Greeley Central High School - Spud Yearbook (Greeley, CO)

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1. 4 Q lx 1- LATIN DEPARTMENT Durlng the fall term there were three Caesar classes each havmg about twenty f1ve students and a small class of advanced students Vlrgll and Cxcero are also glven The routlne of the classes IS translatlon and lnstructlon development Translatlon from Engllsh to Latln IS studled both ln begxnnlng and advanced classes New classes were formed at the mld term for ten B students No begm nmg classes are gtven at Sen1or l-ltgh thxs year as Junlor l-llgh students are the only students requlrlng beglnnlng Latln The replnca of Caesars Brxdge across the Rhlne modeled by Caesar students IS one of the prtdes of the department LE CERCLE FRANCAIS An mterestmg feature of the French department thts year was the or students practice ln conversatlon and to study French l1fe and customs French plays games songs stones and soclal events have made up many xnterestmg meetlngs Membershlp ts llmxted to second year students Early ln the year the members destgned and bought p1ns in the form of a small Fleur de LIS bearmg the 1n1t1als I. C F The presldent for the fnrst semester was Hal Southard and for the second semester Thelma Russell Mass Cuthbertson us sponsor of the club Page tuenfy sta: 4 4 t x ganization of Le Cercle Francais. The aim of the Club has been to give

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.Si l I INDUSTRIAL AR'l S DEPART MENTS The Commerclal Art class IS one of general utxllty The students are requested to desxgn posters and show cards advertnslng actxvltles of other de partments Members of the class entered the clty poster ontest tor Better Homes Week Ralph Meyer won frrst pr17e and Robert Spears yn on second pr11e The department has developed bv leaps and bounds due to the nevy cqunp ment mstalled last fall The Manual Trammg department of the hugh school has been progressmg raptdly In former years only a few people vsere able to take thts elass because of the lack of space A new shop has been provlded vuth more and better equtpment thls enables the students to turn out a better qualtty of work floor lamps and cedar chests head the 11st There are about seventy flve takmg the eourse th1s year yy hen here to fore only about thtrty could be accommodated ln thus class The fxrst glrls Manual Tramlng class was started thls year wxth a enrollment of fourteen The flrst slx weeks was spent tn planlng sawmg and malemg Jomts Then the glrls started on mdnldual projeets meludmg bread boards taborets book ends and foot stools After these smaller artlcles were ftnnshed the grrls made desles lxbrary tables cedar chests and tea wagons Toward the end of the year l1the work hand carvmg and Inlay formed a large part of the work Iugr Mernty fue I I . D I -I l 1- ' v s I: 1 A 3 m s o A I 4 ' V - .,' 3 4 3 3 I Y I , ' ' ' Y I Y 1 1 1 ' A H L 5 I Y. 'I 1 1 5 I 3 I 1 ' Y I In the shop every thing in the line of furniture is built: library tables, , ' ' x - m ' vm v x s 1, , u Y 1 I - AL ' . P I I I L 1 5 ' I 7 ' o , , ,, . 1 . . - ' .w

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r ,, -'Cf , SPANISH Spanish was first offered in Greeley High School in September 1921 During that year Miss Sullivan taught five first year classes Smce that time the department has grown to the extent that now a three year course 1S given and there are nine Spanish classes under two teachers Miss Sullivan and Miss Phippeny It is the aim of the Spanish department not only to start the students along the way of learning to read write and speak Spamsh but also to give them and ideals of the Spanish speaking countries We hope that with a sympa thetic understanding of the strengths and the weaknesses of another people they may be better able to evaluate our own strengths and weaknesses as a nation It is hoped that after studymg Spanish the students of Greeley High School may be better citizens of the United States because they will be better world citizens Page tu enly sewn I an added appreciation of the commerce, government, literature. culture, ideas 4' ' x ., A .