Muskegon Heights High School - Oaks Yearbook (Muskegon Heights, MI)

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THE OAKS 97 X l tu? First Row on Left, Left to Right: Cavanaugh. Cierlak, Cincush. Galant Second Row on Left, Left to Right: Garber. Hopkinson, Howell, H. Johnson Third Row on Left, Left to Right: Leisman tstandingl, Lloyd, Lundoen, Maynard Last Row Back on Left, Left to Right: B. Smith. Strand, Wood. Posvistak traising handl, Miss Macdonald, instructor First Row on Right, Left to Right: Ross, Schie. Schwass Second Row on Right, Loft to Right: McGregor. Phelps Levez-vous, mademoiselle. Commencez French has often been called the 'fmost beautiful of the languages, the language of romance. Derived from the Latin, French has been modeled and melloxved into a beautiful, living tongue, employed by a great Euro- pean people. It is these characteristics of the French language, and the fascination the study of a foreign language holds for a student, that has drawn many into the French course in our high school. Miss Kathleen Macdonald is the instructor. The study of French is fascinating because one realizes that it is a living language, employed by a great people, and the mastering of it will be an asset forever to him who acquires it. French acquaints a student more closely with the French people them- selves, and with France.. One learns about the beauty of France, with its century-old cathedrals, its ancient cit- FRENCH a lire. ies, its wonderful fertility, its magnifi- cent chateaux. And in learning this, the student grows to love France and the French people. All this makes French interesting and profitable. The study of French is divided into the study of grammar and vocabulary, reading and translation. Qf these, per- haps the reading and translation are the most enjoyable. A great deal of fun is had trying to roll a French r and to twist the mouth just so, to get the correct u sound. Then, too, the beaux and the belles flames can converse freely in the language of the French because it is the language of love and romance! French has many uses, practical and otherwise. Its cultural value is not to be denied. One may hear many stu- dents around the halls, passing on the query: Parlez-vous francais? And then the merry answer: Oni, oui, mon- sieur, followed by a happy chatter.

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96 THE OAKS LATIN Earl Schwass Gallia est oinnis divisalu How those words ring in the mind! They are the opening words of Julius Cae- sar's hCOIl'1l'l1CIl1121l'iCS.H The reading of Caesars Commentaries climaxes two years of intensive grammatical study of the Latin language. It is then that the knowledge acquired during this period is applied by the pupil in his reading of this beautiful piece of Latin literature. And, for those students whose talent lies in language, this reading gives real enjoyment, a sense of real accomplishment. The student of the Commentaries has a feeling of satisfaction as he reads and under- stands what to most people is but a page of hieroglyphics. Sum, eras, erat . . . it all comes back to one when he sees a Latin de- Frnnt Row. Left to Right: Schouten, Eva Reelman. Gallia est omnis divisa . rivative in English, and then he rea- lizes that his study of a so-called dead language has not been in vain. How is it possible that such a lan- guage, known to Julius Caesar, can be of great value today? VVhy? Because all the Romance languages-French, Spanish, Roumanian, and Italian are outgrowths of the Latin. A large per- centage of English is derived from the Latin, so much that almost every other word can be traced to Latin roots A student of Latin does not need to run to a dictionary every time he sees an umni or an oruni in English. In addition, the study of a foreign language broadens the outlook, re- fines. and stimulates the rnind. Mr. H. A. Kruizenga is the able instructor. Second Row, Left- to Right: Jack Harvey, R. Sherburne, Westover, Fike. W. Turner, Knopf, Longtin. Standing: Mr. Kruizenga, instructor. Third Row, Left to Right: B. Ustling Chiddenl, Bement, Lillie, Ruiter, Boucher, Carey, Oualek, Vanderlaan. Back Row, Left to Right: F. Musk thiddenh, E. Ochs, Barreft Qhiddenh, Hradsky, Carlson, A. Dewitte, Thornberry. I .i,.,se'i is 4 I

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98 THE OAKS Back Tables, Left to Right: Shuttie, Kobierski, Mixer, Blanshine, Raulin, Dodds, Dawes, Loiifers, Miller, Mr. Rakestraw. instructor Middle Tables, Left to Right: Morningstar, Leatherman. Jozsa. Walicki, Batchelder, W. Johnson Front Tables, Left to Right: J. Finger. J. Anderson, M. Dendrino, Reelman, Turner PHYSICS Benjamin Franklin had a knack for it, too. Jack Mixer Physics, to begin with, is a study of the physical changes in matter. lt is comprised of several divisions of study: heat, light, sound, electricity, and mechanics. These live sections are intensely studied during the year under direction of Mr. R. L. Rake- straw. The method of instruction follows an accepted laboratory manual and text. The experiments performed run parallel to the work in the text, or- dinarily. lfVith the exception of several hours a week spent on laboratory work, the rest of the time is spent in the lecture and recitation room. By this method of having the students do the experiments themselves, they come in closer contact with the work and re- member it longer. The laboratory in our school re- mains the same size, but the amount of equipment is increased from year to year. The incoming classes always have the use of the equipment obtain- ed in previous years, plus a little more new equipment which Mr. Rakestraw managed to obtain during summer va- cation. The equipment used represents a substantial amount of money, and yet there are many pieces of apparatus which would improve the lab consider- ably. Anyone- who studies physics will Find at some time during the year something which will appeal to him. If it is practical training which he needs, to lit him in part for being an electrician or a mechanic or a chemist or a plumber, he will find what he wants here. If it is more advanced study which he desires, looking for- ward to a profession, he will Find the beginnings here. If it is simply skill and dexterity for household use, that, too, can be found in the physics course. Mr. Rakestraw has faith in his stu- dents, and as a result, they have faith in their work, whatever may be their goal.