Oakfield High School - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Oakfield, WI)

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metic and geography are among the most practical of the high school course. Bookkeeping shows a student how to handle his business. Commercial law teaches him his rights in the business world. Commercial arithmetic and geography are of value to the student when he comes to make his own living, no matter if he be a farmer or a doctor, a teacher or carpenter, working with hand or brain. After only a brief consideration, then, it is evident that the high school course is arranged to develop in the student the knowledge that will be useful to him in life. Not only does it develop his mind in the ways already stated, but it also brings out traits of character which are necessary to success, such as concentration and application to wrork, ability to absorb the contents of a printed page and to remember the essential facts, the power to talk briefly and to the point. Best of all, however, the high school gives to the pupil ideas to work out and ideals to strive for in life. The Oakfield high school building has a pleasant location with large grounds surrounding it for the use of all students. The building has the equipments of any good school, including a laboratory for science work and a fine reference library. Our school is upon the accredited list of the University of Wisconsin and our students rank with those of any schools in the state. With a school board progressive and alert to better the school in any way possible and teachers qualified to give the best of instruction, we are pleased to welcome the boys and girls from the surrounding country to take the course of instruction given in the Oakfield High School. Prin. W. L. Patterson.

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correctly, but that he may gain a knowledge of the world’s best literature and an appreciation of the finest writings of all times. This appreciation of the best literature is an indication of culture and a source of enjoyment to the individual; moreover it places high ideals before the growing mind and assists in the molding of character. If you ask what value mathematics has in a high school, we answer that it teaches the student to think quickly, to be accurate, and to reason clearly, lie must have clear ideas in his arithmetic or geometry class to work out the solution of the difficult demonstration. If he is not accurate it will be impossible to work the problems that he is required to do in the study of any mathematical subject. In this way he also learns the lessons of application to work which is one of the most necessary traits of a successful man. Science is useful to the student because it is the key to the world about him. A great part of the knowledge which will be most beneficial to him in life comes from the study of nature. Of most importance to him is the study of physiology because to be healthy il is necessary that he know all about his body and how to take care of it. hen we think how little most people know about these very matters which are of vital concern to them we can understand the value of this branch of science. In botany and agriculture the pupil learns about all forms of vegetation and their uses to man. In physical geography he learns likewise of the earth and innumerable useful facts regarding its form, composition and structure. For instance soil is studied and its relation to vegetation. In physics the student studies the laws and forces which direct natural phenomena. Tie learns to interpret the varying conditions of the world about him as clouds, rain, sound. Indeed, science is fast developing into the most useful of all the courses offered in a high school. For the purpose of broadening the mind no subject is more beneficial than history. To train the judgment and free the mind from the little prejudices of life give the boy a knowledge of past events. If a man is to be rated as educated he must be familiar with the trend of the world’s history, and if he wishes to be considered a good citizen, able to vote intelligently, he must be acquainted with the conditions in his state and nation and the circumstances which brought about these conditions. He must know enough to help by his vote to remedy the evils which threaten us as a nation. Civics is the subject that gives this knowledge, to the high school student. rfhe commercial branches, bookkeeping, commercial law, arith-

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