Croswell Lexington High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Croswell, MI)

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Debating At the beginning of the season the debating class consisted of seven members. From these the faculty chose two teams and a substitute. They were as follows: Affirmative, Marjorie McIntyre, Vernon Lawson, Georgia MacTaggart; negative, Bernice Conoly, Helen Bauslaugh and David Decker; substitute, Jessie McIntyre. The question for debate was, “Resolved, that the proposed Child Labor Amendment should be adopted to the national constitution.” In the first two debates we upheld the affirmative side of the question, winning the first from Sandusky November 20 by a unan- imous decision and losing the second to Carsonville by a 2 to 1 vote on December 11. In the latter debate Jessie McIntyre substituted for Marjorie, who was ill at the time. Soon afterwards the affirmative were informed that they were to debate Deckerville but this was later cancelled. During this time Coach Mclnnes was busy preparing the negative team for combat in a practice debate with Carsonville, in which Croswell won 2 to 1. Bad Axe, the next victim, was defeated by our team, upholding the negative side of the Child Labor question, 3 to 0 on February 12. This ended the first group of the debating series and permitted us to take part in the preliminary debute with Yale on March 8, by whom we were defeated by a 2 to 1 vote, thus eliminating us from the contest. Much of the training for debating is obtained in the Public Speaking class, which boasts twenty members this semester, some of whom will undoubtedly be on next year’s debating squad.

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Academic Course The Academic Department is broad in its scope and fits the needs of those who wish a general education and those who are an- ticipating continuing their studies in our higher institutons of learning. The sciences, taught by Mr. C. R. Heemstra, are physics and chemistry. One year of either is required in fulfilling the Aca- demic course. The mathematics branch of the academic work includes one and one half years of algebra, and plane and solid geometry. Latin and French are the foreign languages taught. Each requires two years. The first year is reserved for grammar study, and (luring the latter year the principles of grammar and vocabularies are put into use in the translation of Caesar for the Latin students and French classics. Miss Fuller very ably handles the foreign languages and the first year of high school English, which reviews the fundamentals of grammar, the art of theme writing and vocation study and literature. Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth grade English are taught by Mrs. Laura Benedict. Under her guidance, the Sophomores continue the vocation work and theme study and narrative poetry both in creation and completion, as written by the best authors. The English course of Eleventh and Twelfth grades is an extensive study of the best literature of the English language since the time of Chaucer, to the present day. Book reports are required in all the English classes. The Academic Department also gives three courses in social science, World History, American History and American Problems.

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Agriculture As a branch of High School study, Agriculture is increasing in importance. I}; enables the town boy or girl to learn more of country life and nature, and is the means of presenting the best methods of farming to those who definitely follow the course. Beginning with the ninth grade there is a complete order of subjects along with fundamentals of plant and animal life as studied under the headings of botany and zoology. Besides these, farm shop work, mechanical drawing, field crops, horticulture, animal husbandry, the principles of feed and feed- ing and study of soils are taken up. To put into practice the methods studied, three home projects, such as crop or livestock raising, are required of each regular student. As a community development project, the department has recently carried on the local leadership of club work among boys, particularly with regard to dairy cattle. A number of pure bred animals have been added to various herds, and they should be the nucleus of future development of considerable importance. An agricultural association is maintained. At the meetings problems of mutual interest are discussed, project ideas exchanged, and inspiration and information brought by leaders of the community. Agricultural as a course of the Croswell High School complies with the Smith-Hughes plan, and receives federal and state aid. The placing of agriculture upon an even basis with other forms of business is an aim of this department of the educational system.