La Salle Peru Township High School - Ell Ess Pe Yearbook (La Salle, IL)

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ELL ESS PE l The Physics and Chemistry departments are well equipped. In the Physics laboratory is a large switchboard from which the electrical connections to the laboratory tables are controlled. Near the switchboard is a motor generator set and storage batteries that supply current for the bell system. The Agricultural department of the school occupies two rooms on the base- ment Hoor. They are supplied with equipment for the testing of milk, analysis of soils, inspection and testing of seeds, and the incubation and rearing of chickens. During the year trips are made to farms in the surrounding country and also to the Chicago stock show. Two years of hfiathematics are required in the school course. A year of Algebra and a year of Geometry must be taken. Other mathematics which are taught are Solid Geometry, Advanced Algebra, General hlathematics, and Arithmetic. VOCATIONAL ARTS Bookkeeping I and Il. The common principles underlying all systems of accounting, journalizing, and the double-entry system are here presented to the student. The course aims to give the student an understanding of the funda- ss forms Some of the main topics that are treated are partnership corporation accounts closing entries, income tax, reserxes, double entry as compared mth single entrv, classification of accounts and methods of designing sw stems of book- keeping records Tvpevw ritmg The course in tx pewritmg is required of all students in sten- ography Special emphasis is laid on touch ty ping At different times speed tests are given and certificates and medals are awarded to the students who are most proficient Shorthand I and II. The Gregg Diction Course of Shorthand is taught, which is based on the Gregg Speed Studies, including a review of the principles of the system dictation of letters and phrases and the translations of new matter. F ourire 1' mental principles of the subject and the ability to apply them to general busine H 1 7 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHII ' 5' llllllll l:3 DflllllllIlllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllll'

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ELL ESS PE The Social Center Building, which was constructed in IQI3, was the gift of the late Mr. F. VV. Matthiessen. It is a tWO-Story brick building located north of the Main Building and connected with it by a well-covered passageway. The basement floor is taken up by a varsity room, a drying room, a natatorium, sev- eral locker rooms, and a geological and science recitation room. Physiology is also taught in the latter room. On the first floor is a largegymnasium which is well-equipped for the pleasure and recreation of the pupils, and also for the adults of the community. On this same floor there is an art room, kitchenette, a game room, a reception room, and a reading room. The second oor is occupied by a running track which is directly above the gymnasium, and which is used as a gallery for spectators, as -well as for running purposes. The second Hoor also contains the music room, which is large and well situated, and a mathematics room. Last year a second story was added to the east wing of the Recreation build- ing. This addition consists of five recitation rooms and two conference rooms, well-equipped, with the best modern facilities for light and ventilation. These rooms are used to accommodate the Junior College. The Hygienic Institute has been made possible by the gifts of the late Mr. F. W. hlatthiessen. It is housed in a building just east of the high school. It exercises general supervision over health conditions in the three cities and examines all school children for physical or mental defects. The Dental Clinic at the Hygienic Institute takes care of the school children's teeth. High school students are also examined for their Htness for athletics, especially swimming. They are examined for symptoms of diseases which may be prevalent in the cities. Various speeches and lectures are given to the students from time to time by the director or members of his staff. T SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS The new Biology laboratory has been fitted out withiall of the apparatus that is necessary in the work ofthe course. The room is equipped with gas, water, electrical connections, and is well lighted and ventilated This department is equipped with much expensne apparatus, including com ound microscopes, a complete skeleton, models of the organs of the body, phy spcal maps and a large collections of stones, fossils minerals and plants Th zrtee Il il , - ' . 1 'Z' , 11IIIllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIEIIIIIIIIIIIllia i V 47' D.llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllli I 4

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ELL ESS PE Home Economics. The Home Economics department is lsituated in the south- ern part of the Manual Training Building. Here the arts of sewing and cooking are taught. This department has been partitioned off so as to separate the cooking from the sewing classes, and the rooms have been redecorated. On account of the large number of students in the work, a new teacher was employed to give her attention to the cooking classes alo11e. The cooking department is equipped with gas stoves, cupboards, and other utensils which are necessary for the work of the classes. THE MANUAL ARTS COTJRSES The lhfanual Arts Course in the LaSalle-Peru Township High School is de- signed to give life-enriching contact with many and various life-activities. The aim is not to train for a trade, but rather to supplement high school general edu- cation, by broadening the studentis outlook on life by developing sound appre- ciation of economic products, and by helping to lay the foundations for a voca- tional career. Even an attempt at trade-training would be impossible when the time spent in the shop per school year is but thirty eightl-hour days spread out over a period of ten months. . The mechanical drawing course is so constructed that all the principles of drafting may be learned by taking elementary drawing.3 Then come machine drawing and designing, furniture-design, and its relation to a good home, house- planning, ideal house arrangements, plumbing, heating, decorating and lighting. The architectural drawing offered includes a study of the Greek, Roman and Byzantine types,the designing and planning of a small building, mechanical per- spective, pen and ink shading and shadows. The first year of wood-work includes the study of tools, their care, sharpening, and tool-processes. In construction-work all important processes, order or pro- cedure, and finish, including scraping, sanding, staining, sh -llacing, and varnishing in their relation to diiferent kinds of wood, are taught he making of cement glass, brick, shellac, and varnish are studied also Art libre work is now one of the second year problems XX ood turning which trams the eye and hand in accuracy is another of the second year projects In advanced cabinet making some of Fzfiefn F. I . v :IUlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllIIIJ Dflllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll?