Humboldt County High School - Winnada Yearbook (Winnemucca, NV)

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H. C. H. S. WIN NAD A 1926 Departments General EDUCATION must be universal, including every element vital to hu- man welfare, it must be economical, using the student’s limited time and energy in the ways that will be most productive to himself and to society: and it must be symmetrical, determined always by the best available judgment of relative values. Every school, whether elementary, high school or college, must meet the human needs of its pupils. It must minister to their lives in such a way that their latent powers may be brought forth in the expression of fine, wholesome, upstanding lives. Education has a twofold purpose: to train youth to be good citizens and to train each to be efficient in his profession. To do this it must inspire in each the worth whileness and nobility of the life that is mentally keen and morally clean and must urge each to make a choice early in life as to a profession so that he can be working along lines of necessary preparation. The Humboldt County High School in its activities has tried to satis- fy the natural craving for expression of its pupils. Athletics in all its varied phases can not be presented but as great a variety as possible is the aim. Not only athletics but oratory, debate, plays and operettas have given pupils an opportunity to do things that they like. In the courses that are offered, the high school has tried to satisfy the needs of the pupils as far as possible with the limited number of teachers that the county can afford to supply. It will be impossible to offer the varied educational curricula of a very large high school, and the problem is to offer the essentials consistent with the county’s ability to pay. Every school has the responsibility and the duty to make as broad an educational offering as is consistent with its size and income. The development of character and of life depends upon the activity of the individual. The kind of activity determines the kind of character, but it is activity that develops. Therefore the school that seeks to build character and to develop the latent possibilities of pupils must provide a broad, wholesome line of physical, mental and moral activities. There are some who get the idea that pupils are sometimes over worked, and that they are required to do too much in school. The truth is, that pupils who so complain have not found any interest that appeals to them. This generally is because of their unwillingness to enter into the activities that would promote their interest. The boy or girl that is most happy in school is the one who is doing the most, and the ones that are most dissatisfied are the ones who are taking or trying the easiest path. Work is the greatest insurance of contentment. The school then that fulfills its mission must offer a broad line of study and activities. The pupil that is interested in science must receive the fulfillment of his desires. If he is interested in languages, music, commerce, or mathematics his need must be met. Whatever his aim or desire, the school must satisfy him as far as it is possible. He may not be interested in athletics and yet oratory, debate, or

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H. C. H. S. WINN ADA 1926 FACULTY BEATY, J. J. Principal HUDSON, WILLIE A........................English, Public Speaking HITCHENS, EVELYN Spanish, Mathematics Second Row—Left to 'tight JOHNSON, PANSY ............................. Commercial LOWRY, ALBERT.............................................Science, Athletics Bottom—Left to Rig.it MITCHELL, ALICE M........I.........................Social Science BELL, P. W.....................................Industrial Training CHAPMAN, F. MARJORIE Home Economics HOSTICK, ELIZABETH (not shown) ....................... Music HOARD OF EDUCATION T. A. BRANDON, President MRS. T. D. BROWN, Clerk

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H. C. H. S. WINNADA 1926 o rs A music may appeal to him. He may be interested in almost everything. Then the problems is to select the best. The pupils have the interests, the latent powers, the craving for expression. It remains for the school to meet its responsibility by provid- ing a broad curriculum and a staff of teachers consecrated to the task of education, the most sacred and responsible profession in life. ----------o---------- Science THE SCIENCE courses offered this year consist of physics, chemistry and biology. These three courses offer a very good foundation in the fundamentals and principles of science. Enrollment in these classes totaled about 30 pupils with the biology class far in the lead as to number of pupils. In 1925-1926 biology was placed on the schedule in place of general science because it offers a broader field in the study of plants and ani- mals and a short review in physiology. Interest in the sciences had been manifest throughout the year, and next semester we are expecting to have a large enrollment in all science courses. ----------o---------- History ACTING upon the conviction that the function of the history de- partment is to make students familiar with the social and industrial problems of the present as well as the past, a reorganization of the department was effected this year. A one year course in World History was offered to second year students, to replace the traditional two years of Ancient and Modern history. American history and civics, usually a Senior subject, became a third year requirement; and, for the first time in this school, the fourth year students were introduced to a vital study of sociology and economics. The latter proved to be most satisfactory to the advanced, thinking group, who eagerly absorbed the newest thought concerning modern problems and their solutions. Too little at- tention has been given to the life immediately about us, but the future emphasis must be upon the future citizenship of our country. The students of the World History class devoted one day each week to the making of illustrated books; a special study of one European country being made by each student. Individual projects in the form of illustrated compositions on such national civics questions as immigra- tion, highways, protection of our food supply, etc., were the special problems of the Civics students. In addition to much free discussion in the social group, designated as the Sociology class, a research study depicted in chart form, of poverty conditions in Humboldt and Pershing counties constituted the special problems of this group. ----------o---------- Industrial THIS department is made up of two major divisions, the drafting de- partment and the shop. The work of these divisions runs concur- rently for a period of two years. However this work is elective and either subject may be taken singly or in conjunction with the other. It is intended that theory and practice go hand in hand. The drafting department is one which furnishes equipment and is not dependent upon location. This consists of texts, drawing desks,