Manual High School - Mirror Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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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

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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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BOOKKEEPING CLASS Science! Why not, if it is as interesting everywhere as it is at Manual? ln the Science Department, students learn to appreciate the fascination of physics, the wonders of biology, and the marvels of chemistry. What a variety of melody is heard coming from the Music Department! There are the mellow and beautiful notes of the orchestra, the military strains of the band, and the lovely tones of the a capella choir or of one of the glee clubs, The Music Department also offers a course in harmony. Beginners in the Art Department are taught the principles of design, color, and lettering. Advanced students are instructed to bring beauty to practical things and to work on commercial projects. A student is prepared for a start in the business world after completing the Commercial Course, for he is instructed in the art of advertising and selling, he is able to use a typewriter skillfully and take shorthand notes with rapidity, he keeps rows of figures in neat columns in his account books, and he is informed on subjects of commercial geography and commercial law. CLOTHING CLASS 1934 THE MIRROR Page 23