Elko High School - Pohob Yearbook (Elko, NV)

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lgnhnh Mathematics HIS year Elko l-ll h School of f red courses IU Commerclal Arxthme tlc fir t year General Vlather atlcs Plane Ge ometry Solnd Geome try Advanced Algebra Trigonometry and The oretlcal Algebra One MR, hlgh school credlt was UIVCH for each of the flrst four courses whxlc one half credlt was glven for each of the last three ln these courses the study of mathematxcs IS as completely pro Vldefl for as m most of th larger hr h schools of the Unlted States Elko l-'hgh S hool IS probably the only school ID thls state that new course that IS just bemg trled out ln thrs hugh school for the firs year stud nts Many of he students who would find the first yea course of Algebra hard haxe l1ttle or no trouble wlth the mterestmg wor of Algebra Geometry and Trwonometry combined ln General lVl1themat1cs The work m graphs of statlstlcs PICYOUYBIIIS and canto grams whlch the students have done thls year IS not only lnterestmg but fasclnatmg The Plane Geometry students are taught practlcally all the fun damental pI'lI1C1plCS of planes trlanvles quadrllaterals other polygon and clrcles The development of the formulas for prisms pyramids cyhnders cones and spheres even the prlsmatold formula have been worked out by the Sohd Geometry Class The makmcf of models has been an mterestmg part of thls work Besides mak ng polyhedral angles pyra mlds prlsms paralleplpeds and frustums thus class has made the Hve regular polyhedrons These are the tetrahedron of four faces hexa hedron of SIX faces octahedron of elght faces doclecahedron f twelve faces and the lcosahedron of twenty faces I7 . . , I .0 1 . ' 5 ' .' . Q It- , L V l . ' . - , - K 3 l Kncmeyer ' 1 ' C C x D . 3 ' '. . . e C 'g . r ' - . C . . . offers a course in General Mathematics. General Nlathematics is a . .... . . P 2 . T r ,v Y . . . .x , D 4 . . k Q, O , ' 4 , I , L Y 9 Y , a , . O , K ' ' Q - . . . . , 3 Y 9 n L , , -I , 7 , , 9 0 , Q '

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lilnhuh Sclence INCE. the foundmg of the Elko Coun ty Hrgh School a great deal of emphasls has been placed upon the teachmg of sclence especially smce l9l 7 when the openmg of the new bulldmg wlth rts splendldly equlpped shm laboratorxes provlded excellent faCllltlCS for the study of thrs branch of learmng The Blology Class thls year was made up of Sophomores unlors and Seniors It was a small class but the enthusiasm shown by its members brought lt to a hngh standard A field trlp was made ln the fall of the year as the result of which many blologlcal specxmens were brought back to the study hall A full set of experlments have been completed by thus class Mr Anderson boasts that his Chemrstry Class has the highest scholarshxp average of any class of 1ts slze ln the school The tech nlcal slde of chemxstry has been emphasrzed and an effort has been made to glve to the students tramlng ln sclentlflc m thods of thought and observatron that will be of value to them whether they contmue the study of the subject further or not The class has had at lts dns posal what IS probably the second or thxrd most complete stock of chemlcals ln the State besides an unusually complete equipment of apparatus It has made good use of these facllltles thrs year l'laVln0' completed some twenty more than the required number of expert ments The PSYSICS Class was composed exclusively of Semor boys While the stock of apparatus at hand for the use of thls class IS not as extenslve as that avallable for the chemists no Important experx ments have had to be omltted Several new pleces were added durlnfr the course of the year Including a Hartl Optlcal Disc and a wireless set for demonstratlon Mechanics of sollds Hulds and gases sound heat magnetism electricity and llvht were covered as thoroughly as time and the mathematical preparation of the students permitted I6 0 r X . . . Anderson I ' . S , J 7 . , Q . .... Q N4 l . , O , .. ' ca . . . . . x Q ' Y Y I Y 1 1 5

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lgnhnh Commercial URINC the last two years the Comm rclal De partment under the su pervlslon of Katharlne l.. lVl1ller has been re organlzed and put on a unlverslty credlt ba SIS that IS credlts re M fl celved ln thls depart M ment are recognxzed by the large unlversxtles and buslness schools throughout the country Each year the Commerclal Department IS becomlng a more 1m portant factor ln our school system Thls statement IS proved by the large number of students enrolled ln the different classes Thls year one hundred and twenty one students were enrolled 1n the department ln order to recelve a commerclal dlploma a student must have had two years of shorthand typewrxtmg bookkeeplng one half year clal arlthmetxc and buslness Engllsh As a reward any student who has succeeded 1n acqulrmg an average of ninety per cent or over ln any or all subjects wzth the exception of commerclal law commercxal arlthmetlc and busness English wlll be awarded certificates and medals These C6I'tlHC3tCS and medals are awarded ln shorthand by the Curegg Publlshlng Company ln typewrltlng by the Underwood fype Wfltlng Company m bookkeeplng by the Twentleth Century Com pany and nn penmanshnp by the A N Palmer Company Credlt IS glven m bookkeepmg when the first and second year s textbook work IS Hnlshed and the first and second year s certlflcates have been recelved ln order to receive credlt ln penmanshlp the work requlred ln the text must be completed and a students certlflcate must be obtamed ln order to recelve credlt for one year of tvpewrltlng a student I8 Y O , - Q Q, w Q '- . , . , . - nr 'r ' iller 1 . ' 1 D y ' of pCflITl3l'lShlp, One year of OH'.lCC tfalfllflg, COITIITICYCIBI law, COIIIITICY- U l , I , . , - , - . . Q . Y Y l