Prairie Du Chien High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Prairie Du Chien, WI)

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English is the basis for all the other studies in high school The importance of English can never be too strongly m phasized for its study broadens a s u dents outlook on the world and also gives him the opportunity to form and express his own opinion on various sub Jects English furnishes background for good citizens and also cultivates taste for the best literature The study of English 1s and writings It IS also llstenmg reading and observing to get new ideas Most important of all It 19 thinking about problems people and events It IQ also the exchanging of these thoughts with others Over long years certain lan guage customs have grown up regarding the mechamcs of English and the use of commas form of letters and the cholce of pronouns These customs are the con cern of the English classes In the freshmen classes grammar composition spelling and llteratuie are taught by Miss Mariorie Frohmader who is also librarian Our library through its encyclopedias yearbooks and periodi cals affords the opportunity for bulldmg a broad basis of knowledge Literature oral and written composi tion are stressed 1n the Sophomore Eng lish class by Miss Maurlne Johnson The Junior English class specializes in 'ind is based around American Llterature growth and development of our country They study and read about prominent men such as Washington Irving Edgar allan Poe and modern writers as 'Sin clair Lewis The Senior group studies English Lit erature and how it forms the foundation for the language we speak today They also devote much of their time to com posltion and classics A portion of their time is given to Shakespeare Miss John son is the instructor Seniors Studvm, English Authors gi . . y . Y . H t . e - . . . ' . , . ' r 't ' 1 r ' . , . . . ' 7 L ' , K . iv. more than the improvement of speaking which ties in very definitely with the . . , . . , . .K . . . , K S L . . Y I m, L. L , , A' A ' a , ' x L. ' I ' k , . y ' . . . - J 1 ' '

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'em Standing Mr Deroum Larry Mayer Joan Von Ruden Seated Dolores Kramer Luane Marso Janet McCloskey John Glynn One of the mam tasks of the 1ournal 1sm class IS the pubhshmg of the school newspaper The Pra1r1e Dog Tales The students look forw :rd to gettlng th1S newsy notlce whlch ls publlshed perlodlcallv throughout the school yeal The feature and ed1tOl1dl page whlch IS usually the first page the IHXIOUS 16 ld ers look for IS complled by Joan Von Rudcn featule edltor John Glynn spolts edltor has charge ot the lmst page whlch contalns recent spolt develop ments at the tlme of publlc 1t1on Janet McCloskey IS the GdltO1 of the p1pe1 rsslsted by Larly Mayel Jomne Jlm bura buslness managel and Mary Lucas exchange edltor are also members ot the Tales staff Reportels for the pap er ale Betty Jean Rodenkuck Lucllle Byers Luane M lrso Dololes K1 lmel Dorothy Hellmann Lolna Lxrson Bob Shecklez E1leen Crowley Bob Komchek Don Ste1ne1 Harold Valley V1Tg'1Dl'1 Vopelrk Susan Kleser Loretta Lechnu Ellen Ward Elleen McFarland Ellza beth Mezera Ken Tlchenor Helen Bed Ward and Nancy Schnelder The Pra1r1e Puppy a smaller pape1 prlnted on Hlgh School machlnes sup plements the school IIGYVSDEIDQI It con talns news artlcles sport storles an nouncements 1okes and 1mportant events on the school calendar Thls mlte SlZ6d ed1t1on was chustened The Pra1r1e Pup py by the 1950 1ournal1sm class Sketches drawn by Dolores Kramer were an lmportant feature 1n both the news pape1 and the Pra1r1e Puppv The 1ou1nal1sm class of 1950 happlly undel took the honor of Qdltlflg' the school annual Lu me M2180 w as selected ed1to1 and Janet McCloskey assoclate ed1to1 Dolores Kmmer and Joanne Jambura w ele appolnted ut ed1to1 and buslness Yl'l1Hdg6l lespectly ely Remalnlng stu dents of the cl lss were ass1gned to covel the varlous departments of the Hlgh School ' ' r 1 ' 1 ! ! . ' 1 v 1 v ' , an - - u ' L y . g . , - cc ' ' as . . 'Z , ' . u V 1 v . Y . . V . . . . w - . . , . . ., ' ' r Q 1 - U . . . . '.l V . . Y . 1 . - a 9 9 ' 1 1 . v fv I . ' 1 1 4 - ' ' l l V c l c ,. t 1 . . 1 . . V. -. , . k 'K . . . 4. U . . 3 , c 1 . ' . . ' S f ' v 4 1 A 1 ' 4 4 ,, . - 11 . . , . c c . , t kt. l I ' 1 v 1 ' K , - . 1 . . I . . . Y - n C C . ' 1 v ' ' . x . . 1 - U ' ' H , . . 1 , V . 2 SC C ' ' ' ' '. 2 2 - , ' ' . . L' 1 V. 1 1 1 I 1 ' . I 9 ' K 9 K v . h I 41 v . 0 , K . c . U 7' -V . H- v 1 ' ' ' . . . . V . . A 1 1 v . 1 A ' 1 1 0 . , , . c '.', ' 2 S , ' X' 'Z -', ' ' c 2 ' ' , .'.' v ' 1 , - . 2 1 , 2 4 -y 1 Aw ' v Uv. ' A K - ., V v, y 1 2 A. V . L ., . yy, C A. . w I 4 . . 1 c , L K , c , .

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An les, Facts and Figures With Miss V1Ol9t Dohse as instructor the mathematics department offers both elementary and advanced algebra plane and solid geometry as vxell as trlgonom etry to the students of Pra1r1e High Algebra IS a kind of shorthand state ment of an operation to be performed in arithmetic In it the student learns the manner of efipresslng quantities and op 9l'ltIOI1S by me ms of letters and signs thus llqlllllflg needed skills md tech niques IH the use of numbers This cour c mathem xtics xx hich function most in lite namely the formula giaph equition and problems -Xlgebia 1s a iequuefl sophomore subiect Geometry IN usually cl xssed 1 mmol subiect The Ob19Ct1V6Q of this course xre to fostei an appreciation of the geomet11c aspect of our enuronment to dexelop an awareness of the logic of geometry and to correlate this with reasoning in mathematical thlnklng to encourage in dependence ln thought to give a thor ough knowledge of the facts of geometry needed for contmued work IH mathe matlcs and allied subjects as well as to correlate geometry with other branches of mathematics and sciences In the senior year a complete credit of mathematics may be acquired Ad xanced algebra IS offered during the filst semester This course IS a prerequisite for engineers Tllgonometlx the SCIQHCQ of measuring the triangle is taught dur mg the second semester Log irithms fue tate laborious authmetical processes Tiigonometry opens the opportunity for the study of a wide field of mathematics and allied subiects such as physics me ch mics navigation aviation surveying radio electronics and 111 other branches of engineering As teacher of mathematics Miss Dohse has opened the may for further study and appieclatlon of the value of mathe matics i U . C s w . , y . . . , S hw , 1 V L1 . - ' I . . - . Y 7 . . , . ac I A1 2 Lv A1 4 ks. hw, ' . 1. vvv, K1 l - . ' ' ,'. - places emphasis on those basic ideas of used as a means of computation to facili- C 2 v. . S. Hx: 6 l . Q. . S :- 7 7 'I 7 2 1 'X Y s . A ' is ' . ' ,. Y. ' my L' I. 4 ' A' I xy A S. , - .' . ' z f ' ' z s, C ' C ' , ' ' , s . s f . f ' . A 2 ', 1, 2 J v' 3 ' K 1 ' Lv, ' nw ' ' 1 Y Y Y C . 1 . . 5 . - C . . 3 . -