Elko High School - Pohob Yearbook (Elko, NV)

Page 25 text:

Ignhuh I2 I6 It IS descrxbed at length elsewhere ln thls lssue of The Pohob The short stones entered m the Roberts lVlcCutcheon Brown Memorlal contest brought pralse and commendatlon from the local judges who chose two from the efforts of seventeen contestants Those two were Charles Geyman s Chlef KlDlSh8W s Last Raid and Bully Clawson s The Peace of the Cuardlan Mother Honorable Mentlon was given to Eber Stenmgers Humboldt Otter Lucnlle Cralgle s nmmle s Dream and Eva Reed s Fnguratxvely Speakmg We are now anxiously awaltmv the declslon of the judges who choose the three best storxes entered from the hrgh schools of the state Elko hopes to wln a place ln thls contest It IS also too early to know lf our contestants m the varlous essay contests have won any mark of accomplishment thrs year The Nevada Educatlonal Leagues offer of prlzes for the best essays on the Towner Sterling Blll has been answered by several Elko Hrgh School students also a few have wrltten essays m the Flrestone natlonal contest on good roads The enthuslasm wlth whlch students have entered all these fields of work IS an evidence of splendid school splrlt The Englnsh classes have accompllshecl beside all these by the way results the actual requlrements of the state course of study ln composxtlon rhetorlc and appreclatlon of the world s best lnterature The hlstorles of Amerlcan and English llterature are subjects of the upper classes the Hrst and second year s work more definitely exer clses the creative qualltles of the student ln hls class work All ln all the English Department attempts to create ln each stu dent a deslre to speak and wrlte not only correctly but effectxvely and an abnllty to appreclate the best and the beautlful of our language Zl . . . . . u u , . v .4 . . . n . n , n .4 . rv , . . 1 u on . 1 I I I lljl I l If Y ll n a r V' . . . . . . D 7 . . . . . . l Y I . . . . . , 9 . . x , .. - Y . . . . . s . , . .. 9 I 9 1 ' . , .. Y 3 .

Page 24 text:

linhnh Engllsh HE Engllsh Depar ment has thls year been very su cessful B SldCS carrymv on the regular class work ln which they accom pllshed a great deal the students have executed several profit abe outslde undertaklngs Among thelr ventures are the followlng two school papers the Elko Exhaust pubhshed by the Engllsh IV and Buslness Engllsh classes and the Elkonlan publlshed by tne two dlvxslons of the Enfvlrsh lll cla ses a Better Ewlxsh Week under the SUPCYVISIOH of all the Envllsh classes and the partxclpatxom ln Short Story and Essay Contests Thls year s newspapers were better than ever before The Elko Exhaust appeared rn the Elko Free Press on Vvednesdays of alter nate weeks Whlle The Elkonxan was pubhshed ln our other town paper The Independent on the Saturdays of those weeks when no Exhaust was prlnted In thls way the hx h school had a paper ev ry week coverlng all the events wlthm that perlod In each lssue an average of four columns a week contalnlnff all the news of the week jokes edltorlal comment stones and mlscellaneous artlcles By thls undertaklng the communlty has been kept mformed about the aCtlV1 tres of our hlgh school and the students of the Engllsh classes have gamecl consxderable knowledge and experlence 1n newspaper Wfltlllg which Wlll be to some of the students a Great use 1n later llfe Perhaps the newest and most mterestmg ldea carrled out by the Enffllsh Department was the Good Envllsh Week between February 20 t u Robison 0 l A . Craig Roosa ' '- ' f- Q L N., . sv' D , - l . g . U N . . l ' 1 . . H - -v - 1 -- K s - 9 . . . . 4. . n S ' ' D ' 7 .3 . . . S . . . . D -. . ' ku 0 1 Il ,, . U an . U . H . . U H H ,, . . . . . U S V za , . 3 Q3 Y , 3' ' . ra ' 9 . D . . - .4 . H ca :a

Page 26 text:

lgnhnh Domestlc Arts HE Home Economxcs course of three years offers for the Freshmen a study of tefctlles and plaln sewmg It takes up the four textlle fibers cotton flax sllk and wool from the standpomt of hlstory produc tlon manufacture the Hmshed product and 1ts relatlon to the household The study of tex tlles also takes up the use of substltutes adul terants cost and selectmg of materlals and th testmg of textxle fabrlcs The glrls are en couraged to collect samples of materlal and classlfy them so that they may recognlze dlfferent materlals and learn thelr value Sewlng IS no longer taught as an xsolated subject and the r latlon of sewlng to tex tlles IS emphaslzecl from the economlc as well as the practlcal slde ln the second year foods and cookery are studled Emphasls IS placed upon uses of foods 1n the body and upon food composltlons Sklll IS developed through the actual processes of cooking and obser vatlon The work IS planned so that lt leads up to the cookmg and servmg of meals whlch takes place m the sprmg ln thxs class the glrls galn a knowledge of nutrxtxon however thls IS taken up more thorouvhly ln the unlor dletetlcs class In thlS class the girls study dxetetlcs for twenty four weeks and advanced sewlng the last twelve The dletetlcs course lncludes the study of the calorie as a standard for measurlng the energy of food and the amount of food a person should eat accordmg to hls welght act1v1ty age and occupatlon The students also learn to an dlets wlth the proper amount of calorles fat carbohydrate prote1n mlneral elements and vltamlne Dlets for chlldren are studlecl and tue stu dents also learn to plan dlets for people of abnormal condltlons I thls class as ln the cooklng class the work IS 1n form of experlments and problems Economy ln buvlng food IS also taught The class thls year has made some very good posters for an exhlbltlon they are plannmg on thls sprmg lqhey haxe planned thelr exhlbltlon so that p ople may learn many useful thlngs The advanced sewlng IS a clothmg project where each lndxvldual plans and works out her own needs The problem IS the planmng and makmg of a glrl s spring wardrobe 22 5 I . . Q 9 , - U 3 x . , X f n X. v ' 'V x a u Q .5 -. .' v - V . . C . . - . . , . 7 3 O J - . . 9 , . ' p-l 9 Y Y Y . X ' V . . . . G . . . , .