East High School - Quill Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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I Q' ocial gfudies ln an earnest endeavor to make better citi- zens of the growing generation, American history, government, and economics have been made re- quired subjects in Des Moines high schools. Miss Hargis, Miss Schmidt, Miss Mitchell, Miss Alderson, Mr. Williams and Mr. Wilson instruct classes in the story of Americas brief meteoric existance. Mr. Seevers and Mr. Wil- son teach government, Miss Alderson and Mr. Gabrielson, economics. The other branches of social studies are world history taught by Miss Wickware, Miss Schmidt, and Mr. McCay, and bible history taught by Miss Helmreich. Obedience is what makes gov- ernment and not the names by which it is called. -B. FRANKLIN

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Men lue to wonder and that rs the seed o our SCICVICQ EMERSON CCZVLCZ Dally under the able dlrectlon of Mr Slverson ID chem1stry and physxcs Mr Col l1ns1n physlcs and Mr Lyman Mr Ferler and Mr Rove ln blology East Hxgh stu terles of SCIENCE The schools currxculum adequately covers the varlous flelds of elementary SCI ence offermg flfteen classes IH blology the study of that famlllar but mysterlous force llfe two classes m chemxstry the study of the composltlon of matter and four classes 1n physncs the sclence of the forces of na ture and thexr practlcal appllcatlon to our complex xndustrxal xx orld l o dents are exploring and unravelling the mys-

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Enrolled 1n the 12 Home Economxcs classes are 390 glrls eager to learn the essentlals for a successful homemaker These glrls under the capable and helpful 1nstruct1on of Mxss Wetz V9 bm--1... muse-if N ..f', i' stem MISS Weldnlan and MISS Slefke are dally gammg knowledqe whlch vslll not be forgotten tomorrow but xx 111 be put mto practnce each day of their lxves The Home Economxcs department has four dxvxslons MISS Weldman has supervlslon of the Clothmg and Home Admmxstratlon dlvxsxon Miss Wetzstem and Mlss Sxefke of the Foods dlvxsnon and M1 s Wetzstexn of the Personal Llvmg and Famxly Llfe d1v1s1on l , '. Spin- ? X It sf' . Z! I . 1 M , V 5 I ome conomccs - Qc r . . I 1 H Q f. ' 1 f X fx . . . ' . A . .