Manual High School - Mirror Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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ENGLISH CLASS The Work of the School OR twenty-five years the objective of Manual Training High School has been to provide the future men and women of Peoria with an education essential for good citizenship. The school was founded primarily to be a high school Wherein the manual arts were emphasized, but soon it was recognized that a demand for strictly cultural and commercial subjects must be met. Now Manual Training High School consists of many departments offering a great variety ot courses. The aim of the English Department is twofold: to train students to express themselves correctly and effectively in oral and Written composition, and to help them to appreciate the best in literature. To this end, one semester of each year is devoted to English as a means of adequate self-expression, and the other semester is given to the study of good books. For future business men and Women, a course in business English is provided. In the Speech Department the Work ranges from two-minute speeches to the presentation of three-act dramas. LAT IN CLASS 1934 THE MIRROR Page 21

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A. Marie Ptosenbohm, A.B. University of Illinois. Head of Mathematics Department. I think iz happy life romirts in cl tranquility of mind. Dorothy Sprague, B.A. Beloit College: Syracuse Univer- sityp University of Illinois. Latin, Spanish. Friend.rhip: myrterioiir cement of the mul, Sweetner of life. and folder of xoeietyf' Ruth Stacy Secretary. P0litene.s,r mrtr nothing, and gains' e1'erything. Walter W. Thomas, B.S. Knox College. Chemistry. Edurati0n maker the mari. Ruth Thompson, A.B. Bradley Polytechnic Institute. English. ThiJ heauty fdllf, and glory Jhozw the way. Not in Picture Iohn Voss, M.S., Ph.D. Knox Collegep University of Chi- caqo. Biology. 1934 THE MIRROR Page 20 Myrtle E. Travis, A.B., M.A. Bradley Polytechnic Instituteg Uni- versity ot' Illinois. English. A true friend ir forever iz friend. Mabel Van Dettum Bradley Polytechnic Institute: Am- erican College ot Education, Chi- cagog Illinois State Normal Univer- sity. Girls' Physical Director. Af merry at the day it long. Florence M. Wescott, A.B. Illinois State Normal Universityp Bradley Polytechnic Institute. English. No wealth it like iz quiet mind. Hazel Wolt, A.B. Bradley Polytechnic Institute. History. True hi1,l7,I7ifze.a1r ne'er erzlerezz' an eye: True lmpfzizietr reridei' in thingy iwteerzf' Adaline Wyatt Bradley Polytechnic Institute. Librarian. A merry heart maketh iz cheerful L'0ll7Zl67741l7L'6.H Not in Picture Lucille K. Gentes Attendance Clerk.

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mmrr TRIGONOMETRY CLASS The objective of the History Department is to prepare its youth to become good citizens. To this end, every student is required to complete a course in the history of the United States. Courses in ancient, medieval, and modern history endeavor to give an interpretation of the present through an under- standing of the past. The Mathematics Department offers a four years' course, consisting of elementary, advanced, and college algebra, plane and solid geometry, and trigonometry. If a student's choice of the several foreign languages offered is Latin, he studies Caesar, Cicero, and Virgil. Pursuers of the French language learn to understand and to speak their adopted tongue. Spanish has become very popular for its practical as Well as cultural value. The German Department is increasing, as the World War fades into the past. PHYSICS CLASS 1934 THE MIRROR Page 22