Morgan Park Military Academy - Skirmisher Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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The I932 Skirmisher l Tm: NIECHANICAL PEDAGOG Foreign Language Department Hli diHerent tongues taught in this department are: French, Spanish and Latin. Captain Paul teaches the modern languages, French and Spanish, while Captain Mclntosh heads the Latin department. Captain Paul is especially able to teach because each summer he attends school in hlexico, and travels through the country, speaking with the people in their native tongue. He uses his phonograph to help the students get the correct pronunciation and it is also used to help the cadets to memorize poems. He receives periodicals from France, Spain and hlexico which prove interesting to those who have a fair reading knowledge of the languages. In the Latin department may be found many replicas of the early Roman and Grecian im- plements and weapons. Captain lX'lclntosh also has charts with the dif- ferent declensions and conjugations on them, which he uses in teaching those darn thingsf, The students who Wish may also have the priv- ilege of using his work- , shop to build replicas of equipment used in those CAPT. Mclxrosn bygone days- CAPT. PAUL 15

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The l932 Skirmisher LfAl l'. DAMN ix: Coxifiakl-:Neil lJISl'lVSSlNl9 A Paoji-3c'r English Department lll'i direction of the lfnglish department is in the hands of Captains Dakin and Taylor. This department takes in all of the cadets because three years of this subject are now required for graduation and most of the seniors in addition are taking their fourth year of lfnglish for college entrance. Xlany different methods are used to teach the courses this year. ln the fourth year the different works of the great Writers are thoroughly studied, and exhaustive exams are given to see if the seniors comprehend the styles of the different authors. ln Captain 'l'ayfor's classes an outline or syllabus is used. The cadets are required to do extensive aifd com- . prehensive reading of , poems, short stories, essays. and novels. 'llhe syllabus used in the ,lunior year was pre- pared by Captain Taylor in collaboration with R. l.. Lyman, a professor of linglish at the lvniver- sity of Chicago. Capt. Dakin is the First ling- lish Teacher to greet the Y timid frosli, and last f Oo-'iz Dfoow to see the gallant grad. CMff, 'lywmk I4

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The I932 Slcirmisher l XYIIAT Nlixrtias rr Go? Glc'l i'1No AN lfviai-'tt1.i. Science Department 1lllS department offers the laboratory sciences, chemistry. physics, biology, and general science. Nlost of the seniors take chemistry although it is not required. Captain Hewitt instructs tlte classes and he requires a great deal of written material from them. Physics is a course usually taken by the juniors under the tutelage of Captain Hirschy. This course concerns the science of the world about us, and should give valuable information to the students. Biology is a sophomore subject, but seniors and juniors also may be found in this class. Captain Dodd teaches the students in the course the basic principles of research and laboratory Work that a doctor in the making has to go through. General science is required of all the freshmen and it is handled by Captain llirschy, ln this course the frosh get a start in using the laboratory, and a general knowledge of thc science of common things. C'M I'- lllllsvllt CAPT. Donn CAv'r. llliWIT'I' lu