North High School - Polaris Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Own How -l.undrrn, Fart'ih, Valin, Hall, .4munition l W m Kow it,inn, T iompion, Apt!, Bmgett Language THE language department embraces in its interests the land of the midnight sun, the fertile fields of France and Germany, the sunny plains and valleys of Spain, and “Rome Eternal.” Miss Mann, Miss Burgess, and Miss Thompson teach Latin: Miss Amundson and Mr. Galin, French; Miss Konig and Miss Holtz, German; Mrs. Hall and Miss Apel, Spanish; Miss Lundeen, Swedish: and Miss Farseth, Norse. Mastery of any language requires a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles underlying it; hence in the first year, grammar must he emphasized and the student must wrestle with forms and their uses. Interest is added, even in grammar, by a combination of both the direct and the academic method, shown by the use of charts in the insert below, which is employed by all the branches of the department. Newspapers, magazines, and maps, drawn on the board are kept so that the routes and places may be marked as the class comes to them in their reading. Models of camps, weapons, dress, armor, stories of the lives of great men and women offer incentives to class work. Pictures, games, songs, dramatics, exhibits, banquets, and various activities are promoted and sponsored by the different language clubs. All add interest and bring a wider knowledge ami better appreciation of the life, history, and culture of the nation, whose language the student has elected to learn and its gift to the progress of the world becomes an inspiration for further study. —Ida V. Mann, Chairman. Sixteen

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UlTH Row—Jensen, Mandetille Midmlk Row Austin, .Voi«l, Uosier, Sanderson, Ms t.aird l i B Row-6‘oj?. Mary Could. Whittier, Matson. Fell. F.dqulst Social Science ALL students of North High School take two and one-half years of social science. This time is divided as follows: world history, one year; United Slates history, one year; civics, one-half year. In addition to this minimum requirement, students may elect either commercial law, sociology, or economics, giving one semester to each. Effort is made in each course to relate the text-hook material with life situations by daily study and discussion of pertinent current events, and by frequent visits to local industrial and civic institutions. As a special teaching technique, the widest encouragement is given to the making of charts, graphs, and map material. Each teacher has the use of a class room lantern with which to picture various data. The picture below is typical of the modern method and equipment used in North High school. The department at present includes fifteen teachers; eleven women and four men. Teaching assignments for the year 1928-29 were as follows: Mrs. Elsie Matson, Miss Ruby Sanderson, Miss Lulu Mosier, and Miss June McLaird, world history; Miss Florence Fell, Miss Mary Goff, Miss Harriet Austin, Mrs. Lucy Edquist, Miss Mary Gould, Miss Bessie Whittier, M. A. Olson (second semester) and W. N. Mandeville, 1 . S. history. One semester subjects, commercial law, economics, civics, and sociology were taught as follows: Miss Austin, Mr. Shepherd, sociology; Mr. Mandeville, commercial law: Mr. Jensen, economics; Miss Moses, Mrs. Edquist, and Mr. Jensen, civics. —Gkorgk A. Jknskn. Chairman. Fifteen

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Science Urrm Row CahUnrler, Sanies, Davit, Hutton, Smart I.ouru How—Putnam, Duello, Drum THE subjects studied in the science departments of North High are biology, botany, chemistry, and physics. The body of knowledge in any of these sciences is so extensive that a high school course necessarily merely serves as an introduction to the sciences. How plants contribute to the solution of our food, clothing, and housing problems, and to the beauty of our surroundings, are topics that lend interest to botany. l i Some of the biology classes this term, an interesting topic has been parasites, those plants and a n i m a I s that long ago forsook the hard but respectable job of providing their own living, and have, like some people. developed a perfect technique in the art of getting their living from some other more indepen- dent animal, plant, or person. The nature of heat, its measurements, its sources, its control, its conversion into other forms of energy by means of engines, dynamos, ete. has long occupied the minds of the students of physics. The picture below shows a class who have paused for a breath in their headlong pursuit of truth in chemistry. They may have been making soap, matches, or laughing gas. Miss llolmbcrg, Miss Quello, Mr. Cah-lander, and Miss Drum teach biology; Miss Foss handles the classes in botany; Mr. Huston, Mr. Santee, and Mr. Smart instruct in physics; while Miss Putnam and Mr. Davis teach chemistry. The subjects are handled in both classroom and laboratory periods. —Pkri.ky A. Davis, Chairman. Seventeen