Macomb High School - Spiderweb Yearbook (Macomb, IL)

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THE 1»25 SPIDER WEB Farris Ames Roark Jack iDrpnrimt'nfs When the inhabitants of the earth were uncivilized and gained their livelihood by means of hunting, stealing, or fighting, there was no need for vocational departments in high schools. Later as the savage became semicivilized, he wrote messages to his fellow-savages in shorthand, took cross country hikes before breakfast for his appetite, discovered the use of a rock for a hammer, and cooked his food for a change, then there arose a need for training courses and we had the beginning of vocations. Now. that the savage is civilized, he uses typewriters instead of quill pens, makes his own furniture instead of buying it on the installment plan, takes a daily Marathon for physical fitness singing, Oh. dishrag. I need thee every hour.” vocational departments have come into their own. Macomb High School affords its students a Commercial Department for business training; Physical Training for both boys and girls; Manual Training for the boys in the junior and senior high schools; and Home Economics for the girls in the junior and senior high schools. 16 —E. ISABEL FARRIS

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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

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THE 1925 SPIDER WER Jackson McDonough McMein McKee THE SCHOOL-MARMS’ SOLILOQUY I teach the trusting little tots The things that they should know. Painstakingly I shape their thoughts, And watch their powers grow. I guide each adolescent mind In paths of rectitude, I am their Mentor, firm but kind. The guardian of my brood. My isssion is a worthy one. With pride my bosom sweels, I3ut some day ere my life is done. I'll choke the damn dumb-bells. —O. Kanoga. Jest a settin’ in a school room. In a great big easy chair; And a keepin’ things a movin’ With a lordly sort of air. Not a thing to do but askin’ Lot a questions from a book; Spectin’ kids to know the answers Tho they’re not allowed to look: — That’s teachin’. —E. A. Odman.