Palmer High School - Terror Trail Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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Education ls Incomplete Without Languages LANGUAGE ABOVE-Senoritas Bassett and Cave conferring at the boar RIGHT-Freeman, Ada F.: Dessaint, Edna: lolly, Ioanna lungerich, Maynard A. Languages-- for many students a medium through which they can study the customs of foreign people. Since over fifty percent of the English language is derived from Latin, many pupils have found it profitable to take several years of Latin. The essential need for Pan-American unity has brought about an increasing demand for Spanish. Helping to make the Spanish course exceptional are the copies of the Selecciones de Readers Digest. The second year French class voted against subscribing to a French news- paper, as they were too expensive. They've been singing French songs all year and intend to record one and present it to the language department. Many pupils planning to enter some science have found German an asset to their profession. Whatever language a student chooses, he knows that by studying it he can better understand that nation's people and ideals. w- ,wt . Iohnny and Cicero in a brain-session. 13 'I

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English Department Teaches Good Grammar, Fine Literature Q gf What are these so withered and so wild in their attireW? from the Tragedy of Macbeth. 12 ENGLISH ABOVE: FRONT ROW-Smith, Lulu B.: Skidmore, Bernice B.: Hunter. Frances BACK ROW-Willie, Henry: Carmody, W. Frank: Bischof. I. F4 W LEFT-Handke, A. Frederick: Hampshire, Rowena K.: Winburne. Newton. The lifeblood of a nation-good speech and a thorough knowl- edge of one's language. That incessant practice on the uses of nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and such, and how to write a theme, paragraph, and phrase, may seem like slave-driving, but the rewards in later life thorough- ly recompense the conscientious in self-confidence and poise both in the social and business worlds. A person who has had the op- portunities offered to him, with no knowledge of the language of his own country, deserves no respect from people of his own or any other land. If you don't learn it now, it is extremely diffi- cult or almost impossible to pick it up later on. Senior English covers a study of the works of all the authors since the beginning of English litera- ture, This course is designed to give a literary background to the future American authors a n d critics. and also helps the increase of cultural knowledge in other fields. Though not a required course, it is quite popular with seniors. It is also helpful in first year college work.

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Scientists Needed ' for World of Tomorrow Davie plays around with Mr. Willis's electrolysis apparat body will always be useful in any profession. A nation's comfort depends a great deal on the geologist, and industries would be helpless without him. For it is the geologist, who, by studying the history and structure of the earth can help develop a na- tion's natural resources. The photography class of C. S. H. S. this year has proved itself a successful undertaking, as is shown by the hundreds of splendid pictures they took for the Terror Trail and other groups in the school. SCIE CE Willet R. Playing an important part in the nation's wel- fare, both in peace and in war, are two branches of Science-physics and chemistry. Vitally necessary to a country's defense are the products that are concocted in the test tubes and flasks found in a high school lab. Biology and physiology are two sciences known for their practical use. The study of the simple forms of life, or the learning of the complicated jobs performed by the human trip, H.: Davis, William E.: Stee1e,Will1a H. Gill, Audrey: Hedblom, E. E.: Willis, 3