive shop with a new six cylinder motor received re- cently trom the Olds Motor Works and other motors. The Industrial department expect to expand in the tulure in the electrical, aeronautical, and diesel engine fields. I I I and the Industrial Woodwork Shop. As every student knows, we are required to make an intensive study of the history ot the United States. The use of a new text book this year enables us to tollow the growth ot America up to, and including the policies and achievements of our present President. This year the SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT has introduced a new subject called American Government, The course is designed to acquaint the students ot our school with the present day America and its various social problems. Over titty per cent of our students are enrolled in the classes taught by the Social Science department. There are only tour tull time and two part time teachers. This condition has sug- gested an experiment with double-sized classes. Mr. Chadwick and Mr. Gilson conduct them. Seated: Frances Baldwin, B55 Lora Knevels, A.B., T. G. Harris, MA., Gracio Sexton, AB., G E. Charlwiclz, A.B.g Standing: Russell Gilson, AM. W' - Q33 -toe