Mason City High School - Masonian Yearbook (Mason City, IA)

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ELLEN SMITH Vocal HARRI ETT CRABH Ari' MYRTLE OULMAN Dru matics ELSIE IZROERS Art CARLETON STEWA I'2zsfrumcnfs MARJORIE SMITH Strings fnot in picturej Fine Arts Once attracted by the arts, a student's life is lightened and changed. VVorking3 under this principle, M. C. H. S. gives to its students great opportunities in the fields of music, art, and dramatics. In the atmosphere of successful ambition created by the works of the masters, and eguided by outstanding instructors, the student may find a hobby which will be a relaxa- tion in his life, or he may find his hopes in his own career strengthened. Foreign Language Napoleon once said, A man who speaks two langruages is worth two men,', and the German poet, Goethe: 'tHe who knows no foreign tongues does not understand his own. In our foreign language classes of Latin and French, students receive an under- standing' of g'rammatical structures and the derivation of the words of the English language. Aside from the actual language study, students acquire a higher cultural outlook in a World of science and art. They gain knowledge of life in foreign countries, insight into the temperament of social customs, institutions, ideals, and traditions of our foreign people with whom we are constantly becoming' linked together more and more closely. RT HELEN BAILEY Latin. FRANCES FORSTER 1 renclz FLORENCE FLYNN fseatedj Latin GRACE MCKICHAN French

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DAN HERRICK Economies MARY SHERMAN European History ETH EL COOKE Europefm History EDITH GIBBS European History MARY BULLOCK A'n'1ericmi History Go'ver1iv11e1'z.t JOHN MCMILLAN Economics Sociology ESTH ER PAGENHART tSeatedj European History GUY CROSEN Gfl'U6l'?'L711.677ff Amerieom History inet in picturej J. A. GRIMSLEY European. History tnot in picturej Social Science The Social Science Department is composed of classes in history, economics, sociology, and government. The object of this branch of education is to teach the pupil how to fit into the scheme of the world by a study of the evolution of mankind. What men have thought and done in the past will doubtless influence what is thought and done today and tomorrow. Social Science is a study of the successes and misfortunes of the human race. Its object is the furtherance of the successes and the avoidance of the misfortunes. Mathematics In the high school mathematics classes the student gains an understanding of the language of Algebra and learns to express quantitative relations that he finds existing about him. He becomes familiar with thc geometric forms found in nature, industry and art, as Well as their elementary properties and relations. He learns to appreciate precision of statement and logical reasoning. He becomes better able to understand and control this complicated civilization in which he lives. ORVILLE GEORGE Aclvaizcefl Algebra Trigonometry Solid Geometry HELEN FULLERTON Algebra Geometry MARIE MENDENHALL Algebra Geometry MOLLIE MACGOVVAN Algebra Geometry INEZ GXVYNN Algebra Geometry CLAYTON SUTHERLAND Jzmwior Business T1'a.ii1.i9'1g

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HOWARD BARKER Biology IDA IVERSEN Biology ETHEL COOKE Geography H. H. BOYCE C711eniisfry-Pliysics Natural Science Biology, physics, chemistry and geography, the natural sciences, endeavor to familiarize the student with the world in which he lives. Geography pays particular attention to the study of climate, soil, topography, World trade, and wo1'ld citizenship. In biology the student makes a study of all living things, emphasis being placed on the study of the human body in relation to its environment. Chemistry acquaints the student with the more common elements and compounds and with the application of their chemical reactions. Physics, a study of the application of energy to matter, familiarizes the student with the principles involved in refrigeration, automotive power, and various forms of communication. Engllsh The English department this year took hold of the proverbial pendulum and started it swinging back to good old-fashioned grammar, the foundation of effective writing and speaking. Students are being taught to take pride in correct and forceful English through both oral and written composition. The English courses also include a survey of American and English Literature which acquaints the student with the out- standing authors and gives them an appreciation of the types and masterpieces of literature from the early time down to the present day. GRETCHEN BICKEL 9th and 10th ALMA HARRIS flfh and 10th EDITH NAYLOR lflfh and 11Hz HELENE BRIGHT Oral ELIZABETH GRAVES Ilfh and 12th Jo Il rizalism TOMMY D. PRIEST Ilcparfizzeiif Head Iflfli and IZH1 CORA SUNDELL IIH1 and 12th GRACE MCKICHAN Ilfh, HELEN HOUSER Nth and 10th MARY SHERMAN oth GRACE TITUS BURKE