North High School - Viking Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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JFAN Ixocksou. Tiriziulzsa Durkuu Mrkrir CARIPRFLL Foreign Languages NIYKNA LANGLICY BELLE WILLIAMS HE Latin department believes in 'fThe Creed of a Classicistn, recently published which says: ul believe in the classics as an invaluable contribution to exactness in every realm of life, as an important aid to the appreciation of beauty, as a wonderful means of adding joy to life, and as an important aid in the building of a finer civilization. The efforts of the classroom are directed along these lines. Words are turned into living things by an exact knowledge of their real meanings. Transla- tion, be it ever so halting, eventually begets the power to express thoughts with ac- curacy and beauty, and the appreciation of noble literature. The bulletin board and lantern slides bring familiarity with famous works of art and historical scenes and an understanding of current allusions and cartoons. The reading of fiction depicting an- cient Rome makes Latin more real. Latin phrases found in current literature become familiar by constant appearance on the blackboard. The Latin Club coordinates with the classroom in the effort to prove Latin a living, not a dead language. The general aim in studying the Romance languages is the acquiring of a medium through which to interpret the life and civilization of the people whose language we study. Increased comprehension, together with a power to interpret and to use some of the facts of the history, life, institutions, art, religion, and politics of the people whose language is being studied leads to a better understanding and appreciation of the tra- ditions, literature, arts, and social institutions of these people. Simple conversation, the power to read ordinary prose and the ability to write are immediate aims of the course. I2

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,M ,A is i Kg-Unix' VVILLLAM FLANIKEN NIARKA liATHAWAY E. W. SMITH KATHLEEN DAWSON AXIARY WHEELER LAWRENCE JORDAN IIELAEN LYTLE Commerce HE commercial courses offered in senior high schools are planned not only to prepare the pupil for an occupation but also to give him a general understanding of business as it is today. These courses are arranged in three groups: the steno- graphic specializationg the accounting specializationg and the clerical and selling spe- cialization. At the beginning of his high school course a pupil should decide which specializa- tion he wishes to follow and should plan his program so that he will be able to com- plete it before graduation. Upon choosing his specialization, the pupil should under- stand that, after a definite vocational sequence is started, there should be no break in the training. A combined college and stenographic sequence can be planned which will enable a pupil to complete the stenographic specialization at the same time that he is prepar- ing for college. Similar combined sequences can be planned for college and accounting or for college and clerical and selling. A certificate will be awarded upon the satisfactory completion of a given voca- tional sequence. This means that certain definite standards of achievement determined by the demands of the business World and measured by thorough examinations must be attained. This special certificate will be awarded in addition to the regular high school diploma. It should prove valuable to the pupil seeking a position, for it will serve as a record not only of his achievement in high school but also of his qualifications for the position. I1 QW

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Ruin' STONE Li-,'1'i'riA ODLLI, ELRERT CUMMKNGS l,iLLl,xx Dlffk Mathematics KK ATI-lElWATlCS, if we are not greatly mistaken, is presently destined to play a much larger part in our general scheme of education than it ever has in the past. One is forced to this conclusion not by the insistent de- mands of students, but by the consideration that the tools and the methods offered by this science have been so largely responsible for the extraordinary advances in other sciences which the past generation have witnessedf, The quotation above, which was taken from The Saturday Evening Post, evi- dently expresses the opinion of North's students, for even though Mathematics is not required for graduation, eight hundred and forty-eight out of our seventeen hundred and forty-six students are taking some course in Mathematics. Of these, three hun- dred and twelve are girls, and five hundred and thirty-six are boys. Some have in mind only credits toward graduation or college entrance require- ments, but for others, especially those planning engineering courses, it will mean their daily bread and butter. Still others find something in the subject itself to give them great satisfaction and pleasure, as must be the case with the three girls who are taking trigonometry, the one taking solid geometry, and the one who even has the temerity to take mathematical analysis. For those who like to work, there is thc E. L. Brown Mathematical Award to spur them on to greater effort, and those who like a little recreation to liven up their work may join the Mathem Society. Every course in Nlathematics is worth while. Whatever the future vocation may be, a pupil will profit by the work in algebra. Through the study of geometry, onels skill and appreciation in practical design, decoration, and arrangement may be in- creased. The course in mathematical analysis is valuable in that it gives the student a broad view of the field of mathematics. 13