Charlotte High School - Delphian Yearbook (Charlotte, MI)

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DELPHIAN ' o I 15 to doing the noted Harvard College preparatory experiments, with several others not directly connected with this set. There is one high-power compound microscope and thirteen low-power botanical glasses, all of which, under favorable conditions, can be used for Botany and Physiology as well. We prize our Laboratory. It enables us to do good and efficient work. The laboratory method of study is followed here whenever it is possible, but it does not often occur that class recitation work and individual experimental or microscopic work can be conducted at the same time in so small a space as is ours now, without injurious results to both. We suffer the evil effects of being crowded. We have outgrown our bound- aries. To remedy this, it is hoped and confidently expected that more ideal conditions will exist in the coming year where- by the laboratory ' s sphere of usefulness will be materially enlarged. The plan is, in brief, to make an extension of the room by removing the partition between it and the present sixth grade room, thus giving the whole ground floo«: of the south side to the purposes outlined above. A dozen tables and some other inexpensive furnishings put into the added room would permit individual work in every scientific subject and all could be carried on harmoni- ously. By this arrangement, the time and energy of both pupils and teacher would be vastly economized. The patrons of our schools will receive gratitude in full measure for this improvement, for it means a nearer approach to a scientific method for the teacher and a better cultivation of a scien- tific mind in the pupil. The conditions will then be right for close observation, careful reflection on the appearances and phenomena observed, and logical reasoning and conclusions for the same. Questions can be dealt with objectively and things judged on their merits without the aid of ideas formed independently of the things themselves. These results alone in the best manner justify the existence of a Laboratory.

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14 DELPHIAN ' 01 of the room probably the only record extant connected with its initial year. This consists of an artistic expression, for it is nothing less than an etching bearing the names of the first class in chemistry with the signature of their teacher and the date, 1890. But, although the establishment of the room attracted so little notice, nevertheless the event marked a distinct period in the history of the school and emphasized the wise foresight of the people of our city which is in keeping with the present trend of educational interests. Durmg the summer of 1889, the Laboratory was fitted with a demonstration table, working tables, gas, wash basins, glass cases, chemicals, and chemical apparatus which, in a modest way, furnished an equipment for the accommodation of ten pupils with a course in Chemistry covering twenty weeks. At the same time, it seemed desirable to bring down the few pieces of physical apparatus from their old home in a little room at the southeast corner of the building on the second floor, and to place them, with many additional new ones, in the cases prepared for their reception. But the use- fulness of the newly-equipped room did not stop with its service to Physics and Chemistry. Botany made its demands and so the room was open for general recitation work. Little by little, as the work in the Scientific department has grown, greater requirements have been put upon the Laboratory. Forty weeks are now given to Chemistry and every necessary material is at hand to make the work thor- ough and practical. Next year the subject of Botany will cover forty weeks instead of twenty as now. The work in Physics has always taken a year and the apparatus for this subject is quite complete. The latter fact is not due to numerous large and expensive single pieces, though we have several of them, and they, with the Crowell cabinet purchased three years ago, give the school a superior equipment. Phys- ical principles are demonstrated, and special attention is given

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i6 DELPHIAN ' o I While the ' oo team met some defeats they did very well, considering the odds that were against them. At the opening of the season prospects were not as bright as they might have been, there being only three or four old players back in school. During previous seasons we played the smaller towns and easily defeated, but last year we were willing to play some of the larger schools. These of course were out of our class, but against these teams we made an excellent showing. The present outlook for the ' oi team is very favorable, as many of the ' oo team are in school, and the prospects for new men are very good. Manager: H. C. Thurnau. The line-up : Cetiter Roy Claflin Bruce McAlpine . . Wilber Boyles Rex Bryan Right Guard. Right Tackle Left Guard . . Left Tackle, Left End . . . Earl Laverty Ford Barney Right End . . . . Quarterback . . . Right Halfback Left Halfback. , Fullback .... Claude Randall Harry Potter Max Allen, Captain . . . Lee McLaughlin . . . Howard Cogsdill