West High School - Hesperian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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C 0 0 HI fl G HD 5 e ijj i n g Loarning the way to a man's heart. The civilization of a nation depends upon many factors, one of which is its standard of living. In the United States it is the wife and mother who determines the physical, spiritual, and cultural level of the American home. Harmonious relationships within a home are not accidental; they are the result of careful training and thoughtful planning by both father and mother. A strong nation is a nation of strong home ties, for home life is the very heart and strength of any country. Through the ages men and women have fought and died for their homes and their children. Consequently the welfare of a nation depends upon its home makers. Today young people are contributing to the future welfare of the world by securing the training necessary for a happy home life; the more proficient and skilled they are in all the domestic arts, the greater will be the health, the prosperity, and the happiness of a nation. DOROTHY STYER. Clothing; FRANCIS FORD. Food . 16

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JENNIE HISCOCK. French; LOUISE DUNBAR. Latin; ELEANORA POPPE. German; DWIGHT McLaughlin, edana connors. Spanish. LflnGUflGES The ultimate educational value of knowing a foreign language is that it lets you into the workings of other human minds, like and unlike your own. It takes you out of your narrow local self and points out ways of seeing and feeling that cannot be perceived apart from the alien words that record the perception. The reason educated people in every country find themselves using foreign phrases in the midst of their own speech is that these expressions point to real things but are untranslatable. These locutions—whether expressive of feelings or ideas or objects—are the signs of the bigger ones, represented by a nation's literature, philosophy, or contributions to science and religion. This being so. the study of a language becomes the study of a people, and the notion of a language as a tool destroys itself: a tool is a dead unchanging thing; a language lives. A tool is for some ulterior purpose; a language exists as a world in itself.' JACQUES BARZUN. A Trip Through France—With Miss Hiscock as the talontod guide. 15

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COflMlERCML RnD inDUSTRIRL ALBERT OPFER. Stenography; FLORENCE LYMAN. Occupational Problem ; CHARLOTTE McFAR-LANE. Typewriting; JESSE MOORE, Woodwork and Machino Shop; ARLENE WINSLOW, Bookkeeping and Typing; EDWARD SKIBNESS. Mechanical Drawing and Pre-Flight. In very practical ways man has now been asked to increase his experience of the world at large. Our commercial and industrial relations are world wide: our commercial and industrial experts are found in all parts of the world. They are the invaluable ambassadors of good will to foreign countries; it is their work and their assistance in industry and commerce that can help to unite the peoples of the world. Industrial co-operation can become a power for better international relations, more stable economic conditions, and a greater understanding among all mankind. The prosperity and domestic economy of the United States are dependent upon the commercial and industrial conditions in foreign countries. Economic freedom and prosperity are necessary in all nations if political freedom and peace are to endure in a united world. Hesperian sports editor, SHERMAN KERNER, dictates to the Hosporian typists. DE LORES BARBER and NANCY JONES. 17