Madison Central High School - Tychoberahn Yearbook (Madison, WI)

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Department of Physical Education Nir. Howard L. Iohnson. Miss Marguerite Shepard. Miss Mary McKenna. Mr. Harry C. Thompson. lohnson Bans Shepard Thompson PHYSICAL EDUCATION The aims of the Physical Education Department are to tlj alleviate the mental strain and tension of the school room, t2j to provide beneficial recreation, C30 to develop strength and organic vigor, Q45 to develop skill, endurance, grace and good posture, C55 to satisfy the demand for muscular activity, C65 to inculcate the habit of daily exercise, UD to inculcate the habits of clean living, C81 to inculcate the moral qualities of discipline, courage, team-work, fair-play, and leadership. The athletic program is such that a boy can get into the sport he desires. The major sport consists of the high school football, basketball, and track teams. The minor sports consist of swimming, skating, tennis, hockey and golf. Around these teams the school has its op ortunity to build its loyalty and show its true sportsman- ship. Boys that are not able or who do not desire to try-out for the representative school teams, have ample opportunitv to take part in the following interclass activi- ties: football, basketball, indoor baseball, indoor soccer, track, swimming, tennis and outdoor baseball. It is the desire of the department to have athletics for everyone and everyone in athletics. Girls' Athletics Every girl on entering Central High School is examined by the school phvsician to determine her physical fitness for gym work. She is also examined by the physical director for postural or structural irregularities. It is the aim ofthe Department of Physical Education to give every girl a chance to participate in some form of athletics if she so desires and for that reason the Girls' Athletic Association was organized. Une of the objectives of Physical Education is to form correct health habits and another is to create an interest and ability in physical recreation for leisure after the pupil has left school. Page Twenty-eight

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Department of Home Arts Miss Loretta M. Reilly. Miss Alice M. Earlle. Mrs. Ruth T. Stewart. Mrs. Frances K. Trafford. Earlle Reilly Stewart Trafford HOME ARTS Home economics in the modern school aims to influence the life people live, and the work they do today. More and more is home economics built on the present life of youth in the belief that habits attained in intelligent right living today will carry over into succeeding periods of life. To live intelligently today is to practice right health habits, to be possessed of good health and a knowledge of the laws of individual and community health. Perhaps no other single factor has greater bearing on health than nutrition. Human effort and accomplishment are so directly related to an efficient food supply that every student in Central High School owes to himself in early youth and always, the practice of those habits of nutrition that make for health. Without health all else is naught, and to be possessed of buoyant good health is to radiate happiness. ln the ten thousand homes in Madison there is need for worthy home members- worthy house daughters who are sharing day by day the mother's problems of home- making. The home-maker realizes that her home is limited by her knowledge of home- making and that upon the standards of living she sets up in her home is determined the type of family life that will be lived in that home. The intelligent home-maker is keenly aware of this responsibility and of the fact that in so far as she has had training for her work she is successful. She is no longer of the traditional belief that instinct or tuition will guide her safely but is increasingly recognizing that to keep pace with developments training in the home needs to be supplemented by the train- ing of the school in the art of personal living and home-making. It is the thought of the present day that culture is not necessarily the result of the academic study of any particular group of subjects traditional in the school, but is rather the deepening and widening, the ripening and refining ofthe mind and soul that come from intelligent successful living and working, not for selfish ends alone, but also for the welfare and happiness of others. To the degree that house daughters become aware of and are interested in the problem of creating happy ,cultured homes, of contributing a daughter's share to a happy family life will our homes be successful. lt is a great office to make life pleasant-to make it worth living. This is an ideal to which courses in home economics make a contribution. Page Twenty-seven

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Department of Science Mr. Iohn A. Riner. Nliss RuthfSlagenhauf. Miss Irma T. Borchers. Mrs. Elizabeth B. Perkins. Nlr. Francis T. Sullivan. Nlr. Henry Koehler. 1 1 1 Riner Slagenhauf Borchers Perkins Sullivan Koehler PHYSICS Physics is the science which gives us the laws and principles governing many daily observed phenomena. The nature of things as they are is studied through the refined methods of measurement and calculationg the various forces of nature and their effects are observed, the many transformations of energy are followed, the operation of the various types of machines is explained and many puzzling phenomena have their causes traced. The study of physical science opens one's eyes to aworld unknown to the mul- titudes. It trains one to observe accurately and record in an impersonal attitude of mind, and to interpret intelligently what one observes. This mental attitude is what caused the overthrow of witchcraft and superstition. The result of such training is to make one honest, accurate, openminded, critic, always ready to Weigh evidence without prejudice. Physics is a basic science in that its principles are supplied in all the other sciences. It is the basis of all engineering courses. CHEMISTRY The course in chemistry shows students the service that the subject is to the home, to health, and to industry. It endeavours to develop this service so that certain essentials are fixed. Chemistry trains students in keen observation and exact reasoning. The high school course gives pupils a chance to discover whether they have an aptitude for further study in chemistry or applied science. BIOLOGY Biology should be one ol' the most interesting courses in high school, as it deals with living things. An acquaintance with nature is gained through the knowledge of the origin, development, structure, habits, adaptations, varieties, and peculiarities of the forms of life. The biology course acquaints the student with standard nature writers. Through a study of personal and community hygiene, one is lead into sociology and eugenics. Foundations are laid for more specialized courses such as forestry, medicine, agriculture, bacteriology, and pathology. Page Twenty-nine