Atlanta High School - Atalanta Yearbook (Atlanta, IL)

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J fmttmsfrattmt Ifiutratuw Why education! Education is derived from the Latin word cduco which means “to train”. We can and do have all manner of education and training for various purposes and ends. It requires special education for each of the different professions and pursuits in life, but this kind of education usually follows after a general education has been secured. Although it is recognized that the body should he trained as well as the mind, education has consisted of the training of the latter for the most part. Public school education as given in the Atlanta High School has been rather limited and general in comparison with that of the larger high schools. The commercial courses constitute all of the vocational education which is being offered. It is strongly recommended by our accrediting authorities that we increase the number of vocational courses offered such as home economics and manual training which subjects were discontinued to make room for the commercial work. In education, there are aims more important than that of preparing for a greater ability to earn money. True education not only increases the difference between man and the lower animals but also lessens the difference between man and his Creator. In other words, man should become a higher sort of being because of education. Xatin Latin is one of the subjects which some are inclined to deny any place at all in the high school course of study. However, two years of Latin a r e offered on an elective basis in t h e Atlanta C o m m unit y High S c h o o 1. Some of the reasons for studying Latin are: 1. A better understand ing of English words, about one-half of which are derived from Latin. 2. A better understanding of English grammar. 3. It serves for the two years of language entrance credit often required by colleges and for certain courses in other colleges. Since Latin is one of the more difficult subjects, the poorer pupils are urged to pursue some of the other courses instead. Judging from the number of pupils enrolled in the Latin classes. Latin still seems to be a rather popular study.

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JFnrrfitorb (Tn rccnrb in an cttburing form, the social literary anb athletic attainments for the scliool year of 1933-34, hie, tlie Senior (Class, present this i talanta. JHe hope hie hahe sclcctcb those things luhich hiill he of most interest in future years. ilciucatimt JHe, tljr Senior (Class, respectfully bcbicatc this hook to onr most helpful, loyal anb successful teacher anb coaclj, Jifr. Ixnpert JJricc.

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(The clumi History The study of history and other social sciences is important because knowledge of he past enables one to have a better understanding of the present. We study the past records of political, economic a n d social achievements, for upon them are built succeeding structures. Recurring business cycles, technologica 1 displacements, mal-production, increasing interdependence of nations and other problems of this decade call for an intensive study of our changing social order. Reorganization and adjustment must be effected. A study and interpretation of the cause and effect of former blunders should tend to avert future ones and thus create a more efficient type of citizenry. Snylislj A course in English may be subdivided into two parts: composition and rhetoric, and literature. The purpose of the former is three-fold. It leaches one to speak correctly, to write correctly, and to express himself adequately. Literature is the written productions of a country, especially those n o t a b 1 e for beauty or force of style. L i t e r a t u r e b ring s out certain fundamental r e 1 a -tions; the debt we owe to the past, the relations of human brotherhood. and the relations of man and Nature. The study of literature not only in- Vernc !' K,Icy’ A K troduces the student to the spiritual heritage stored up for him in books, but also tends to instill in him an appreciation of the things that are more worth while. iilatlmuatics Nearly 2.5(H) ve; mathematician and Rupert M. Price, B.S. the sun causing the lain mathematical la rs ago Plato, a Greek philosopher said, “God geomotrizes continually”. What he meant was that every activity in the universe is governed by mathematical principles and laws. The motions of the sun and stars, the rotation of the earth on its axis causing day and night, the revolution of the earth about seasons, all follow cer-ws. Great bridges, dams, skyscrapers, ships, and thousands of other works of man are built according to mathematical laws. Is it not well then that each of us should know a little of these things that we may better understand the events that take place about us? Science The question, “Why?” has probably been asked more times in the history of the world than any other. It is the favorite question of children, and as even the wisest of men are but children in knowledge, it has been the constant query of mankind since it was first uttered. The answers which men have found, the organized knowledge they have acquired by observation, experimentation a n d rca-soning, make up what we call the sciences. Science, as used today, refers o n 1 y to that part of the knowledge of the world that has to do with natural objects, and natural phenomena. In high school science we endeavor to teach each pupil the scientific method of seeking answers to the many problems which they will encounter in their future lives. John M. Rush. A. 11. 1 9 3 4— 4