Momence High School - Monesse Yearbook (Momence, IL)

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n Course of Study First Year English I, Latin I, Algebra, Physiology, General Science, History I, Manual Training. Second Year Caesar, English II, Plane Geometry, Physical Geography, Zoology, Botany, Commercial Arithmetic, Domestic Science, Modern History. Third Year Cicero or Vergil, English III, Solid Geometry, German I, Advanced Algebra, Commercial Geography, Commercial Law, Bookkeeping, Agriculture, Domestic Science, Business English. Fourth Year Vergil or Cicero, English IV, Physics, German II, American His¬ tory, Civics, Stenography, Typewriting, Domestic Science, Office Practice. Credits Required Sixteen credits are required for graduation. A credit is allowed for each full subject of five recitations per week, or its equivalent, carried successfully throughout the year. Ninety minutes of labora¬ tory work, typewriting, cooking, bookkeeping, manual training, or any other work in which there is no text-book work assignment are con- c sidered the equivalent of a forty-five minute recitation period. The o recitation periods are forty-five minutes in length, and each student 5 is expected to carry four subjects, unless special arrangements are = made to the contrary. = School Fully Accredited c The Momence High School is fully accredited with the University of Illinois in all work which the University will accept for credit from £ J any High school, including the work in manual training, bookkeeping, £ c domestic science, commercial law and commercial geography. No c credit is given for less than a semester’s work in any subject. £ onnnnnnnnnn Q ' oannaananaao

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□ G □ n n n □ □ □ □ ] n n p o :o jmiziE=iEnn3H3aL=inio o p G P □ G P P P P n n p p The Lecture Course No other department of the High School outside of the study hours has been as profitable to the school as a whole this year as has the Lecture Course. Tickets good for the entire course were offered to the students at a reduced rate and as a result a large number took ad¬ vantage of the excellent programs that were offered. The result was that while the audiences were large, the receipts were not as large as usual. We feel, however, that a decided gain has been made in thus placing more of the students in a position to attend the best programs that the city has to afford, for it is lamentably true that outside of the Lecture Course numbers and other school programs there is very little of an uplifting nature for our children to attend during the school year. Another good feature was that the entire course was given in the gym¬ nasium this year, thus saving the expense of hall rental, and the excel¬ lent new piano which the school purchased made possible a saving in piano rental. The course consisted of two entertainments, two musical numbers and a lecture. The two entertainments, one by Adrian New- ens, and the ocher by Ralph Bingham, were probably the best of their kind ever given in Momence. Mr. iNewens is in a class by himself in his readings, and Mr. Bingham has been the king of humorists for years. The two musical programs by the Iris Concert Company and the Rob Roy Quartet were good, but not up to the standard. The lec¬ turer was to have been Frank Dixon, according to the contract origin¬ ally signed, but it was impossible to secure him and Bingham except within ten days of each ocher, and the committee felt that one or the Ouher would have to be given up, so chose Bingham. Dr. Ernest Wray Oneal was the second cnoice, out illness prevented him from coming, and the committee finally secured McGibney, who gave an illustrated lecture on the European War. This number proved to be one of the best on the course. The Faculty had decided at one time that it would be impossible for the school to superintend the course for another year since the burden of the work and the responsibility fell upon a few persons each time. We are glad to announce, however, that the Senior class of next year will have charge of the course, and thus continue the good work. The Lecture Course is surely an institution that should live if some happy solution of its problems can be found. We believe that the present arrangement will prove an excellent one, and we bespeak for the Senior Class of next year the hearty co-operation of the school and its patrons. An excellent array of talent has been secured with the promise of suitable dates and acceptable evenings for the programs. In the past, one of our chief difficulties has been in securing dates suitable to all concerned. The Redpath Bureau has promised that we shall have one program each month beginning with October or Novem¬ ber, and shall have evenings that shall suit our convenience. A series of five numbers will be offered, each of which is strong in itself. If every student and every citize n who is able to do so will take advant¬ age of the course, we feel that the Seniors will meet only encourage¬ ment and co-operation in their work. Let us all work together and make the course a success financially as well as artistically. Q Q □ u L □ o u □ G D P G G G P P G G G n

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n P n n □ zooonnonnnnno Home Economics By MYRTLE HJERTSTEDT Last year one of the new courses introduced into the Momence High School was the Home Economics course. We may say that it was then in its experimental stage. It has developed a little more fully this year, and we trust that it will develop to a greater extent as time goes on. This year the course was thrown open to a larger num¬ ber of girls. The Freshman and Sophomore girls have each met twice a week, and the girls who entered the course last year have continued work in the advanced class this year. The classes meeting but twice a week have been given chiefly the essential points relating to the preparation of each food class; the advanced class has had three cook¬ ing laboratory periods, one note-book day, and one recitation period a week, consequently in this class we have been able to spend more time upon each food—upon the theoretical side of things as well as the practical side. I feel, as I think the girls do, that they have received an unusual amount of practical experience in serving and working with large quantities. This has always appealed very strongly to me because of necessity we are compelled to work with smaller quantities in the lab¬ oratory than we would be doing in our own homes, and therein often lies the danger of the course being called impractical. I think when the girls show, as they have at the Masonic banquet, the Commercial . Club dinners, etc., that they are competent to care for large numbers, we may safely say that the work has been of real value to them. I am perfectly willing to admit that undoubtedly there are times when things may be improved upon—-but we mu it not forget that the girls are but amateurs—many of them having had little or no experience with things of this kind before entering the Home Economics course. The equipment of our Domestic Science department has been in¬ creased this year; we have added some necessary cooking utensils, and the Manual Training boys very kindly constructed a splendid cupboard for the set of dishes for which the girls have worked. These two years the girls have realized enough funds from “their dinners” to purchase a set of dishes, including four dozen of the necessary dishes for a department of this kind, and they will have a small sum left to invest in silver or table linen. The Department certainly appreciated the kindness of one of the women in this community which prompted her to present us with a refrigerator-—something which is vitally es¬ sential to any kitchen. I should like to add in closing that I hope all the girls who will be interested in the Home Economics course of this school in the future ; will be as conscientious and whole-hearted in their support and back¬ ing in all their work as the girls have been with whom I have worked for these two years. o r ?r 7r ?r tr rr n n o r o □ □ P P P P P P P P P n □ □ 30