Elwood Community High School - Crescent Yearbook (Elwood, IN)

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THE CRESCENT Foreword How did you feel after E. H. S. won that basketball game? You came out tired, hoarse of voice, but still smiling and brimming with enthusiasm and proclaiming that it would be hard to beat old E. H. S. Well, that is the way we expect you to come out after reading this Crescent. If we have reached this feeling we can but say that our work was cheerfully given. Annuals like the governments were made to be criticized, but “’Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill; But, of the two, less dangerous is th’ offence To tire our patience than mislead our sense.” Yours for more interest in E. H. S. The Class of ’21. Beharold Armstrong, Editor-in-Chief.

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We The Senior Class Of 1921 Dedicate This Annual With Pleasure To Professor William F. Smith, The MOST Cheerful and Progressive Worker for E. H. S.

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THE CRESCENT The Board of Education TO THE READERS OF THE CRESCENT: We congratulate you upon your interest in the Elwood High School and assure you of our hearty appreciation of your support. The High School has had a remarkable growth in the past four years, the enrollment increasing from 349 in 1917 to 439 in 1921. This growth is due mainly to two causes: the increased patronage from the surrounding neighborhood, and on increase in the desire of our own population for the benefits that come from a higher education. This growth has made necessary an increase in the teaching force and an expansion of work until now the whole of the new High School building is occupied and we long for space for further activities. The curriculum has been expanded so as more efficiently to meet the needs of the community. In addition to the departments of Latin, English, Mathematics, History and Science found originally in the secondary schools, instruction is now offered, in Domestic Science, Domestic Art, Mechanical Drawing, Woodworking, Commercial Arithmetic, Vocational Agriculture, and French. It is the intention to add in the near future a Commercial Department, Vocational Home Economics, and Physical education. A student now has the opportunity to choose his own course within certain restrictions. By exercising care he may take four full years of science work, Physical Geography, Botany, Chemistry, and Physics. With the increased emphasis upon Science in the world of trade and industry we trust that many will avail themselves of the opportunity. Since Mathematics has been proven of such value to the people, our High School makes it possible for one to have five to six years work along mathematical lines, including Algebra, Geometry, Mechanical Drawing, Commercial Arithmetic, and the Mathematics of Physics. In foreign languages there are Latin and French. The study of Latin