Baraboo High School - Minnewaukan Yearbook (Baraboo, WI)

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Af it B is Q , 3 -.Z 3 ,Lg Lg, 7 A ? HARRlET M ANDREWS FERN HACKETT MARGARET LOCKS RUTH VENARD English English English English Speech Speech ENGLISH The department of English aims to give each student a knowledge of the English language which will enable him to speak and write effectively, and also a knowledge and appreciation of some of the world's best literature, Three years of English are required of all students and a fourth year may be elected if a student so desires. However, freshmen with an average of eighty-five or above may be excused from sophomore English. A short course in speech is given in connection with sophomore English. This aftords some training in voice and greater effectiveness in oral English. Sophomores are also given library training in our own library under the direction of Miss Johnson. Seniors have their choice of English literature and practical English. However, students with higher averages are usually requested to take literature. Some students take both. ' Outside reading in the senior English courses offers much opportunity for those who enioy reading. Every student is requested to read 300 points. For those students who read SOO points a Maximum Attainment Degree is pre- sented, while those who read IOOO points or more receive a Superior Attain- ment Degree. ' if it l

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' i Q' :: p 4 1 1i ELEANOR COX SEVERN RINKOB OVID SMEDSTAD RUTH VAN KEUREN MILO WILLARD General Science Physics Chemistry Biology Geography Advanced Math Geometry Commercial Arithmetic SCIENCE What a remarkable age we are living inf Streamlined trains built like bullets rocket along the tracks at a hundred miles an hour! Commander Byrd voyages to the south pole and lives to write about it! A chemist discovers the secret of invisible glass, and static-less radios become more than just a day dream! A number of scientific courses aid the Baraboo students to understand and appreciate these modern miracles. The subjects undertake to introduce the pupil to the scientific method, to preparethim for more work along the scientific lines, and to point out to him man's triumph over his environment. l Seventh graders are introduced to the science world by a geography course which takes up the study of surface features of the earth, climatology and its influence on life, and the like. Commercial geography, an elective taken by about half of the freshmen, stresses trade relations. General science, a required subject in the ninth grade, is characterized by extensive project work in charts, posters, booklets, and oral reports. The freshmen keep up with the world by subscribing to two scientific magazines. Biology is required of all sophomores except those taking agriculture. Here, by experiments with earth-worms, frogs,and other lower forms of life, the stu- dents learn the structure, function, and adaptations of animals as well as plants. Chem- istry, an elective for juniors and seniors, is taken by about ten per cent of each of these groups. lt has practical value in the fields of metallurgy, structural engineering, medicine, pharmacy, and many others. Physics, required of all who have not had chemistry, is taken by eighty per cent of the seniors. This course is divided into five units-mechanics heat, electricity and magnetism, light, and sound. Geology is an elective for sophomores, juniors, and seniors. lt consists mainly of a study of rock structure, stressing especially the formations of the Devil's Lake region. Each course tries to create a more general knowledge of scientific progress in agri- culture, communication, transportation, and other fields of man's endeavor. i ,, .?.,.1f '

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J N EENHALGH H. W. HAWKINS MARlAN WIGHTMAN DAVID H WILLIAMS mercial Manual Arts Home Economics AQFICUIU-'fe VOCATIONS During the last decade, educators have come to reqlize that all education shoulc' prepare one for life. Our high school, in keeping with this modern trend, now has four vocational courses, namely home economics, agriculture, industrial arts, and commercial work. This year ninety-five girls took some sort of home economics course, and out of six- teen different ambitions revealed by these girls, it was found that ten are obviously connected with home economics. Sixty-seven per cent of them chose one of the four professions, teacher, nurse, beauty operator, or housewife. Only ten out of the entire ninety-five chose marriage as their aim. For many years commercial education was thought of as something apart from aca- demic training. But as society is now organized, business is a very vital part of life. With, this new philosophy of education in mind, our commercial course has been reorganized to meet this newly recognized social need. Our commercial course as now offered, not only prepares the student for a definite business vocation, but also gives the student who plans on entering college the privilege of electing those com- mercial subjects he wishes for his own personal use. Because of this modification in our course there has been a decided increase in the number of students choosing com- mercial work. This year approximately one-half of the student body in the senior high is enrolled in at least one of these commercial subjects. The need for high school training as a preparation for a life of farming is as great today as the need for training in most other vocations. The agricultural vocation course is designed to cover the entire field of forming in four years. lt includes the study of farm crops, farm animals, farm mechanics, and farm management. In addi- tion to this class room work, each boy has one or more projects on his home farm, the purpose of which is to give the student an opportunity to put into practice the teach- ing of the class room. The agriculture deparment was started at Baraboo in the fall of l93l, with an enrollment of 20. Enrollment this year was 60. Baraboo schools offer' five years of industrial arts. These subjects give the student experience in manipulative skills plus industrial and occupational information that nc other course offers. The advanced wookworking class always welcomes a group pro' ject, and in the past has supplied much needed equipment throughout the schools The mechanical drawina room has been equipped,and many teachers are enjoying desks made in the shop. This vear the students are making teachers desks for all the rooms in the third ward school.