Manual High School - Thunderbolt Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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Tl E...'3.lE:9 DQ The Manual Ranch U VER forward is the slogan of Manual, for every year there are improvements in building, grounds, curriculum, and extra-curricular activities. In September, 1931, high fences were erected around the enlarged athletic field. This improvement not only made more space, but gave added protection to athletes from traffic dangers. Nearly every year new vigilantes are welcomed to the Manual ranch. This year was no exception. Girls' athletics are progressing well under Mrs. Marjorie Bennett, one of the new faculty members. In the mathematics department, Mr. M. R. Ahrens replaces Mr. Charlesworth, who now teaches at East. Miss Eleanor Hall, also new to our ranch, has charge of the home economics department. The fall of 1931 marked the return of several older members of the vigilantes com- mittee. Miss Often and Mr. Thomas returned from Europe, and Miss Croasdale from a year's work at Yale. New and valuable changes have been made in the curriculum. The departments most affected were English, history, commercial, and physical education. These changes were not only in content, but in methods of instruction. The classroom library, as an aid to teaching, is now a definite part of many English and history classes. The commercial department has been enlarged in many ways. Students who major in commercial subjects may now receive certificates. The experiment tried last year, of grouping physical educa- tion students in classes according to weight, size, and strength, instead of age and grade, has become a dehnite part of the program. Since the chief aim of education is to teach us to live more happily, a new course, called Social and Economic Problems, has been offered for the first time. This course considers the vital problems of our present-day life. All these changes prove that Manual is one of the most progressive schools, not only in Colorado, but in the Western states. Page .fix

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