Lincoln High School - Quill Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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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

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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 WD! QDLIHI 1931 Fllinr-Applivh Ariz Evpartment One might say that the purpose in a study of manual arts is mental training through the hand and eye. Mechanical drawing which is taught in connection with all shop work, develops the power of space thinking-the power of visualiza- tion. Physical training has for its aim the de- velopment of youth into fine men and women, thus stoutly maintaining the old Greek belief of a sound mind in a sound body. It is becoming universally recognized that education in music fundamentals is an improtant part of our school processes - That person who has learned to appre- ciate good music and good singing-who can listen to the compositions of the great masters of music, and feel his soul thrilled to its depths by the emotions which these composers have put into their work-has gained something in this life which no other power but music can give. Art is neither an industry nor a prod- uct, it is a mystery, a manifestation, and a result. Through it alone we come face to face with the spiritual output of the racial soul, through it is revealed all that endures in civilizartion. We claim for it, therefore, a co-ordinate position with all other branches of learning, as in- dispensable in a complete curriculum, and he who is not learned therein, either in its active or its passive aspect, is to that extent ignorant, unlearned, uncul- tured. 1201