Hamburg High School - Echoes Yearbook (Hamburg, NY)

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mga-a+. T R I F O L I O .s css- 4 l l THE FRENCH III CLASS, CHECKING COMPOSITIONS BY GENERAL CRITICISM Left to right, standing: Fors, R., Dow, Miss Warburton, Prine, Dugan, MacTaggar't: seated: Smith, Strait, Sharp, Horton, Wrench, Tillinghast, Russ. Language Department TUDENTS of French, Latin, or German, like to astound their parents and awe their younger brothers and sisters, by demanding something at the dinner table in French, or giving orders to the younger ones in German, or striking a pose and crying Veni, Vidi, Vici! The French I classes have been reading both French and English for outside reading reports. This is rather an innovation, for the classes usually read only French. The French III class studied Les Oberlesf' a story whose chief ideal is patriotism to France. The introduction of project work in addition to regular class work, is one of the new phases of Latin. There has been friendly rivalry between different classes this year, for the banner of a winning class was hung above the banner of the losing class. Time tests were given each week, and the results were posted in the form of an Honor Roll. By a few variations in the schedule of study, German has taken on a new aspect for the students. The direct method of teaching has been used. Poetry and quotations were memorized. Selections showing the present condition in Germany were read extensively. The German III class made the usual beneficial study of Schiller's 'iWilfhelm Tell. The study of languages is rightly one of the most valued and popular of school subjects today. Twentysetcn

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ii-s, -TRIFOLlO M, RICHARD NEUSCHEL, GIVING A SPECIAL REPORT ON CORRUPTION TO AN AMERICAN HISTORY CLASS Left to right: Neuschel tstandingjg first row: Tillimzhastg second row: Taylor, Agle, J., Dascomb, Hutkag third row: Sipprell, Pfetfer, Pohle, Simon, Thomasg fourth row: Holloway. MaeNau1zhton, Part- ridge, North, Hartman, M. History Department UCIAL Science teachers in Hamburg High School interpret history to their classes as the Stream of Life. As the early voyageurs explored the Mississippi River from its sources to the sea, noting each tributary and its efect on the main stream, so the history students trace the changes in economic, social, and political life, from the times of early man and his primitive existence, down to our complex modern civilization. Mr. Simmons' classes began the correlation of ancient and modern life by examinf ing the backgrounds of our civilization, and by noting any vestiges of medieval beliefs prevalent in modern ideas. In Miss Bakers classes, the American Observer clarified current problems, resulting in greater interest in current events. Special project work in tracing present conditions, and increased emphasis on economic and social changes, broadened the students' range of view. In these classes, dry history has become much more vivid and real, because of the realization of relationships between past events and new problems, and also because of the untiring efforts of Mr. Simmons and Miss Baker in showing these relationships. Twentyfsix

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T. ,wTRIFOLIOl-n ? .li GEOMETRY STUDENTS, PROVING VARIOUS -'ANGLE A's EQUAL TO --ANGLE B's Left to right, at blackboard: Mountain, Hyslop, Agle, V., Lazer, Whitintr, Miss Harvey: seated, first row: Sturdy fhiddenj, Viger, Webster, Best, Zimmerman, second row: McClosky. O'Donnell, Reynolds, J., gobegts, J.: third row: Mulholland, McCluer, Madden. B.: fourth row: Hipp, Kleinfelder, A.: fifth row: rau t, P. Mathematics Department EOMETRY, Intermediate Algebra, Advanced Algebra, Trigonometry, and Solid Geometry are the subjects which are presented in our Mathematics Department. '1 nese courses require a great deal of time and sincere application to the work, as many students, who have come to grief over various x's and y's, theorems, statements, and proofs, have discovered. Miss Harvey, Miss Warburton, and Mr. Eidt, instructors of mathematics, have given their best efforts, and have spent countless hours aiding backward students. These efforts have been rewarded by retaining and even surpassing the thigh standards long ago set in the Mathematics Department of Hamburg High School by Mrs. Anna Ueblacher and by Mrs. Martha Howe. Twentyfeight