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

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The value of soc1al sclence ln a mod ern educatlonal program depends upon the extent to wh1ch It contrlbutes to the student s ab1l1ty to succeed IH democratlc l1v1ng ThlS course IS to arouse the stu dent to a real1zat1on of how closely the problems of Amerlcan soclety are related to h1s own l1fe and challenges h1m to better undelstandlng and to constructlxe effort An 1ntroductory course ln soclal sclence IS CIVICS wh1ch IS taught by Mr John Mulrooney CIVICS presents the economlc soclal pOl1t1C3l and cultural developments m Amer1can hlstory and shovss the mfluence of geography on the llves and hablts of our people Thls sub lect xllustrates the relatlonshlp of govern ment to the lndlvldual cltlzen Tho1 oughly studled durlng the year are the Preamble and Constltutlon of the Umted States A magaz1ne Everyweek IS a form of supplementary readmg out of whlch the current events was studled thus glv mg the students an opportunlty to get a further outlook on the present day llvlng condltlons Durlng the yeal Clty Council meetings were attended at wh1ch stu dents obserx ed the operatlon of MUHICI pal meetlng and electlons Electxons for Cltlzenshlp Day and Student Councll were handled by the CIVICQ class Another lmportant soclal SCIGHCC IS economlcs for senlors Whlch IS taught by Superlntendent B A Kennedy A descrlptlon of all that me do 1n our efforts to get a l1v1ng provldes the sub 1ect matter of econornlcs Economlcs has always conslsted of the two processes econom1c struggle and It takes the form of a struggle agalnst nature or of m Ill agalnst man for 1obs fox economlc re sources and tor capltal and also of a struggle between our lI1dlVldU3.l deslres Each day notes are taken on class dlscusslon and notebooks are arranged from these Booklets are prepared as annual projects taken from subjects such as conservatlon governmental d1lTer ences and other problems whxch face the people of the world Future I lwmlkers Stlllhflll the Senate 9 . I . . , ' . C - . . . K 7 I . . .- ! K ! S . . . . , . . .. - . i . K S ' , ' , ' ' , of getting and using. Scarcity causes the K1 vkw ' I 0 , 2 ' L I L1 D K ' - K kv, ' ' I , I ' cc H ' ' , ' , - la ' 2 : g W '

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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 . -

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Problems on 'Vlechamcal Advantage The high school science courses must serve a two fold purpose in order to keep pace with the demands of the new age ln education and the new age ln science The first purpose IS to contribute gen erously and effectively to the general education of all the students The sec ond purpose IS to help lay the foundation needed by some of the students for latex speclalizatlon in science The sub1ect matter and act1v1t1es in cluded ln our SCICHCGS have their poten three major types of more specific ob 1ect1ves 111 growth 1n knowledge and understanding of the more lmportant facts concepts and principles of sclence f2D Growth ln the skills and abihtles in volved in scientific problem solving C31 Development of attitudes and apprecla tions characterlstic of the scientific habit of mlnd Prairie du Chlen High School offers the following sclence courses ln the cur rlculum General Sclence Mr Cecll Smith Biology Mrs Kathleen Ackerlund Chemistry Mr Harold Rasmussen Physics Mr Harold Rasmussen General Science is offered in the fresh man year and IS an lntroductory course to the other principles of sciences The term biology comes from two Greek words bios meaning hfe and logos meaning discourse Thls study deals with plant and animal llfe and IS a sophomore subject Chemistry and physlcs are Junlor and senior subjects An interestlng feature of chemistry is student observation of ex place when every day chemlcals are brought together PhyS1CS IS a sclence that deals Wlth the action of dlfferent forms of matter and energy and the magnetlc field Visual a1d in the form of movles and strip films have greatly added to the 1n terest and knowledge of all subJects deallng in science The newly adopted double laboratory periods have been of conslderable value in that more experiments are being com pleted and a greater number of students are participatmg in laboratory work - ' ' n ' H tial value in promoting attainment of Defiyments, and the many thiI1gS that fake