East Aurora High School - Speculum Yearbook (Aurora, IL)

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Q R. GALBRAITH C. ALLEN U R. CRAVENS E. MARTENS M. ROSENBARGER SIICIAI. SCIENCE Our origin and development To us may be a mystery, So - to know and understand it We study our World History. The lives of Napoleon and Caesar Soon are brought to light And events of Europe's history Tell us of their plight. The story of our native land Muzzey's text relates. It gives us facts of the early life 0f our own United States. In geography we learn to tell Where different products grow well, Where commerce centers are located, And how the nation's wealth is rated. The student hopes one day to cast An intelligent citizen's vote. He knows he must learn of government's And follow the statesmen of note. As we take up the study of Civics We learn our government's organization. plans Important phases are studied and thus, - We view it with appreciation. The President and his cabinet, The process of voting, too, Congress and the judiciary - These are but a few. When we thoroughly understand The principal parts of these courses, We move next day to Economics And present day problems and forces. llow man plans his life, earns his bread, When he is on his own, Presents to the serious student Problems he never has known. The knowledge that one may obtain Through the study of these divisions Will prove an invaluable gain For future life's provisions.

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E L. GARMS I'. GLEASON L. HUTCHINS M. SMITH I-I. TWITCI-IELL FIIIIEIGN LANGUAGES LATIN Mercury, on wing'ed feet, A letter in your charge I give. Bear it with haste, be quick and fleet, And carry it to Caesaris grave. Yea - Caesar long is dead, I know, But Home lives on eternal, And through the world there still is known The l'Imperor's tongue maternal. So haste. fleet Mercury, To Caesar these glad tidings give. Bid him rejoice, bid him be glad. For lol The Roman language lives! FRENCH Oui, madame - this is Paris! You seek someone. perchance? No? You look around? See - there is The Eiffel Tower, tall and stark. It looms against the blue sky, dark And grim. And there the Louvre - While o'er it wand'ring pigeons move. And there Napoleon lies - Yes - even so a great one dies. Ilow dark it is growing! Ah madamelf-you don't know what that glareis? That, madame.-that is night in Paris. I . WOOLLEY GERMAN Food of fables and fairy tales And anecdotes and stories, The merry German band regales And smacks of foreign glories. Fortunatus and his wishing hat And the Baron von Munchhausen Tell of adventure strong and brave And feats of strength a thousand. And grammar, too, is fed along As painlessly as candy. So sped along by merry song This course is simply dandy. SPANISH Francisco and his Spanish dame In serape and mantilla Sit shaded from the burning sun And eat the good tortilla. They dance on gay fiesta days The rhumba and the tango, With twinkling toes and flashing sm They trip the gay fandango. iles And when the moonlight softly plays, Dolores harkens to his lays. Romantic Spain will never die, It lingers on here in East lligh. G. WIKILLIIY

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MATIIEMATIITS Many a student is hazy And driven nearly crazy By the mention of the subject math.', But if he isn't lazy, It can be far from mazy For there is a simpler, easier path. Algebra - at first confusing - Deals with problems that are using Equations, radicals, and squares. But if you are caught napping, You deserve a thorough slapping. Let no problem catch you unawares. Algebra lll, though more advanced, Explains the things at which we glanced In our freshman year. Formulae immense we solve. If to study we resolve, Tests will hold no fear. From a different unique angle We our problems can untangle. Our heads in circles don't go round. We define the square and polygon, Work with secant, chord, and Octagon, - In Geometry with thought profound. In solid many things are shown About the pyramid and cone With formulae astounding. With the aid of thought and mind Any student soon will find IIe'll be accurate answers compounding. Trigonometry to the clever mind Explains the meaning of the sine, And how to use the slide rule. It is a course one needs to know If onward in math one plans to go When entering a higher school. For students who object to math Measurements presents a simpler path To the practical boy. For common use it is a treasure, One learns almost anything to measure With simplicity that is joy. :, ,lk E. FITZGERALD r9 R. MORRISON G. RUN NIN GER C. STUNKEL T. WEIDENBECK