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

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languages Open the door of appreciation of peoples of other countries and broaden international outlook To help students cope with modern times, adequate schools offer courses in the languages of other countries. Latin, Span- ish, French and German may be studied at Arthur Hill. Planning many separate successful parties and one big All- Language party, the language department as well as others depended upon the two school orchestras for music. Dick Blackwell and his band pictured here includes Bill Phillips, Dick Duclos, Roger Pierce, Roger Jacobi, Clark Ardern, Lyle Emeott, Leonard Anaman, Harold Forsythe and Jack Dersch. Harold Miller with his musical stylists in the middle picture includes Don Zoellner, Art Heimburger, Harold Sandow, jack Bruske, Norman Pockran and Bob Fellows. Pictured at the bottom in the Conga Line at the Sombrero Swing are, left to right: Charles Spiekerman, Anna jean Toman, Dick Schust, Betty Ann Young, Kenneth Mclntyre and Vonnie Yntema. Gossip at any other time would be as simple as the ABC's, but when one is speaking four different languages it should be quite difhcult. Despite this fact, we find in the top picture at the far right, Fraulein Coila S. Start, Magistra Gertrude E. Turner, Mademoiselle Mary F. Lewis and Senorita Helen Spag- nuola who seem to be progressing amiably. LATIN Besides studying their conjugations and vocabularies, the Latin classes enjoyed translating and singing popular songs, arranging bulletin boards about various countries, finding the derivation of words and performing skits and reading poems and novels. Engrossed in the activities of Caesar are seated left to right, Esther Fultz, Robert Braun, Sally Graebner, stand- ing, Kenneth Greenleaf, Donald Sperling and Jessie-May Ahrens. The members of the newly organized Inter-Amicos have in- cluded in their meetings both educational and social features Celebrating National Latin Week, March 51 through April 7, all Latin students of Arthur Hill did their part by entering a school essay contest on the subject How Latin Has Benefitec Me. jim Stenglein, IOA, with his Dead Language received an award of one dollar and Margaret Gillespie, llA, 50 cents. SPANISH Through the year, Spanish classes have given reports, radio broadcasts, translated popular songs, played Spanish keno and worked out Spanish versions of folk tales besides studying vocabularies and conjugations. The Spanish Club enjoyed movies, a travelogue on Mexico by Mrs. George W. Francis, luncheons, typical Spanish holidays and the planning of the second annual Sombrero Swing. FRENCH For students who like the picturesque, French is the lan- guage. On passing room 228 one may hear the coquettish voice of Yvette singing a popular French favorite chorused by the French class. Members of Le Cercle Francais spent most of their time knitting and raising money for refugees, participating in the All-Language Party and the radio broadcast. GERMAN Acting out skits, reading poems and novels, practicing pro- nunciation and enunciation, that is the schedule of the German classes. The German Club again industriously sold book covers to 24 the students and raised enough money to help purchase six more etchings for the school corridor. CLUB OFFICERS Officers of the language clubs are shown at the right. Stand- ing are Angeline Goodwyn, French treasurerg Pat Bates, Latin vice-president, Tom Miller, German vice-president, Betty Ann Young, Spanish secretary, George Michel, Latin secretary, Betty Spatz, Spanish treasurer, Tom Keyser, Spanish vice- president, and Linda Baker, German treasurer. Seated are Jane Breese, French secretaryg June Willemin, French president, Jean Granville, Spanish president, Ella Dee Ford, Latin trea- surer, and Hannah Kerbel, German president. Absent from the picture are Sylvan Thomas, French vice- president, Marilyn Stipe, German secretaryg and Sally Schin- dehette, Latin president.

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Mathematics States a problem, establishes fact and proves it with exactness History tells us that mathematics was developed originally because of its practical value. The modern tendency is to con- tinue to emphasize the practical side plus an added stress on the social basis. The outlines of courses are determined by Mrs. Dorothy Giesel, head of the department, in consultation with Miss Sarah Louise Morse. The student is taught to recognize a problem, analyze and solve it by accurate use of established fundamentals in the courses of algebra, geometry and trigono- metry. ALGEBRA Algebra which is generalized arithmetic, affords practice in general fundamentals of fractions. The 112 algebra students graphed several kinds of equations resulting in curves known as parabola, hyperbola, circle or ellipse. They also learned the convenience of multiplying and dividing large numbers by the short method of using logarithms. SOLID Solid geometry goes a little deeper than plane geometry which deals with surfaces. Students constructed geometrical models of paper as shown is the second picture with Walter Pietsch, Betty Pressprich, Warren Schroeder, Richard Stebner, jacob Eichhorn, john Goppelt, Harry I-laft, Margaret Llewellyn, George Michel, Raymond Appold, Clifford Behrens, Wesley Peterson, Ed Bernthal, and Dave Burger among the eighteen students taking solid geometry. The rules and formulas for finding the lateral area, total area and volumes of almost any kind of solid object are learned. PLANE GEOMETRY In plane geometry the 115 students proved facts and made practical applications of them, learned to use the simplest 26 drawin and measurin instruments the strai ht ed e, ro- S , tractor and com asses in construction eometric fi ures and 8 8 8 designs. They made interesting booklets on loci, an important phase of geometry. These books were classified and voted on by the classes according to the clever and original cover designs. The winners of the informal group, Carl Roethke, along with Kenneth WiHoughby who placed second in the semi- formal class were busy with areas and the Pythagorean Theorem the day the third picture was taken--as also were Margaret Armstrong, Robert Bargert, William Clark, Shirley Courtade, Kenneth Greenleaf, Ellagene Graham, Norman Gremel, Charles Hogan, Bob Hanes, Dorothy Kerr, Mary Lou Klenoski, Dee Lehman, Mary Love, Herbert Lutz, Ralph Matthews, Lloyd Starr, joy Rene Stevenson, Lester Patterson, Donna Pumford, Harold Stier, Dick Whitten, Russell Redfern, Bob Reetz and Isham Williams. Backing upr' the class are Bill Peckover, jim Schindehette, George Widmoyer, Marilynn Witting, Don Sperling, jack Kreuger, R'lene Howell and Richard Martini, another Loci booklet winner. TRIGONOMETRY Trigonometry is a culmination of algebra and geometry for 25 students as they continue to study the right triangle and practice with logarithms. After studying trig one should be able to find the dizziest heights and most inaccessible distances. Mathematics in the senior high school is an elective. There- fore, the courses for the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth years are planned to meet the needs of pupils who are especially inter- ested in the subject because they like it or because they want it as a foundation for future courses. The courses included in college preparatory mathematics in senior high are plane geometry, two semesters, solid geometry, one semester, advanced algebra, two semesters, and trigonom- etry, one semester. If need arises, elementary algebra may be offered in grade ten. A one semester course in socialized mathematics may be elected by seniors.