Madison High School - Madisonian Yearbook (Madison Heights, MI)

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Baseball Players Pitcher ...................... E 'u Murtn tCath Catcher ...................... .. . . . . . tMary Shea First Base. . t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J'Iarguerite Knpp Second Base ........... t . .Ccceilia Murto Third Base ..................... Vera Thomas Shortstop. . .................... Alice Fulkerson Shortstop ........................ Martha Dzienis Left Fielder ...................... Helen Dzienis Center Fielder ................ Blossom Dickinson Right Fielder .................. Bernadette Doyle Substitutes Ruth VVimble Helena VanMeter Bernice VanMeter Mary Brunson Ella Gerbeck Virginia Oak April 23 ....................... Roseville 0116qu April 26 ..................... South Lake ttheret May 3 ........................... Utica ttherQ May 7. ......................... Lincoln ttheret May 10 ......................... Roseville theret May 17 ...................... South Lake OIerQ May 28 ............................ Uticu theret Full of vim, vigor and vitality were the girls who reported every fair weather day for baseball practice. With the exception of a, few hruiScd digits and a never-ceasing rain nothing kept them from practicing regularly from 3:00 to 4:30 every day after school. The conditions of the weather all spring have been very unfavorable for baseball. Several games had to be postponed for lack of a suitable dia- mend. However, the spirits of the players never weak- Schedule ened. They are more determined than ever to put April 19 ......................... Lincoln Oxerm up a brave fight for victory. m a I! II II tlll 3 z 3 I ! H L ll L-;l L:.l Fifty

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CBoys, cBaseball This whole team has shown a, con- stant improvement game by game. Every game they seemed to play bet- ter than they did the last one. T hese boys liked the game and seemed to get a lot of fun out of it. They have shown us that there is a wealth of ma- terial in the school, and some of these boys are going to bid for a place on the First Team next year. KEITH TARRANT. u1923u E Forty'Nine

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english cDepartment WNho seeks and loves the company of great Ideals, and moves among them, soon or late Wili learn their ways and language, unaware Take On their likeness. The English curriculum of the Madison High School oEers a four-yeelr course which includes em extensive field of study, namely: Literature, Com- position. Public Speaking, Debating, and Drama- tics. nLiterature, is the expression of the facts, the interpretation and the beauty of life, in language of such enduring;r charm that men treasure it and will not let it die. The Literature courses aim to develop in the pupil a love of reading by recreat- ing the past to him; by making him enter through his imagination into the experiences of others and by awakening his senses and feelings to the per- ception of the beauties of nature in the world about him. Literature expresses the emotion of the author and seeks to call forth the, same feel- ing in the reader. The study of Literature in the High School is based on selections Chosen because of their human interest, their appropriateness to the needs and ability of the pupil and their per- manent value. The ttLiterature and Life Series. by Greenlaw Miles, consisting of four volumes, one for each year, are so organized as to bring out certain fundamental relationships, such as the re,- lations of human brotherhood, the relation be- tween man and nature and the debt we owe to the pastethus the material studied seeks to con- nect the pupiiis reading with other interests and therefore the relation between literature and life is brought out. Literature in a course is not to he considered an end in itself, a body of facts to be memorized, but as an instrument through which the pupil may be initiated into the spiritual heritage stored up for him in books. Through the interpretation of liter- ature, the intelligence is free and a pupil cannot very well escape the necessity of thinking or rea- soned judgment. If, when a pupil leaves school, he is able to peruse with intelligence and under- standing any kind of book which a t t r a et 8 his attention, and can appreciate the beauties about him, the literature course will have accomplished its ultimate aim. The Composition work in the Department is, however, not siighted. Each English course re- quires theme writing; in addition, a study is made of the principles of Grammar and Rhetoric. Our study of tiTanneris Composition and Rhetoricii aims throughout to promote self-cultivation in correct and effective speech and writing. Oral extempnre speeches are required in the first two AMHSE E? years of English; in the third and fourth, more formal work is pursued in the technical study of Public Speaking and Debating. The last half of the Junior Year is devoted to the study of Drama- tics and at that time the Junior and Senior play is produced. The English Department meets adequately the exacting;r requirements of any college or universxty. EVA MA 1: TOMLINSON. Latin Department ttModern life owes its highest ideals, directly or indirectly, to the inspiration of Greece; it owes its whole structure to the creation of Rome? The good Latin student is interested in the history of Roman civilization. The studying of Latin creates within the pupil the desire to know the sources of the English language; it establishes a clear un- derstanding of the definition of words used in our daily vocabulary. The fact that three-fourths of the English language consists of Latin signifies the importance of the subject. The L'liman and Henry Texts are used in both the elementary and Caesar 'clusses. The presenta- tion of Cuesaris tiGailie War . Belli Galiici, is concentrated upon. The development of the races which today inhabit E ngla 11d, Germany and France. The second year course of study meets all requirements suggested in the report of the Classical Investigation. Mooreis orations of Cicero is the basic text used in the third year. Oratory which was accounted a fine ranking universally with poetry at its best and far above paint- ing and sculpture, played a role among the Greeks and Romans, difficult for us to comprehend. Two of the Special aims of the third year Latin may be here mentioned: To bridge the interval which separates Roman oratory from that of today, in setting forth Cicerois methods of public speaking; and to make some comparison of the Roamn insti- tutions with our own government. The supplementary work of the classes is based on Botsford's ttStory of Romeii; Johnstonis itPri- vate Life of the Romansii, Latin Notes, and the Classical Journal. All courses offered include reading, composition, and practical work in ety- mology. Our four-year Latin curriculum meets with the highest requirements for admission to the best universities. The Latin Department was established in the Madison High School, September, 1926. The first 9B class, which had an enrollment of fourteen pupils, met in the room which is now the library. Working with much diligence, the members of the Latin Department have kept in mind that ttLabor omnia vincit? B HSSIE STRA IG HT. maze? Z Fifty'On?