North Central High School - Tamarack Yearbook (Spokane, WA)

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ENGLISH — Seated: Mabel S. McLaughlin, English; Helen L. Cleveland, English: John Malterner, English. Standing: Daniel C. Davis, English: Guy L. Griswold, English: Margaret Nistad, English: Margaret Gale, English: Genevieve Oppen, English and dra- matics; Christine L. McRae, Department Head; Mary McKenna, Publications Adviser. To use English effectively as one of the essential tools of living, it is necessary to learn to read and interpret it and perfect it. The Language Arts Course attempts to help young people grow in power of ex- pression, find ease in communication, ap- preciate great values in literature, and en- joy more keenly all life experiences. Various courses are offered: for ex- ample, Debate, Drama, Speech, Journal- ism, Vocational English, Senior Literature, Senior Composition and Vocabulary, be- sides everyday English. In Debate, the students learn how an d where 10 find materials in the library, how to organize subject matter, and how to present an effective and convincing argu- mentative speech. From the Debate Class are chosen the varsity debate squad mem- bers. The squad participates in many de- bales with high schools both within and outside the city and belongs to the North- cast District Debate League of this state. Beginning Drama students gain a brief study of the history, background and ter- minology of the theater. Instruction in act- ing and work on one-act plays are started. Then in Advanced Drama the work is con- tinued and carried further into the theory and practice of acting and producing plays. We learn the beauties of our mother tongue 14

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of our civilization ' s great unchanging secrets. Mathematics ranges in difficulty from elementary arithmetic, studied in some freshman classes, to subjects on the college level. Although only one year of mathe- matics is required for graduation, many sophomores elect Plane Geometry. This year about one hundred twenty juniors are enrolled in Advanced Algebra, and more than fifty seniors are taking a fourth year of mathematics consisting mainly of Solid Geometry and Trigonometry. Most students are aware that the com- pletion of two years of high school mathe- matics is required for entrance to many col- leges. Boys, especially, are faced with the fact that every reputable engineering school in the country has a prerequisite oi at least three years of mat hematics and that nearly all of these schools recommend four years. To prepare themselves properly in this age of mechanization and electrifica- tion, intelligent students know that mathe- matics is indispensable. Recent developments in the field of automatic computers demand many more college trained mathematicians than are available. Each large machine of this type, requires at least ten or fifteen analytical experts to program its operations and to control its sequences. MATHEMATICS — Seated: P. H. Nygaard, Department Head: Dorothy A. Congdon, Geometry; Lowry M. Bennett, Algebra: Standing: Kenneth Moore. Algebra; Burrill Exley. Geometry; Robert F. Barnard, Algebra; R. A. Baldwin. Algebra. 13

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ENGLISH AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES — Seated: Robert Wan I. English: Harold E. Skinner, English; Arthur B. Miller, Debate. Standing: Bertha Boehme, Language Department Head; Dorothy S. Chandler, English; Margaret Rawlings, English; Helen Oscarson, English; Imogene L. Knight, English: Edna Lauer, English, Frances W. Theis, Latin; Ruth E. Coon, English. To solve the problem oi speaking for- mally or informally, a course in Speech is offered. An essential prerequisite is the willingness to try to speak. Open to those with an interest in or a flair for writing is a course in Journalism. In Advanced Journalism the students work on The North Central News and become eligible for appointment to the Tamarack staff. Foreign Language courses include Latin I, II, III and IV: and Spanish L II, III and IV. Both the reading and writing of Latin are practiced. Instruction is given in vo- cabulary and grammar of the language and its relation to modern English especially in the matter of English derivatives and Latin roots of English words. Roman life, its in- fluence in our own society, in literature, art and architecture, is also stressed. In Spanish, one learns the language, customs, and daily living conditions of the people of South and Central America as well as of Spain. Projects in reading both in Spanish and English about the cultures of the Spanish-speaking peoples are engaged in. Classroom conversation in Spanish is a highlight of the course. The effect on our own speech is a vital consideration. and are trained to use it easflq and naturally;