Huron High School - Tiger Yearbook (Huron, SD)

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Departments Left to right Miss Briscoe Mr Rox 'xliss Bailex and Mrs Vance Nliss Bliss not in photo Science Mathemat1cs No one can safelx predict just what mathematical ideas or abilities axerage xoung citizens will need xx hen thex go out in life The majoritx of them xxill probablx nex er haxe to use anx thing but the verx simplest processes in aiithmetic but that does not mean that xxe are justified in sending them out with a bare equipment for using the multiplication table and the rules figuring interest Commercial Arithmetic taught bx Miss Laura Briscoe is a couise in essential mathematics The uige for gieater accui acx in computation and more xx oik in pei centage and interest is xeix great mathematics go to Miss 'xeia Bailex oi N11 Ralph Rox for instiuction in Plane Geometix Aftei mastering axioms ptopo sitions and tneoiems thex take Adx anced Algebia xx hich deals xx ith tuithei actixi ties of x Last but not least ask anx one xx ho has taken it comes Tiiqonometrx a cologs and antilogs and then Solid Geom etrx a couise of great help to those plan conglomeiation of s1nes cosines logs ning to take Engineering Nliss Bailex teaches the Adx anced Algebra Solid Ge ometrx and Trigonometrx courses The importance of science and scien titic research has been brought to us dur ing the past few xears Preparing he students of Huron High School to meet this need has been the full time job of oui science instructors Mrs Cora S Vance and Mr Ralph Rox Biologx Chemistrx and Phxsics gixe the xoung scientist of tomoi row access to a well rounded scien tific career Beginning with Biologx under the guiding hands of Mrs Vance the undeiclassmen lax a good foundation for fuithcr scientific studx A student desiring it max acquire a bx taking the Chemistix COUISC capablx handled bx Mr Rox To obtain a piactical basis foi future cngineeiinag caieeis and a deepei insight into the makeup and xxoikintgs of our scientific enxnonment a xxise subject to take is Phxsics also taught bx Mr Rox Nliss VK ilma Bliss has made the Hx giene couise one of the most beneficial as xxell as most inteiestlnq taught in the Senior Hiffh School NIHLILL I1 I I . . A - Q . V ' I 7 . 1 . . . . V Y. x R Y . Q ' ' .' l c t .' - ' . t . . ' ' . ' . , V . Y I ' . . N . Those interested in the more scientiiic higher knowledge of the scientific xvorld .' ' . A I ' . K. A , Q ,, , ,-' .' . . , L . ' U 5 . l . ' 1 v' - ' . t ' Q- ' Y . ' V v ' V , ,' L v , v A - v ' - , . . . . , - A .14 ,.' . tr .

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Heads of Standmg left to rxght VIISS Harlow Mr Reutter and MISS B11 s Slttlng left to r1ght MISS Larsen M1ss Cone MISS Kmg and Mrs Ruhlman Languages One of the first soc1al reqmrements IS the ab1l1ty to talk well Speech 1S so fam1l1ar a feature of our da1ly l1ves that we rarely pause to th1nk about lt And yet SOC16ty offers 1ts greatest rewards to those who know how to talk The clever and 1nterest1ng conversat1onal1st lS always popular always 1n demand He IS wel come wherever he goes Mr Delbert C Reutter takes the students 1n hand and makes more fluent and 1ntell1gent speak ers out of them MlSS Florence Klng and MISS Wava K Larsen 1ntroduce the Sophomores to h1gh school Enghsh emphas1z1ng the baSlC rules of grammar M1ss Dana Harlow, MISS Kathleen Cone and MISS Frances Ta1t a1d the Junlors 1n gn mg them Amer1can hterarx background and gu1dance 1n acqu1r1ng a knowledge of the xarletv of select1ons from Amer1can L1terature In the knowledge and obserx ance of the rules Hxed by good usage and suggest ed by common sense for the express1on of thoughts 1n Enghsh and the repre sentat1on of them on paper there are manv w1dely prex alent defic1enc1es some natural enough some verv odd but all shared by many students The purpose of Wrltten Expresslon IS s1mplv to help cor rect some of these def1c1enc1es Wr1tten Express1on IS taught by Mrs VIVIQD Ruhl man Th1s course prov1des a student Wlth a toundat1on upon wh1ch to go ahead and bu1ld Jn future college tra1n1ng The course World L1terature glVES a good knowledge of the background upon wh1ch the lltera ture of the var1ous countrles IS bu1lt In add1t1on lt glV6S the student a broader outlook on l1fe Mrs Ruhlman also teaches World L1terature Our present age more than any other 1n the worlds hlstorx IS lntensely con cerned Wlth the problem of 1nterna tlonal relat1ons In the Latm classes of MISS Wllma Bl1ss the students learn a language wh1ch glV6S them a better understand1ng of Enghsh as well as a background of h1storx and customs of the Roman people In teachmg Span 1sh M1ss Dana Harlow 1mparts to her classes the knowledge of a language most essentlal 1n promotlng better rela t1ons Wlth our Southern ne1ghbors E1ghtecn l ' ' :1' '. . . ' 's. ' : ' 1 , . - - . . . . 7 . . V 7 - 9 .1 1 .. . . Y , . s ' ' v . . . , ' V 7 , 7 - A , av , - .Y. . , Y . ' . 1 . on U ' Y . . , . I n l Y .1 . , - 7 - . . . ., 9 1 ' ' ' bl . 97 ' , .

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Bureau of Left to right Miss Tait Miss Bliss Mrs Tollefson Miss Cone and Miss Grimes Mr Washabaugh not in photo Social Stud1es Good living and proper social relations are outlined by Miss Marie Grimes in Sociology This course has been very popu lar during the past year Economics IS a study of how men make a living which takes in a large territory Present day problems social conditions and the guide to better living are brought out by Mr Percy Washabaugh to his Economics students Introducing the students to the funda mentals of Law Miss Frances Tait gives a sound framework upon which students may build when taking up adx anced Law mercial Law classes promotes a true pa tr1ot1sm which ever actuates us to do all we can with voice vote and pen to pro mote our nations highest welfare Commercial Geography taught bv Miss Wilma Bliss IS a simple direct storv of human geography It shows the student the economic influence of climate soil forests mlneral resources waterways and water power to a country Our American Hlstorv teachers Miss Marie Grimes and Mr Percy Wasnabaugh set out each year to present a clear picture of our country from the time Columbus discovered America to the present status of the United States as a World Power winning a World War by means of the Atomic Bomb The perplexing issues that have faced the world of yesterday are presented very clearly by Miss Marie Grimes and Miss Kathleen Cone in the World History courses Our present age more than any other in worlds history IS intensely concerned with the problem of International Re governmental history and theory Miss Cones students are acquiring an invalu able store of knowledge along these lines Mrs Sander Tollefson Librarian has been instrumental in aiding students with research themes essays and other compo s1t1ons The library shows its interest in other school activity by sponsoring an always interesting and educational pro gram during Book Week Mrs Tollefsor' instructs the Junior High English classes each year in the proper use of any library Twenty i i V l O . . , . . . I . V . . . . . ' . y 1 1 Y . . , l - . 1 . . ' Y 7 7 t . . , . . . Y . . 7 . . - courses. Miss Tait, in her Civics and Corn- lations. Taking up war strategy, geography, 9 ' 79 . . . , . . . - . . , , - I . . . , , . . Q - . . . . - . , , . Y v . . . , . 1 7 - s s ., J 1 . , . , . , . . . Y . . . - 9 7 V I . W' Q , . Q .