Washburn High School - Wahian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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FACULTY PLAYS IMPORTANT ROLE IN SCHOOL'S PROGRESS ENGLISH Every student at Washburn will be thankful many times for his English essentials and composition training. Any student passing the tests can be reasonably assured of a C grade in university freshman English The English department has set up a remedial English class where failures can catch up instead of having to re peat the work. Classes of Creative Writing, Modern Drama, and Speech have been successful. SOCIAL SCIENCES During the past twenty-one years history has enlarged its horizons and pushed away the barriers. Today less emphasis is put on each detail of history and a broader sweep of information is studied. Twenty-one years ago the students of Washburn concentrated on past history. To- day time is spent on the present as well as the past. The textbooks have been modern- ized. This makes the work far more interest- ing. Films and phonograph records are used in the classrooms as Well as magazine articles and radio broadcasts. MATHEMATICS Mathematics at Washburn ain't what they used to be, twenty-one years agofl Much formality and useless memorization has been replaced by up-to-date practical prob- lems and solutions taught in a more natural manner. In geometry classes pupils no longer have to memorize formal proofs for all the prob- lems. Instead. originality in reasoning and skill in making geometric figures are stressed. Algebra and trigonometry have changed mainly in the type of problems worked. Iloxv Green Wlls My Sulfate SIMPLIFIED INSTRUCTIONS sex lckson, Mr. Ray Smith, Miss Ethel Montgomery. Mrs. Agnes Mulligan, Miss Marv Alice SIIIUCV. NIV. Harrv Iulver ff Nlr. james Bolewine, Nliss Myra Goode. Mr. Roy Lindstedt, Nliss Marion Hanson. Nlrs. I-'Ha Keyes, Miss llorolhy Nash. Rigfll NI Hur T

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Miss Mabel Christianson, Girls' Counsellor, and Mr. Mervin Dillner, Boys' Counsellor, Help Solve Students' Problems. COUNSELLORS AND OFFICE STAFF During the past twenty-one years W'ashburn has undergone many changes. XVith nearly every change, great or small, the office has been affected, and under the management of capable clerks and staff members, each new adjustment has been successfully handled. Many years ago, before Ramsey was constructed, Waslmburn contained both senior high and junior high grades. Consequently members of the office staff were kept on their toes arranging and adjusting programs As the years went on the school board developed a new system in whch a cumulative record is kept for each student from the time he enrolls in kinder- garten until he is graduated from high school. Another function of the office is to furnish tran- scripts of grades and character references of present and former students to outside organizations such as colleges and business concerns. ln the last few years the number of transcripts has greatly increased, even for some students who have been graduated up to ten years previously. The most recent change has been the issuing of free textbooks. Formerly, high school students bought their own textbooks, and the olhce clerks had the responsibility of managing the book- store. Now, however, free textbooks are issued through the classroom teachers thus saving a great deal of work and valuable time for everyone. Miss Helen L11m1', chief clerk of the office staff, is assisted by Miss Lfuor Grecfu, Miss Leona Evkvrrnzzn, and Miss Hazel HC'lItfl'jL'lQ,5!ll1 in keeping records and handling clerical work. Mr. Mervin Dillier, boys, counsellor, and Miss Mabel Cl11'isfc11.w11, girls' counsellor, aid students a great deal in all matters of educational or vocational nature, while Miss Miilirwzf Roxkilly, W2lSllbUfH,S visiting teacher, visits with parents and assists stu- dents in making adjustments to school activities. Capable Ofiice Girls Regulate School Functions and .'Xeiivities .. . .

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Beer and Pret7els? No. Milk and Sandwiches MODERNIZED EQUIPMENT liif Xl Balanced Curriculum LANGUAGES The French department was organized in 1927. Because of great interest in Spanish, however, there is but one teacher of French now. The teaching of German at Whishburn has fluctuated with the fortunes of Germany. Requirements of Eastern colleges make necessary the teaching of four years of Latin. Spanish began with Eve classes, but the number has doubled since the initiation of the Good Neighbor Policy. NATURAL SCIENCES ln recent years W'ashburn's science depart- ment has broadened teaching and extra cur- ricular activities. The biology department's capacity for displaying live material has been enlarged with the addition of several aquar- iums. Greenhouse conditions have brought considerable success to the schoolls botanists, who hold an annual plant sale. The physics and audio-visual branches have brought Wasliburn a more complete service in these lines. New projectors have been installed. Gas hoods are now under con- sideration for the chemistry rooms. COMMERCIAL Looking back twenty-one years to Wash- burn's infant Commercial department, we find it very different from the one we now have. Only bookkeeping, typing, shorthand, and a one semester course of office training were offered, as compared with our book- keeping, shorthand, typing, secretarial prac- tice, office training, senior type, and the work program, which was added only two years ago. 5 , r. George llalvorsnn, Nlr, Robert Krause. Nlrs. Gwen Kahlcr. Nliss Ruthie Olson. Nlr. Alvin Rader. Rigfvlr Xlr. Raymond Ross. Xlr. Geo 1 er, Miss Evelyn Bowen. Xlr. Yilhelm Larson, Nlrs. Vokaty. Mr. Harold Henley.