Jefferson High School - J Yearbook (Jefferson, WI)

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i a ;k twexti o. k MUSIC The Orchestra The special features in high school music this year were the Girls’ Glee Club, tlie Boys’ Quartette and the Or hestru. Floyd Bienfang, Kenneth Crawford. Arnold Bienfaug and Bert Hilberts formed the Quartette and won a reputation for themselves accompanying speakers on Liberty Loan drives. Both the Orchestra and Quartette have done much in the way of entertainment at public meetings of all sorts in the city. The Girls' Chorus, with a membership of twenty-five, has had a successful year, also having done their bit of campaigning for patriotic purposes. During the winter the three organizations gave a concert at the High School Auditorium. Any of this work offers one-fifth credit toward graduation.

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PACE TWENTY DECLAMATION AND ORATORY A Winners of Class Declamatory Contest This school is a member of a declamatory and oratorical league consisting of Edgerton, Stoughton, White-water, Fort Atkinson and Jefferson. Special attention and time are devoted to declamatory and oratorical work here, so that the quality of the contests is high. During the year a series of class contests are held to select representatives for the final school contest. There is offered a special class in expression to all students who are interested. The winners of the declamatory contests this year were: Freshman, Verna Hienfang; Sophomore, Audrey Hennen: Junior, Marion Fisher; Senior, Esther Hilberts. . Esther Hilberts won the school contest and represented Jefferson in the league contest at Stoughton. The boys in the oratorical contest were: Sophomore, Hert Hilberts; Junior. Rubin Stiehm; Seniors. Raymond Shannon. Oscar Kiessling, Floyd Hienfang. Hert Hilberts won this contest and represented Jefferson in the league contest.

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PAGE TWENTY TWO ENGLISH The aim of the high school English is two-fold: 1. To give the pupils command of the art of communication in speech and writing. 2. To teach them to read thoughtfully and with appreciation, and to form in them a taste for good reading. The following is a general survey of the course in English: Literature (a few of the classics studied). First Year: The Odyssey...................Homer The Merchant of Venice. .Shakespeare Second Year: Silas Marner..................Eliot The Tale of Two Cities......Dickens Third Year: Twice Told Tales..........Hawthorne Selected Poems........... Fourth Year: Macbeth ................Shakespeare Democracy Today...........W. Wilson GRAMMAR. The English language is the one tool above all others by means of which even the most practical business interests of our life are earned on. Before we are efficient in the use of any mechanic al tool, we must learn how to use it. It is necessary then to study grammar, that we may correctly use English. A part of the time in the first year is devoted to this work. A few common errors with corrections: Wrong: He first came to school this morning. Right: He came to school this morning. Wrong: Them books are old. Bight: Those books are old. Wrong: This was all the further I went. Right: This was as far as I went. SPELLING. A special effort is made during the four years of high s Lool to encourage the habit of spelling correctly. At the beginning of the year, the pupils are divided into eight groups, according to their ability to spell. Three fifteen minute periods are spent each week in the study of words most frequently misspelled by the average person. The