Granite City High School - Warrior Yearbook (Granite City, IL)

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COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT MISS DIEHLE The primary purpose of the Commercial Course in Community High School is to give utilitarian or practical training, and this purpose is probably emphasized more generally, but many subjects and activities are included which deepen and extend the work of the department which makes it complimentary to academic training. Our commercial program of study is a four-year program of technical commercial courses, interwoven with an approximately equal number of related academic courses. The General Aims in constructing the Commercial Course have been: To give full recognition to the needs of pupils along general lines in developing citizenship: to develop the two-fold nature of the pupil, as a social being and as a prospective wage earner: to give pupils sufficient definite technical training for filling immediate positions in business and furthermore to develop thor- oughly and broadly enough so that promotions to positions of responsibility and leadership may come following age experience. Page T wenty-l ive

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SCIENCE MISS BAKER MISS FELTER Science is the indispensable key which has opened the way of progress to civilization. The interpretation of life, both past and present: the appreciation of art in all of its forms: efficient, intellectual and moral discipline depend upon its teachings. For the maintenance of life and health, a knowledge of science is necessary : and for the gaining of a livelihood it is a valuable asset. The very age in which we live is scientific. Science is invading and quickening every phase of life. Accordingly the Science Department of our High School has been organized to equip the student with knowledge based upon observation and experience that shall make him an intelligent, useful and successful citizen. The plan for four years ' systematic scientific study are outlined as follows: General Science and Physiology are required of all Freshmen, and during the three following years, Biology, Chemistry and Physics may be elected. MR. HOLST MR. FROHARDT Page Twenty four

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MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT MR. JOHNSON MR. SHOEMAKER According to the National Committee on Mathematical Requirements. ‘‘The primary purpose of the teaching of mathematics should be to develop those powers of understanding and of analyzing relations of quantity and of space which are necessary to an insight into the control over our environment and to an appreciable insight of the progress and of civilization in its various aspects, and to develop those habits of thought and of action which will make these powers effective in the life of the individual. In our Algebra classes we aim to enable the student to understand its languages and use it intelligently, to analyze a problem, formulate it mathe- matically and to interpret the results. In the Geometry classes the students first work with the given proposition and then a list of practical exercises covering similar problems. The organization of the trade school has made it necessary to add special courses covering the mathematics used in electrical, pattern making, drafting, and machine shop courses. The conventional methods used in former years have modified in the interest of greater comprehension, compelling motivation, and more practical applications. Page T Went y- six