Palmer High School - Terror Trail Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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1 Language and Mathematics Departments FIRST ROW: Edna Dcssaint, Ada Frrcman, Bernice Skidmore. SECOND ROXV: Mabel Bateman, VV. R. Ballinger, Mary Strachan, Ruth Lee, E. A, Allen, Ella Taylor. work in mathematics, chemistry, physics and other sciences. l It is certainly true that C. S. H. S. has one of the finest language departments in the region. If anyone can teach us twe have our doubtsl no one is better suited than our own teachers. Arcs and Angles l In our Mathematic Department we find problems from Zfl-214 to such problems as Vf lf3h tB+B' -le MBV 3 l Algebra has as its aim not only to increase the students understanding of the ninth grade l2l algebra but the ability to use this knowledge readily in the expression of such simple rela- tions as occur daily. l Let's see now what solid geometry tends to develop in the students. It is a greater respect and desire for the attainment of accuracy, neatness and precision. This subject is also required for further work in mathematics or engineering. l For those who can still take it, we offer trigonometry. This course aims to develop an understanding of the logarithmic solution of right and oblique triangles, radian measure, scale drawing, the relation of function-of sine, cosine, tangent, of multiple angles, and of in-

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uruce uepartment 1 'K TOP ROW: Ann Frike. Elizabeth Shutts-Study l'lalllSupcrvisor. BOTTOM ROW: Erma Moore. Margaret Wiley, Anna Goddard. V nita Trovingcr-Librarian. 7Qeao0?z, 7?z'tz7z, and 7Qz'tAmetz'c Alibis and Announcements l 'AI was just starting for school when my little brother got sick and I just had to get the doctor. 'lCertainly, I started for school in time, but I was delayed by a funeral proces- sion. Well, er-er, you see, I had a flat tire, or I tore my trousers most inconvenientlyf' Honest, I didn't cut: you see it was this way-. l Oh, yes, you should hear some of the excuses that come from our brainy fellow students, No wonder the office force has be- come so efficient. But all kidding aside, where could we find a better group than our office staff, or a more sympathetic matron than Mrs. Moore. Tenses and Translations l Conjugations, tenses, declensions-in other words, nightmares! Of course you remember those hours spent in Latin, French, German and Spanish. Our teachers console us by say- ing that the first two years in the study of a foreign language are the most difHcult. We don't have anything to worry about then, ex- cept how to struggle through the first two years, do we? l We find that all these languages are useful not only in music but also for advanced college lll

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5 Y if l r F, 'mit , -.J Commercial Departmexfff FIRST ROW: C. W. Horner, W. H. Preston. SECOND ROW: Nancy Iuden, O. C. Ecke, Lucile Pratt. Edna Lee, Pearl Turner. verse functions. You will agree with us that it does take gobs of grey matter. Hieroglyphics and Hubbub l To the drone of a grating phonograph record, the typewriters bang out such sentences as: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party. Remember? I thought you would. In the next room the shorthand class recites and makes those queer marks which are Greek to most of us. Besides typing and shorthand, the Commercial Department offers business English in which the students learn to speak correctly, briefly, and concisely. l Bookkeeping teaches the simple ways of recording business transactions, progressing to the more systematic and advanced methods. Bookkeeping may be described as the doorway to advanced accounting. l For our future businessmen is offered the subject of business organization. Here the personal qualifications for business are studied. The historical development of commerce and trade, types of ownership, and organization of business are also considered. l Economic geography, we find, is a study of man in his effort to supply his many eco- nomic and social needs. A major part of this course is spent in the study of the source of materials and their manufacture into goods used by the consumer. l13