Lincoln High School - Quill Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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1931 TID! Sllllill 1931 iilllnhern llfmnguagv Bepartment A knowledge of the foreign languages has many advantages. Aside from the actual service it may give in the terms of dollars and cents, it has the highest type of cultural value. 1 I 4 I , Americans, it is often said, are self- , s a t i s f i e d individuals, not thoroughly grounded in their mother tongue, and 1 with a rather superior attitude toward the 1 it ideas and ideals of their foreign neigh- ,' lb bors, of whom they know little. S 47 4 3 'V 4, A study of the languages will help one 4 lj ' gain mastery of his own, and an accurate 1 WM M, 5, use of the mother tongue is an essential 5 44' part of one's education. If one adds to 4' this an understanding and appreciation 4. 3, of the literature and language of other , S,,,,,.. ,mm Q nations, his path-way may be made easier and more interesting. 4 4. I If it does nothing more than create a R wr tolerant, intelligent understanding be- ll tween individuals of various countries, the time devoted to the study of foreign languages will have been well spent. V ily 4 ww The study of a foreign language is use- J if 4,14 ,i ful for disciplinary purposes in quicken- 'N N ing the student's precession of judgement, ', r i it is useful for cultural purposes in giving 4 f one a greater outlet for learning, it is use- l 4 ful for international purposes created by ' g the ever-diminishing distance between the f countries of the world. Conclusively, a language is the key which not only opens the riches and the stores of great litera- tures, but opens the doors of influential human contact with great peoples, il x I A - rj ml ' I l18l

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1931 QED! QDLIHI 1931 Glnmmrrrial Bepartmrnt It is often stated that modern business is of such a complex nature that the in- dividual loses his identity and becomes a mere cog in the wheel. This is true, to a certain extent, because of the divi- sion of labor. Individuals spend their time at one minute part of the whole process. The tendency to reduce the individu- ality of the worker may be overcome by the efforts and native ability of the worker. This is where the commercial training steps in and helps the individual. Com- mercial Education may be of two types, first that which applies to one particular branch of business and second, that which applies generally, to all branches of business. The business man in large affairs re- quires keen observation, a quick mental grasp of new subjects, and a wide range of knowledge. Whence come these powers and attainments-either to the educated or to the uneducated-save through practice and study? The ob- ject of all good education is to develop just these powers- accuracy in observa- tion, quickness and certainty in seizing upon the main points of a new subject, and discrimination in separating the tri- vial from the important in great masses of facts. . . Is not active business a field in which mental power finds full play? Again, education imparts knowledge, and who has greater need to know economics, history, and natural science than the man of large business ? The department endeavors to give the student this enlarged scope of informa- tion by aiming to develop his initiative, reliability, and business eiliciency. l17l YHCD y ,,,s,v,,AxV x, 5,

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1931 UD! Qllllill 1931 Uhr liiztnrg Erpariment As a student studies civics he begins to realize the importance of good citizenship as an essential factor in the maintaining of a strong, intelligent government. His- tory gives the student understanding of the trend of events, past and present, and the ability to correlate the present with the past. Ancient and Medieval history in itself is glorious for, gor- geous in our sight shall rise the splen- dor of dead cities, and then might of elder empires of which the very ruins crumbled to dust ages ago. Along an- cient trade routes across the wor1d's waste spaces, the caravans shall move, and the admirals of uncharted seas shall furrow the oceans with their prows. Be- yond the dim centuries we shall see the banners float above armed hosts. We shall see conquerors riding forth to vic- tories that have changed the course of time. We shall listen to the prophecies of forgotten seers. History supplies the necessary back- ground for an appreciation of much that is best in literature and art. It gives more interest to travel. It develops fair- mindedness by showing how loyal citi- zens have honestly diiiered on public questions. At the same time, it stimu- lates an intelligent patriotism by famili- arizing young people with the history of their own country and its place in the world. U91 CAMEE VETNOMSDN ERNEST' PHIL-LIP 01.34 POF QI-IVER WYSRGW LAURA B-NLC fha A 9 K. I r i W