Ottawa Hills High School - Legend Yearbook (Grand Rapids, MI)

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, !,i!iw4.J ' 1 , is in 'c2.,f'1sQ, s , - ' Alice Caldwell, A.B. , I ,I 2 1 Ernest Giddings A.B. YS1 'Mi J George Kremble A.B. Flossie P. Loew A.B. SOCIAL SCIENCE The social science department of Ottawa Hills is one that any school could be proud of. Modern history, American history, economics, and American governf ment are offered in the senior high, and American history, civics, World history, and ancient history in the junior high. Ancient history, taught by Miss McCarty, is a study of events from the earliest years of man through the Renaisf sance. Miss Caldwell teaches modern his' tory, which takes up the story where ancient history leaves oil and brings it up to the present day. The instructors in world history, a condensed form of ancient and modern history, are Mr. Cook and Miss Lalley. Miss McCarty, Miss Lalley, Mr. Kremble, and Mr, Giddings have the American history classes, which study the rise of our country. Two semesters of this are required for graduation. American government is the study of what goes on in the state, national, and local governmental organizations, and eco' nomics is the study of man's needs and how he provides for them. Both of these classes are taught by Mr. Kremble. In the junior high, civics corresponds, although more elementary in nature, to American government in the senior high. In the same Way, pupils in the American history classes of the junior high study practically the same thing, in a simplified form, as the senior students. Miss Paxton, Miss Loew, Miss Lalley, Miss Watrous and Miss Holcomb teach these subjects. Y Y: , , jmgfgg . . ' XXV' ' , III 1 , . Qffffd . H W wif-Q , - N X .6 jf ,.i.: 4:'f t' fi -P lf jis tml .ne l g 'H H air' ' 5 fc M A N , ,f . , 1 . f N- A Katherine Mc Carty Jeanne Paxton A.B. A.B. X fi A. E. Cook, A.B. j Pauline Holcomb Katherine Lalley A.B. .,,, ,B 4, Nellie Watrous A.B. Page Twenty-three

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if ri john Alden, lVl.A. Forest D. Gould A.B. Florence Kortering A.B. df' ' -' A e F ,, Albertine Loomis A.B. Faye Tzrffnfy-two ' 1,--. , -E-R - gh I si' fl, W' F.. ENGLISH With nouns, pronouns, verbs, and the rest of the eight parts of speech, as with bricks and mortar, the Junior High students begin to lay the foundation of their language and sentences and para' graphs which later develop into themes. Great is the joy when it is duly an' nounced that short pilgrimages in literaf ture will be taken for a few days, from which they return greatly refreshed. And then, when it is revealed that speech and speaking will be advanced, glee reigns supreme, for these pupils greatly enjoy their Hrst attempts at debating and public speaking. Then these students enter the ninth grade with a great sense of pride and dignity and lay down their constructive tools at regular intervals to take longer and more extensive tours in Greece with Odysseus, in Rome with Caesar, and in England with Silas Marner and Ivanhoe. And what thrills are offered on a long voyage with the old and modern poets, and with famous essayists. After three years of labor, mingled continually with pleasures, it is crowned by a final trip lasting one whole year, taking the traveler all over England in the study of English literature and history. And then it is with great satisfaction and pride that the students who have persisted look back upon their completed pilgrimage. Offered in the English Course under a separate heading are the speech and def bating classes. Dramatics is also under the direction of the English department, and it is under this heading that plays and the dramatics for the operetta, which is produced every two years, come. Mabel Tenhaaf A.B. B.S. Leonard Meyering Marie Boss, A.B. Madeline A. Holmes A.B., M.A. Bertha B. Lewis A.B. Jeannette Vander Velde A.B.

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i I s I . mi., .,. . 'G . 1 - A' wffli I N u, I fl-b!.'.'!I'!lAik1iaai3-tfilieliesl ' 131 I lift. ., ..'Lluif,'lE'l'ei 'l!ltfIgli., FOREIGN LANGUAGE Latin through the fourth year and I French through the third year are the , 'fi two subjects offered in our foreign lanf ' Q. 'f guage department. The Latin of the first f two years is principally grammar with the X figs 1 exception of Caesar, which occupies one 'll semester of study. This completes the first two years, but for those who wish to Elsie Davis A.B., M.A. Katherine Smith A.B., M.A. Ida A. Crego j tsi ii J F '. - E W. Merwyn Mitchell A.B. Page Twenfy-four finish the course, a year each of Cicero's orations and Virgil's Aeniad is offered. The French department offers an at' tractive course in that subject. Grammar, of course, is a necessity, but it is made interesting through various journeys in literature, which include works and stories by famous French authors, such as Alexandre Dumas, Guy de Maupassaiit, and Victor Hugo. Reading and conversaf tion in French vary the work to a great FINE ARTS Art and music are required courses in the junior high school and give chiefly the foundation for an appreciation of the fine arts. The senior art department prepares the art material for all three school pubf lications and also advertising material for school entertainments. The vocal division of the music def partment offers voice culture, harmony, two glee clubs and an A Capella Choir. From the latter, members are sent to an allfcity choir. The junior and intermediate orchestras prepare the junior high people for the senior band or orchestra. In these sec' tions of music, conducting is a part of the practice. Members from the orchestra are sent to the Inter High Symphony. CXt6!'lt. Mary Horn, A.B. Q llzl Eleanor Verdier A.B. Marcia Hudson r ga-V, 5 ff f , ' V- 4 f 'v'--'- V Q Q Vernise Pruitt Frank Showers Hazel Zellner Ph.B. B.S. f ,-an V mi- - 1-- Y -4. .Wal 'mi K? 'WN 'ii ss