Hemingford High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Hemingford, NE)

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N EAiAI TI AININT DCI 4I1HCN1 The Normal Training course given in our high school makes it possible for ambitious young men and women of high character to prepare for teaching in the rural schools, without facing the necessity of leaving home to prepare for such teaching. A study of the training given teachers by the teacher-training Institutions of the state readily concedes that the higher teacher-training in- stitutions are not actually preparing teachers for the rural schools, and as a result, those who go from these institutions often lack proper understanding of rural conditions and rural needs. The training given in high school Normal Training cirriculum is given by no other institution in the state. It is coming to be a recognized fact that in the near future the man or woman who aspires to be a teacher but who is net a Chris1 ian person and lacks Christian training and leadership will have small opportunity of teaching in Nebraska schools. Normal Training students in our school have the privilege of organizing a modern, standard, rural one-room school and developing the problems con- nected with it under the supervision of the Normal Training instructor and the superintendent of the city schools. Normal Trainers graduating from this department and having passed the state teachers' examinations receive a diploma which qualifies them to teach in rural schools.

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CCMHECfUl DEPARTMENT Among the factors contributing to success in life, native qualities— physical, mental and moral—stand first, and training at home, in society and in school can do no more than to build a super structure upon a good foundation. And yet, in these days of high standards and keen competition, native ability alone, without training, can accomplish little. The object and task, then, of Commercial Work in high school is to give its students such general and special training as will best fit them to become successful and useful business men and citizens. Hemingford High School has one of the largest Commercial Departments in western Nebraska. It is no question that, in promoting better business and citizenship, they will return to this community and our state many times the cost of their education. The thoroughness of our department is such that stu- dents graduating from it are going out to fill positions of power and trust.

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MAII1FMAI IC I DEPARTMENT The study of Mathematics is by its very nature different from many other studies. In the sciences one generation tears down what the preceding generation has built up, but in mathematics each generation adds another story to the lofty structure that the preceding generations have raised. Neither is mathematics a static subject, it is constantly growing as is evidenced by the great theory of relativity propounded by Einstein. The invention of the Arabic numerals made possible our tremendous advance in finance and commerce. The perfection of the algebraic notation was necessary for the development of physics, chemistry and engineering. Our study of symbolic mathematics is largely the result of the last four or five cen- turies. A knowledge of the history of mathematics gives both teacher and pupil an appreciation of the subject and a source of its value in connection with the progress of civilization. “Mathematics is a common heritage from many races and many ages.”