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

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Page fifty-'three THE NORTHER-lil TRA1L Home Economics T HE Home Economics Department of the Eagle River High school is not a very old part of the school, hvaving been in existence only the past four years. This course is offered to the Freshmen and Sophomore girls in particular, but is open to the upper classmen if their regular curriculum schedule does not interfere. Our room, which is on the first floor, is one which is very pleasant to work in. It consists of two parts, the sewing division and the cooking division. Both sections are very well equipped with the necessary uten- sils. For fuel we use Blau Gas, which enables us to prepare our foods faster and keep our kitchen neater. The expense of using it is less than any other fuel would be. We have organized a Home Economics Club which is composed of all the girls taking the course. Our club meetings are held on Thursday nights, once every three weeks. These meetings consist of three parts, business, social, and educational. A luncheon is usually served at the close of each meeting. We are affiliated with the state and national home economics associations and we feel that we are a small part of a really worth while organization.

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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

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THE NORTHERN TRAIL Manual Training Q NE of the important courses in this high school is Manual Training. A large room located in the basement has been set aside as a place Where this course may be studied. There are two classes each day. The Freshmen class is held from 10:30 to 12:00. There are sixteen Freshmen boys taking the course this year. The Sophomore class is' held from, 1:10 to 2:30. There are nine Sophomore boys taking the advanced work begun last year. The room is furnished with modern equipment. There are nine large double work benches, an electric glue heater, mitre saw, an Oliver lathe machine, drawing equipment, a full line of tools for bench work and wood work. The boys have been doing much Work in extensive mechanical draw- ing and in lettering. Many projects have been completed and others are being made. Among those being made are school trophy cases, fibre baskets, and flower pedestals. Each week each pupil is required to give an outside report. Some of the subjects reported on are iron, steel, lumbering, basketry, and other topics of interest. Page fifty-four