Eagle River High School - Northern Trail Yearbook (Eagle River, WI)

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Page fifty-iome Tl-lE NORTHERN TRAIL Commercial Department THE Commercial Department in our school is exceptionally popular. The enrollment in it is always at top notch. High school inspectors have sometimes argued that the enrollment is too large for our small town. They claimed that all the graduates from this course could not possibly find employment in town. However, we feel that they-have un- derestimated both the competency of our gradulates and the spirit of our business men in the matter of hiring only home girls for oflice work. A survey tells us that nearly all of our commercial graduates have posi- tions, some of them very lucrative and responsible ones. Our local vil- lage being the county seat is the cause of many more positions of this nature being available here than in the average small town, so that many of our graduates are employed locally, however, many are also holding their own in the larger cities. The course includes the following subjects during a period of four years: Freshman year, Commercial Geography and Commercial Arithme- tic, Sophomore year, Bookkeepingg Junior year, Shorthand and Typing, Senior year, Shorthand and Typing. Besides these special subjects a graduate is of' course required to take the regular high school work up to a total of sixteen units. This prepares him fairly well for college en- trance, especially as most of our graduates take more than the required Sixteen units, and also gives the pupil a definite practical occupation, something he or she can rely upon for a living in the future if necessary.

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THE NO RTHERN TRAIL Sililoquy of a lFreshie Wow! Us Freshmen get the dust From the other high school kids. I can't see why they won't be just, And come off their pyrfamids. You'd think we were in India, S0 low they keep our class. We want no more to do with ya An' we want none o' your sass. Yes, I guess they think they're perty grand. Why they won't talk to a guy Unless for some dance they've planned To make our money fly. Still, when ya come to think of it, Once they were Freshies, too. They had to stand the high school's wit, And submit to its stately coo. Well, next year we'll be Sophomores, An' Frosh will take our plface, Then, by gosh, we'll make them sore, An' put them in disgrace. Page fifty

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THE NORTHERN TRAIL Latin HEN school started for the year 1927-28, there congregated in the Latin class room twenty-three students. The purpose of these stu- dents was to gain a higher knowledge in Latin. The 'first day Mr. Wolff told the congregated mass of students just what was expected of a student when taking Latin. On the second day only sixteen students appeared in Latin class. It was then concluded that they were frightened away after they heard what was needed to gain a good Latin education. Under the careful tutelage of our instructor, Mr. Wolff, we met and conquered Smith's First Latin Lessons, for first year Latin students. The failures were but one. This again showed the kind of instruc- tion we had. To have only one failing student showed careful supervis- ion and training on the part of our teacher. ' with 'fifteen students, ready Reader. and Perseus in their travels We entered the second year Latin class to master Sanford and Scott's Junior Latin The first semester we pursued Hercules and labors. The last twelve weeks were given over to Latin composition, which was just a review of llast year's work with some more complicated labor added. However, we did not tire of Latin because Mr. Wolff made the class very interesting, and he has always seen to it that our Latin class was never dull but full of pep. With Latin we mastered the English language. It has helped us with all our classes, and especially English and grammar. This is again due to the careful instruction on the part of our teacher and the coopera- tion between the teacher and pupils. L... SCIENCE LABRATORY Page fifty-two