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

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Dlalh VVhat does mathematics do for you? VVC enter Prai- rie High unaware that no matter what we do in life, we are bound to use math's fundamental principles. The administration of Prairie realizes we cannot escape mathematics and, therefore, they offered us a thorough course. This year, under the guidance of Miss Dohse, a four year, higher mathematics plan was initiated. Algebra opened the fields. During the fourth hour, Miss Goan joined forces with Miss Dohse to instruct the many students who registered for the course. The next step on the ladder was geometry which involved the study of relationships of lines, surfaces and angles. One of the things we will recall hearing in the class is Prove ABC triangle relationship to triangle DEF. Those who wished to further their knowledge and prepare for college, found that a full year of advanced algebra and a full year of trigonometry were added to the curriculum. Some of the students could go even fur- ther in work with solid geometry. We'll remember math for more than facts, for many chose their vocations because of the attractive manner in which Miss Dohse presented the invaluable knowledge and its relation to navigation, mechanics, electronics, radar, surveying, and other branches of en- ginneering. What is the log of 32467? No! Do it like this. 9

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Are you explaining something Miss Sontag? Diane and linda seem bored, Jane, Jill and Dan look in- teresied. English Freshmen with three years of high school English ahead of them, often ask, All that grammar and liter- ature, what for? But, as we Seniors approached our last year, and looked back as well as ahead, we realized that to face many years of our life's work, we needed English. Not being able to use it intelligently, would be a pretty big handicap. At Prairie High School, three years of English are required to polish and improve the King's English. A fourth year is offered as an elective. We, who returned as Sophomores, Juniors and Sen- iors, found plenty of changes in the English department. lVlr. McCormick taught some of the Juniors and Fresh- men the important phases of our language. The Sopho- mores struggled through diagraming sentences, reading literature, and making speeches under the watchful eyes of Mr. Lewinski. Two members of the faculty returned to instruct in their major subject. Mrs. Schreiner Worked with Freshman classes on the basics of using English, While Miss Sontag took the highest on the ladder, the Juniors and Seniors, and guided them through their biog- raphies, essays, poems, book reports, and forensics. What did a Prairie High School study of English include? There were three minute speeches, themes, studies of Silas Marner and David Copperfield and Shakespear's great book, Julius Caesar, memorizing of poems of Walt Whitman and Edgar Allen Poe, work in forensics, grammar, and even spelling. But these are only a few of the many things that we'll take with us from our studies of Rooms 2, 23, 24, and 25. 8

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It Happened When What's the mat- ter photographer? Why the blurred picture? Tl le 1 ment of N133 is 1-0- It was right here a minute ago. ic t ve op p gress from the earliest times. The prob- lems and dilliculties of the countries and their governments and the prob- lems of the present day, are all dis- cussed in the two history classes of Prai- rie du Chien High School. The courses, American History, taught by Nlr. Hyke and Nlr. Lewin- ski, help each student become better acquainted with the problems of cur- rent interests, Which enables him to compare his problems to the problems of long ago. To aid the students in their history classes, a collection of magazines and charts as Well as visual instructions are used in the classes. Movies and strip films prove to be valuable references in helping to understand the text book. As an added help in studying history, the American History students prepare a tabloid which depicts important dates of our cities and how they correspond with state and national dates. i.