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

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L-.,- ll .Z 'N 75 3 1 J llfljlgijgq.. mcoues V Q Q The Short Course for whrch Logan County Hrgh rs justly famous varied from rts usual tenor thrs year Two specral courses were offered The first was destmed pn manly for the women of the community and consrstecl of a serres of lectures by Mrs Margaret ,I Blair Extension Worker for the Unrversrty of Mrnnesota These lectures were on Textrles Physrcal Welfare Dress as an Expressron and Prrncrples of Dress Home Decoratrons and Furnrshxngs and Shopping The other course was for the farmers of the communrty and dealt wrth Pmto beans as a money proposrtron Darry Cows and practrcal work wrth varrous tractors I24l sis fs 359

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lWPll5LIc 5FDtl25-lj The work of the classes rn the Public Speaking Department is divldai mto three distinct studies These are the selection work stu of plays and the presentation of plays and the regular public speaking work The selection work includes the study of poems monologues and readings suitable have become more proficient srnce more time and study have been spent m this line of work The classes have studied both the tragedies and comedies These have been studied from the standpoint of technique and the story value of the plays Each of these classes has presented a play The regular public speaking work which is more accurately speaking the Oral English work includes impromptu speeches talks on assigned topics and the training of the speaking voice This is becoming much more important since the ability In this work indicates more than usual ability in the two other divisions Students are given a chance to gain experience by appearing before the student body at chapel time by assisting on club programs and by the community work which s0 many have done l23l . , Q e l I I to be given before an audience. It is. perhaps, in this type of work that the students

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A '1 1 lla l K Ez:'- The Logan County Hugh School IS fortunate m havmg a student organization and government of nts own Before thus year the finances of thrs orgamzatron have been ralsed by a compulsory membership fee of two dollars Thus year due to the hrgher cost of obtalnmg the Lyceum Course and the athletrc events thxs fee was changed to two dollars and hfty cents The payment of thus sum entltles the student to the school paper and admlssxon to the Lyceum numbers and all athletic events Many schools do not enjoy thns freedom of deciding therr problems as they wxsh Many do but only ln a greatly restricted form The ofhcers of the Student Orgamzatron for I9l7 l9l8 are ALBERT GARBER LOIS DUNCAN MARIE BRUCE Presrdent Presldent QLNK Ofvxlvx in l25l l p l l l e r e eil ' ' ygne s , r ll tt a sl