Macomb High School - Spiderweb Yearbook (Macomb, IL)

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SPIDER WLH THK 1928 (tin;! is It In the pioneer days of our country, our forelathers believed in education to the cxtcn. of providing schools where the three R’s, Readin’, ’Ritin’, and Rithmetic w .re taught. Children went to school if they so desired and were financiady able, but no truant officer ever invaded the privacy of the home to investigate Johnny’s ce.Jnquency. However, today with our complicated mode of life, we realize the necessity of a more extensive course of study and regular attendance at schools. In bringing a’. ou- these changes, we are unanimous in our belief that English should be especially emphasized in every school. Individual are rated very largely in life by their a'.i ity or in. bi.ity to use the English language. • The Macomb High School requi.es that all graduates must have four credits in Eng.ish. In other w'ords this means that each student wrho graduates must successfully pursue the study of English through a 1 four years of his high school work. Our course in English includes practical work in grammar, composition, rhetoric, public speaking, and literary interpretation. Our aim is to make English a living and vital subject.—one that will function in the life of the individual in a practicable and pleasurable manner. 13 —MARTHA DORSETT

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itfr. Hinm'3 A friend, highly esteemed by all high school students, to whom the Seniors owe a great deal of their success in their last year. □ 12

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THE 1925 : '-jrSr SPIDER WEF LaTourette Westall Kinney Walk iilathrmntirs Di'pnrhnrnt The average age of high school students who are beginning: mathematics is between thirteen and fourteen years. Their vocabulary is limited, their point of view, background, and experience are those of children. With this in mind the department strives to give explanations in detail, in the simplest language, without technical expressions, and to develop the subject in the simplest and most natural way by having it grow out of former experiences of the students. The training ttitts obtained by carefully following each logical step to a final solution, and the develop ment of power to grasp and prove new truths, thus acquired, are invaluable to the student. — DOROTHY C. WESTALL mtft ifrrnrh “Ars longa. vita brevis. —Art is long, time is fleeting.—is the motto for our Latin department. Yet a comprehensive glimpse of the language, literature, customs, dress, wars, and heroes of the illustrious Romans is afforded by the four years of Latin offered in our curriculum. The courses of the French department are open only to Juniors and Seniors. The prospective student is thus enabled to take as a basic language two years of Latin, which furnishes the foundation of almost every French word. Next year the ranks will be thinned by the graduation of many seniors from both classes. The department extends “!e bienvenu” to you who have so far deferred your study of the most beautiful and fascinating language in the world. Won’t you join us to sing the songs, play the games, and speak the language of “Pittoresque France? — MARGARET WALK 14