Arthur Hill High School - Legenda Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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THE LEGENDA Albert G. Dersch R. E, Trippensee O. L. Poulson Gertrude Vanderhoof Nlathematics and Science INCE the industrial revolution, the life of man has become more and more complex. Science and mathematics have become necessary factors in any well- rounded education. Recognizing the need for these subjects, an especially strong de- partment has been built up in the high school curriculum. The science department offers three fields from which the student may choose. Biology, chemistry, and physics are all taught by a combination experiment-recitaf tion course in which the student proves, by experiment in the laboratory, many of the principles given in the text-book. Outside trips to points of interest are made by the various classes at appropriate times during the school year. The Beta Kappa in the biology section, the Crucible club in the chemistry section, and the H. E. l.. M. S. Science club in the physics sec- tion are correlated activities w h i c h help to maintain student interest in science. Beginning with al gebra lll, the mathe matics department ad vances through succes- ive steps to trigonome try, a college prepara tory subject. The first Dorothy S. Giesel semester of algebra is devoted principally to a review of junior high school work, while the second semester is a foundation for higher mathematics. Plane geometry, dealing with figures of two dimensions, is followed by solid geometry. This study in- vestigates the relations and 'properties of solids, while trigonometry deals with tri- angles and their measurement. Mr. A. G. Dersch, in chemistry, Mr. O. l.. Poulson, in phy- sics, and Mr. R. E. Trippensee, in biol- ogy, make up the faculty fo r t h e science department, while Mrs. Doro- thy Giesel and Miss Gertrude Vande r- - hoof are mathema- tics instructors. y By David Stewart. wi

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THE LEGENDA Eloise Ba'-7011 Janice Taylor Sallie Brown William Lee W0 subjects new to Arthur l-lill were introduced into the social science de- partment last year making it possible for students to ob- tain a major in history. These subjects are ancient history and modern European his- tory. The addition of these two gtudigg makes a total of six divisions in the goqial science department, which now includes American history, ancient history, econo- mics, modern European history, sociology, and world history. A COLUS6 in 2ll1Cient history is the study of E116 WOrlCl f1'Om the first known facts up through the middle ages. Modern Euro- pean history begins Burnice Gibbs at the first part of the seventh century and takes through the year 1924. These subjects re- quire two semes- ters of work each, but a student may get the essentials of Lu LU' Social Science 16 each by taking a course in world history which covers the subject matter of both in one year, although in a more condensed form. The study of American history, which is required for all seniors, includes a course in civil government. Economics, the science of money earn- ing and money spending, requires one semes- ter, as does sociology, the science of the development, structure, and functioning of social groups. The teachers for the social science de- partment are as follows: Miss Janice Tay- lor, chairman, Miss Eloise Bacon, Mrs. Sal- lie Brown, Miss Burnice Gibbs and Mr. William Lee. Mrs. Brown, Miss Bacon, and Miss Gibbs are American history in- structors, w h i l e Miss Taylor teaches modern European and world history and Miss Bacon an- cient history. Mr. Lee is the econo- mics and sociology instructor. These subjects may be used toward a social science major.

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THE LEGENDA B. G. Wells Ralph E. Reynolds Edwin jahns HE commercial curriculum is pri- marily intended to equip students for im- mediate participation in business. At the sam: time it permits them to secure a liberal education, This department also offers opportunities for college preparatory students to gain prac- tical commercial training. Beginning next September, s e v e r al changes will take place in th's department, Eric E. Serin Twelve and one-half units, including gym, are required in commercial subjects for graduation. Cf this number, seven units are prescribed, which leaves students the opportunity of electing E. ., hve units. A year of commer- cial arithmetic will be required in the tenth grade. This is a pre- requisite to the year of bookkeeping which is required, but is not oliered until the elev- enth grade. The com- mercial arithmetic Commercial course will ke especially adapted to prepare a student for bookkeeping, and as a result, will make the work in the latter subject much easier. Upon enter ng high school, the student goes into typewriting Ill, which is now required' ln the twelfth grade, business English and economics are required. In addition, a student must elect two units from any of the following subjects: commercial art, commercial geography, and history of commerce in the tenth grade, commercial art, commercial law, advertis- ing, and shorthand in the eleventh grade, commercial art, transcription, business ad- ministration, bookkeeping, and salesman- ship in the twelfth grade. This new com- mercial curriculum for next year now con- forms with the present academic curriculum in that the same number of units are required and the same amount of electives are offered, In planning the course theendeavorwastofol- low modern trends in commercial education.