Washington High School - Scroll Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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f 1-1 Otto Birr, B.A., M.A. Alfred Reschke, B.A. John- H agberc, Ph.B. Herbert Losse, B.A. Byron Derr v.m,dt, Ph.B. H. rry Sholes, B.A. Hasso Pestai.ozzi, B.A. Arno Froehlich.B.A., M.A. Evelyn Purdy, B.A. Charles Holrrook, B.A. K.vrl Miller, B.A. Charles White, Ph.M. Lillie Spiering, B.A., M.A. John McCutcheon, B.S. Harrison Meyer, B.S. Page Tnienty-seven II !l N H H H 11 11 II., 3 III II

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H II n H 11 Alvin Rutenbeck, B.A., M.A Historv Harvey Drake, B.A., M.A. Science cience and J-fistory Departments jlSTORY aims to prepare for good citizenship and to help to de elop social consciousness. It gives students an understanding of the present, Avhich is the fruit of the past, and the germ of the future. Besides-helping stu- dents to become a part of the social world, history is the branch of knowl- edge that records and explains past events as steps in human progress. The maps which Mr. Rutenbeck originated are a great help in vitalizing the facts of the lesson, and help to fix them in the mind. Teachers of the science department strive to teach the student to organize facts which he meets in every day life into the great subject of science, says Mr. Harvey Drake, head of the department which enrolls 1,425 students. General science, a Freshman study, covers some physics, chemistry, biologv, astron- omy, physiology and physiography. To teach sophomores to be good citizens, by giving them a knowledge of general health is the goal of the biology teachers. Chemistry is taught to Juniors to acquaint them with various chemical processes in life, industry, and the arts. Mechanics — heat, electricity, sound, light — are the di ' isions under which seniors are taught Physics. Through General Science, and laboratory ork in Biology, Physics, and Chem- istry, the work of the department is further carried out. PPSMS Hr u W ' B ' ' j y b) In p cJ H m i wj Civin? ' History ' One or the other! I ' uge Tujenly-MX A Lavosier to-be!

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w ( |: || t r l! f- ' i ri II || f? 4 5 f ' ' ? 1 5 II II S . i f J ' ■ .i M II lllll II 1 ' fi ' ' ' , n ' t Allison McCain, A. B. Mathematics Edward Berg Manual Arts S athematics and r 7 ftaniial z rts departments ' LMOST seven hundred bovs are entered in twenty-eight classes of metal working, wood turning, cabinet making, and mechanical drawing in the Manual Arts Department. Skill in the use of tools and an appreciation of good materials and workmanship for an intelligent choice of life occupation is the purpose of mechanical acti ities. This year the project method has been carried out in the classes. gi ing the pupil a chance to use his own initiative and imagination. Mathematics! What good is it? Mr. A. B. McCain, head of the mathematics de- partment, states that it helps the students all during their lives. For instance, a bov wishes to become an engineer, he will find all the formulae of engineering expressed in mathematical expressions, and without having studied this the boy cannot be an engi- neer. Mathematics is one of the small group of subjects — like reading, historv, and ge- ography — that is linked up with a large number of the branches of human knowledge. Many ask why a girl should study algebra. The answer can be readily given. Every one should know the meaning of a simple graph, positive and negati e numbers, and the shorthand of the formula. The i ' juure hii t it ' hyfi ' tlfiim I ' uijf Tnj.i ' nly-eiijhl Aspirants h '