Logan County High School - Annual Yearbook (Sterling, CO)

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gf of JHEHSE 2 Z ,-,gd ' ' ft J Z X X4 ff I1 l0f W Lv W lllfd The umor Hrgh School which during the first two vears was largely an experl ment has during the year just past proved nts value and rs a success Its purpose was to bridge the gap between the upper grades and the Hugh School ln order to prevent the g eat loss of puprls from school at the close of the elghth year and to provide specral tralmng along elementary vocational lmes At first rt was llttle more than the seventh and erghth grades wlth special work but as time passed rt assumed an lndrvlclualrty of nts own untrl It has become a separate unlt unlllce either the former upper grades or the Hugh Schoool lts growth from the begrnnlng has been rapid From an enrollment of lrttle more than one hundred ln l9l5 rt has grown to more than two hundred rn l9l8 The faculty has been Increased to live regular Instructors rn addrtron to special teachers of art man ual trarnmg muslc and domestlc science At a specral electron held recently the crtrzens of Sterling showed their confidence rn the umor Hugh School movement by votlng to rssue bonds for the erection of a umor High School bulldmg to cost Sl35 000 Mr Groves the architect who designed the burldmg says that xt wrll be the hnest building of lts lund rn the state The umor Hugh School IS a success! It has come to stay x I lZ0l I gif' X , ,..r.... - 2 1 ,J Y 1 S rfffim ' ful Mfg, gi, ' an t f' ..-- 'Tr 1- Q Q' 5 9 -- 352. Q Q' Q Q Mc., rffr wir, J . . . '

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' INDUST RTS lmw Will The lndustrral Arts Department rs composed of the shop and drawing courses A both of these subjects are required thus department rs usually assured of a large en rollment But many students enroll because of an enjoyment for the work and this The drawmg courses grve specral emphasrs on elementary and advanced freehand and mechanrcal drawmg and desrgns Thus rs a survey of the more beautrful and ar trstrc thmgs rn lrfe thereby hoprng that the student may make use of these rn hrs sur roundmgs and make lrfe more enyoyahle The shop courses mclude wood lathe cement and forge work Students are al lowed to make articles of their own choosing thrs makes the course more practrcal and attractlve But this year the students undertook a job which would grve them more prac tical knowledge than any mstructron rn the shop namely that of burldrng the large garage which now stands back of the schoool A few grrls thrs year are takmg shop H91 l - l I I Y' fy 1 ' ' ' . s , . . . : . school has some exceptional talent. n - ' , . D I I v - ' S . . I '

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IJVHJ x-,LTT X t 5 L wiwvpt The muslc course offered by our school for the first time m the fall of l9l5 has been encouraged and has proved a success The success IS evrdent m the Increase of enrollment and the enthusiasm displayed by the members of both the classes and the student body The vocal classes the Clee Club and the mixed chorusl have grven appreciative numbers at community meetings and have furnished entertainment for the student body The audiences are not the only ones profitmg by the numbers grven by the classes The Improvement of quality and quantity of vorces and delivery shows that much consclen tlous effort has been clrsplayed ln this work and mastered by thrs enthuslastlc group The fundamentals of muslc the study of the opera and srght readmg are thoroughly studied by the muslc classes The arm of the musrc classes rs to ralse the standard of good music throughout the school and to encourage and develop the thrrst of muslc lovmg students Zll the defies, s sk ,ll .f I . l l F- ft 1 pf V xx gg xii- AW W . X dw I X xl! fff 'wx I 5 a 2 t to f e eeee 1 -e s - A :ri I as C . . I . .