Maryville High School - Maryvillian Yearbook (Maryville, MO)

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LATIN Room Five is gradually taking on the aspects of a Latin laboratory. The posters on the walls immediately make it known to the visitor that he is in a classical atmosphere. We also have an interesting display of soap sculptoring. Unique booklets have demonstrated the fact that Latin, too, offers an opportunity to develop originality. The book made in the shape of the famous golden apple is suggestive of the Trojan War. Pandora's Box proves that Eve didn't have a monopoly on curiosity. There is one the shape of a rose. which tells the mytholog- ical story of flowers e. g. Hyacinthus and Narcissus. The foot of Mercury, the Peacock, fjuno's favorite fowlj and the Swan also suggest dieties and characters of Roman mythology. For the first time in her teaching career Mrs. Rathbun has chickens of her own hatching, -that is, students completing the fourth year Latin course, who en- tered LatineI under her in the fall of '24. Miss Hawkins laughs at Mrs. Rathbun's pride and says, Well, if you are figuring that way, I can boast of a whole poultry farm. FRENCH The French room! Yes, I guess I do remember it! We used to go to class afraid to open our mouths for fear of making a mistake, and then find to our surprise that we were right. It was certainly fun to learn to talk a foreign language. It sounds funny and different from ours, but we like it. Then when we got to the place where we read stories and even long plays and books it was even more fun because we could talk about the things we read. And all the time we were learning interesting things about France and the French people that we would never have learned if we hadn't been studying the language. Others can think about the work they did if they want to, but these are the things I remember about the French room. ENGLISH In M. H. S. we have three divisions of the English department. To Miss Quell is given the task of chiselling the raw product. Her tools are the rudiments of grammar and oral composition. At the end of one year she has a promising bit of statuary. The following year she tones down allfrough edges by a thorough' application of American Literature. Then Miss Hope, aided by Chaucer, Scott. Tennyson, and their contemporaries, diligently corrects each inconsistency and removes every slight mistake which may possibly have been hitherto neglected. Thereupon the masterpiece is surrendered to Miss Hawkins, whose pleasure it is to polish it. With a master stroke, Shakespeare, whom she has summoned as an assistant, adds an indefinable touch of culture and classicism to the piece of work. The method employed for the final process in its sculptoring is short story reading and writing. Now the work is completed,-and we hope that the finished product is not a marble head, as our poor metaphor has implied! Rather, it is a student, equipped with an adequate ever-increasing vocabulary, instructed in the fundamen- tals of grammar, rich in the appreciation of literature.

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I 1 ffm I ' HISTORY In the history room a green book called The American People reigns supreme, Its author is none other-mirable dictu-than Mr. David Saville Muzzey. Its contents are oft quoted, and, sad to say, sometimes forgotten, It furnishes material for friendly argument, heated debate, thoughtful discussion, and quiet in- trospection. This book is unheard of by freshmen, dreaded by sophomores, loathed by juniors, respected by seniors, and invaluable to Miss Northcutt, The knowledge gleaned therefrom promises to make capable citizens of us all, and who shall say that it may not bei instrumental in producing a future President? Knowledge of American History is not the only type to which we are ex- posed in Miss Northcutt's room. European and World History are also taught. If walls have ears, certainly the four which inclose Room Three must have a medley of historical facts. There is, in addition to the students and the walls, one more to whom has been imparted every current history day the most interesting knowledge of all. 'l'he receiver of this information is an object quite prominently viewed from the west windows--the pine! MATICS There is one question which has harassed freshmen since the introduction of Algebra into the curriculum. It is a very simple one of only three words, but a more tricky one could hardly be found. Perplexing problems there are in Geom- etry, Trigonometry, and the other Maths which are offered at M. H. but none are encountered which hold the sinister suggestions of this question. Students who are Math Sharks find it easily answered. Others find it a delightful brain- teaser and are not satisfied until they have figured out the correct solution. Still others tackle it with all the pep with which they play basketball. 'l'o all such persons the question is not a treacherous one: but there are countless numbers of us who stare at it with blank countenances. whose hearts beat jerkily at the thought of it, and to us it is decidedly a Waterloo. A capable Algebra teacher we certainly have, and it is through no fault of hers that the interrogation plunges us into a slough of despair. Indeed, without her timely assistance, we might make ourselves permanent residents there. The question is: X equals what? SCIENCE . The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstration for impressions. -JOHN RUSKIN. In all your work stop and think. Constantly ask the question: What does this fact mean? You may or may not be able to answer the question, but that is no reason for dodging it. -V. N. SPALDING. Every intelligent person likes to know something of what is going on in other fields of laborithan his own. In a study of the sciences and the industries based on them we are brought into an intelligent and sympathetic touch with our surroundings so that we may come to know and understand life about us, ' We are led, too, to appreciate the lives and work of great scientists and to evaluate their contriliutions .to society. i .niu...r..- g...a,tgl'. - 1 '- asv.. 154.3 timing, 4,1 ice-L 4. H, ' Til