Great Falls High School - Roundup Yearbook (Great Falls, MT)

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THE ROUNDUP B. S. Knox College Head of Science Depart mi nt Lois Pickering A. B. Park College Science Ellsworth Lumley B. P University of Washington Science Don (!. Williams B. A. Washington State College Chemistry and (it n nil Science Mrs. Vera Busch B. A. University of Washington Biology and Home Economics Velikan.te Johanna ' . B. L. University of Minnesota Latin Tosie ( ' . Churchill B. A. University of Minnesota Head of Language Department re brought together with common aims, three of the ini- ui ' work-a-day life, general science, biology, physics, and born thai which we now know as the Department of In 1929, there portant subjects in chemistry. Thus wa Science. It: lias been the aim of the department to give to the pupil not only a foun- dation upon which he can build in the future, but, should his formal schooling end with the high school, he would go ou1 ihe better fitted to comprehend the beauty, power, and precision of nature, as well as to understand the intrica- cies of our scientific age. That more than nine hundred pupils are served by the six instructors in the department, is ample evidence that the unification is a success. Our laboratories, through the farsightedness of the Board of Education, are excellently fitted for the performance of the most useful experiments and lend as well a proper atmosphere for study. Moreover, we are indebted to the A. C. M. ( ' ompany and the Montana Power ( Jompany for many valuable pieces of apparatus, which, were it not for their interest in the schools, we would not have. It is our hope that the department will continue to grow in value, not only to the pupils, but through a better trained citizenship, 1o the community as well.

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THE ROUNDUP hi k Mildred Ohattertox M. L. Crouch B. S. Kansas State B. S., A. B. University of Teachers ' College Mathematics Mathematics Inez Thompson E. J. Scovil B. S. University of B. S. Montana State College Mathematics AXXE HOULISTOX University of Minnesota ; Leland Stanford, Jr. University Head of Mathematics Department Margaret V. Piersox A. B. Northwestern University ; University of Chicago Mathematics Mayme Murchie B. A. University of North Dakota Dorothea G. McCulloh Sindenwood College ; University of Wisconsin Library School Librarian When the local high school was established, it offered only two years of mathematics, freshman algebra and plane geometry. However, this was the era of the wide spread development of the mineral resources of the vicinity : the copper smelter here, a silver smelter at the Giant Springs, silver mines running full blast at Neihart and prospering coal mines at Belt and Sand Coulee; it was not long before the men at the head of these industries — all technically trained men themselves — demanded that the mathe- matical curriculum be enriched so that local boys might enter the technical schools without being compelled to incur the expense of a preparatory school. Thus intermediate algebra, solid geometry and trigonometry were added as electives. Later, because algebra caused an undue percentage of failures in college, advanced algebra was offered to fortify our prospective engineers ' chances of success. Following the policy of satisfying local needs, a short course is available in the use of the slide rule. Thus, mathematically, the school is adequately equipped to meet the re- quirements of this technically minded age. Page Twenty-one

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THE ROUNDUP Ruth C. Dufpield Rosalea H. Spaulding B. A. University of A. B. University of Montana Michigan Social Science i ml English English and History E. N. TlSDALE 1 1 ELEN Ross . Sc.,M. Ed. Massachusetts B. A., M. A. Columbia State College : Harvard University ; Whitman University College Vocations History and Latin Willis H. Wolfe Ella Xelsox Boxxa B. Henry Margaret B. Coffmax Pd. B., B. A., M. Accts. A. B. Chicago Gregg School ; A. B., B. S. University of New Mexico Normal Kansas W. University University of Nebraska Oregon ; Oregon State University ; Denver College University Commerce ( mnmercc Commerce Commerce Tlic late William Howard Taft, noted jurist. twenty-seventh president of the United States, ami later chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. in an address at the Pierce Scl I in 1914, said: ••] have advised my hoy, wlm is just now beginning the practice of the law with a first class legal education, that he ought to supplement his general theoretical knowledge of the law with a course at a good business school. A knowledge and understanding of the fundamental principles and prac- tices of business will help us to understand better the world in which we live and to fit into the social structure of which we are a par t. The commercial department of i he Great Falls high school offers courses in shorthand, typewriting, bookkeeping, business administration, and commer- cial law. The high school courses in general are so planned that a studenl may major in commercial work and at the same time plan bis four years ' course to meet college entrance requirements in many colleges. Page Twenty-thr