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

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Okay class, look alive! The incalculable Up and Down of Time. Sidney Lanier TAKE TIME TO THINK Social science courses offered at Prairie High include civics and economics. Every student recalling his high school days associates civics with his freshman year. Using news strip films, daily news reports, and newspapers, civic students kept in step with ever changing conditions in the world. Mr. John Mulrooney, the civics instructor, arranges each year for the holding of a mock trial and the conducting of the student council elections by his students. Taking part in a trial by jury and a free election, two pillars upon which our government is built, affords the students valuable practice. Economics which completes the social science course, stresses problems dealing with production, distribution and consumption of wealth. Instructed by Mr. B. A. Kennedy, the class discussed such subjects as income tax, crime, and conservation. Analysis of the questions under discussion, having been presented, were recorded in the class’ notebooks. This practice of discussing questions which are connected with daily living enables the students to cope with these problems when they take their place in society. The economics class distinguishes between a felony and a misdeamenor. CIVICS and ECONOMICS ... 21

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World History students viewing weekly news films. Norita and Carol look comfortable. TURNING BACK TIME TO STUDY THE PAST Yesterday’s world today — history, the study of the known past. History, a popular course with a large enrollment, continued to present many interesting hours of discussion in the two sections offered at Prairie High. American history classes learned of the way public opinion and economics have affected our nation’s development. Also included in the course, directed by Mr. Paul Lutzke, were the reading and discussion of our Declaration of Independence and Constitution. Book reports, movies, strip films, and term topics on the subjects, Signers of the Declaration of Independence and a tabloid of the United States, Wisconsin, and Prairie du Chien, aid in enriching the course. The second history section was taught by Mr. Herman Deruoin. The World History class covered the development of civilization from the Stone Age to modern times. Some time was devoted to studying in greater detail the French Revolution, the rise and fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna. Keeping a notebook and recording the most important subjects discussed was a practice included in both courses. France was right here just a minute ago. I see that time divided is never long, and that regularity abridges all things. Madame De Staei. 20 . . . HISTORY

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Why do boys always sit in the back? SCIENCE CLASSES EXPERIMENT AND OBSERVE The need for scientists in the present age has become great and new opportunities are opening in the scientific fields. In recognizing this fact the curricula of Prairie High includes four years of science. Students taking science courses at Prairie High study such things as, the construction of atoms, automation, and the stages in the development of living things. The science courses begin with General Science, taught by Mr. Cecil Smith, which introduces students to the fundamentals of science. Continuing in science the student next enters Biology, the study of plant and animal growth. Students in this course, taught by Mrs. Kathleen Ackerlund, also take a drivers training course. Mr. Harold Rasmussen, chemistry and physics instructor, teaches the changes in structure of atoms and how forms of energy affect atoms. Supplementing the science courses are field trips, many laboratory experiments, and educational movies. Time is itself tin element. Goethe Dave, I think if we multiply here End then divide— 22 . . . SCIENCE