Macomb High School - Spiderweb Yearbook (Macomb, IL)

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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

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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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THE 1925 a SPIDER WER '3vxini iS'rmtr In the Social Science department the way to eliminate crime, just how a manufacturer should run his business, whether Washington crossed the Deleware in 1492 all the perplexing problems and questions of our government today are definitely solved and decided by one intelligent student of the High School—or perhaps more accurately, they are discussed pro and con. Economics. Sociology. History, Civics— these are the courses offered and they have a large enrollment. In fact today the Social Sciences in high school are given much more attention than ever, with the view of deve'oping a well-formed citizenry. The work of this department is enlarging rapidly and will soon require additional teachers. —EDWIN HARRIS Guttural :S'riciTrr From the earliest records which we have of man. we find that in his struggle for existence, he has depended upon plants, animals, and the other natural resources. The height of the civilization of a country depends upon the ability of its people to make use of and perfect their surroundings. Biology. Chemistry, and Physics are really only an outgrowth of man's desire to become more efficient in conquering these natural elements. A great deal of the control over life and living things has come through the expression of the inborn curiosity of man who wanted to see what would happen in a given experiment. Man’s dominion over the living things of the earth is tremendous and it is due to the understanding of the principles wrhich underlie science. He will surely be in a position to le:d a happier life, for he will understand his environment, and be able to master it. instead of permitting it to master him. —E. DORSETT