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$ti2m2 Bepartmmt Science is nothing but trained and 01' ganized common sense , says Huxley Som college p1 ofessor has said that common sense was not so common. uxley also says that the most important thing in education is science. Port Arthur agrees with Hux- ley as far as she 15 concerned, for she would say that science provides a means of liveli- hood Just where would our city be if it were not fo1 sci ence. cience has played a great part in our city Science dug our canal, built our refiner es, built cur school system, and last but not less important our scientific edu- cators put a science department in the system. We have over five hundred and fifty people taking science, and at least two years is required of everyone. A question was uebated this spring in the chemistry sections, which was Resolved That every pupil should take chemistry in the high school. This shows that we feel the need of science n our lives. The Science Department is also an active one, for without activity we have no life, and science certainly does contribute to our lives. The chemistry classes wrote essays for the Chemistry Societys Essay Contest, reports on various subjects we1e given in all the classes, things of interest were studied outside of the regular course, a trip to one of the refineries was made and a written repo ort was turned in as part of the work. The department also has an honor roll called Cum Laude 111 Sc1ence. The science department has two fundamental aims, and if anything has been ac- complished along these lines then our year's work has not been in vain. First to teach science in usch a way as to help someone lead a better life in a better way, a second. to help one appreciate the things that one sees around him. Napoleon drew his men up before the pyramids and said Soldieis, fifty centuries look down upon you. We can go to a rock quarry,pic1ck up a rockw1th the remains of some fossil, and look at it and say, not fifty centuries, but fifty million centuries look down upon us. Or we can look at the stars which are all suns and even some are many times largex than our sun and know that it takes four years for the light from the closest star to reach us while some are so fai away that it takes as long as two hundred years 1'01 the light to reach us. These are only some of the things that one might hope for from the taang of science. There are seven courses offered Physiology and home nursing, open to freshmen and sophomores, include the care for the body when sick and when well. Geneial science and physical geography, open to freshmen and sophomores, treat of sueh sub' ects as rainfall, contour maps, weather reports, soil, water, general electri- city and some machines. Biology is a sophomore subject, dealing with the life of plants and animals. Chemistry is a junior or senior subject, dealing with chemical reactions and man's efforts to control them. Physics is a junior or senior subject, dealing with electricity and magnetism, heat and light and work
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N . aha ?latm Bepartment The Latin Department offers four years of work of vital importance to the pupil who wishes to understand his own language, train his mind for memory and accuraCy, and to appreciate the Worlds best literature The courses are Varied, but each has three ai effirst, study of word-fom ation and general grammatical principles, second, training in attention, accuracy and perseverance, and third, some knowledge of Roman life, history, and mythology Vhen pupils enter the Latin Department for the first time it is all so strange and different they become easily discouraged. Then they begin to realize that we Ameri- cans would have to be silent three fourths of the time if we could not use Roman ideas and words. After that, vocabulary grows rapidly and soon they are enjoying the life - u of Roman children and learning old legends of Rome with nJulia The time passes all too quickly, and early in the second year pupils enroll or find themselves drafted into Caesar's great army Here they come face-tmface with their ancestoi'Sethe French, the Belgians, Swiss, and the Britons. But alas, the hardships of war are terrible! However, those who have fought faithfully and won their battles, during those trying years in Gaul, enthusiastically return to Rome. The third year is spent in the city of Rome where all become interested in politi- cal questions. They hear Cieerois speeches in which he speaks fearlessly against the crimes of the age. Something is learned of Roman government, her courts, and her business life. A visit is made to the old Roman Forum, a place of beauty and interest with its paved streets, government buildings, and temples to the gods. As a reward for perserverance and achievement, in the fourth year, a Wonderful trip over the Mediterranean World of early times is offered. Virgil conducts the party, and as he tells the fascinating story of the Trojan War, Paris, Helen, Dido, and Aeneas become real people. At last there is a trip to the underworld with Sibyl as a guide. As a warning Virgil says, Facilis descensus Averno sed revocare gradum, hic labor est.H However, not one has ever been lost on this trip, for after four years in the Roman World all have learned HLabor ommia vincltf' ngmtigh Eepartmmt he Spanish Department has made rapid progress in the past three years, as is evident by the large number of pupils enlisted in the study of Spanish. In the past three years the number of pupils in the department has increased from about two hundred to five hundred pupils. The faculty of the department has increased from two teachers to five. It is the aim of the department to cultivate a desire for the best Spanish and to stress the practical and cultural importance to the individual. The department offers a three year ccurse, and the pupils who continue in the work for the full three years are able to converse ,nterestingly in Spanish. During the first two years much Stress is placed on syntax of grammar and on conversation with definite aim. The third year of Spanish is the most interesting and enjoyable year of study, for it is during the third year that the pupils study the literature of Spanish. The increasing ccmmerc'al relation between the United States and the Latin- J.merican countries has given much popularity to the study of Spanish. Mr Hoover, Secretary of mtei'ior of the United States, h , said that Spanish is of importance In tho Unted States second only to that of English and of commercial importance, second to no other language. This is perhaps the reason why Spanish has become so popular in the Port Arthur High Sehool. The organization of the two Spanish Clubs, uEl L. O. R. O. and La Tertuliaf has caused the work of the department to be much more interesting and practical than over before. The membership of these clubs is composed of those pupils who have a desire to learn more about Spanish and who are willing to devote extra time to the study of the language. Although no credit is given for the work by the clubs, there are approximately one hundred students enlisted in the work.
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