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

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Social Science A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice and the interest of the people them- selves g the social science courses at the Prairie High School set out to prepare our future citizens with this purpose. Mr. lVlulrooney's Freshman civics classes ran the spring student council election. This enabled them to apply their knowledge of citizenship at a democratic election. Spreading their study of democracy into the community, the students at- tended a court trial at the county court house. Each scholar had his turn at giving news reports so that the class could discuss all the recent hap- penings around the globe. Studies of American government are ex- tended into the discussions of world and civic affairs under the supervision of Mr. Kennedy in economics. Price stabilization, wages, strikes, labor unions, industry and national currency made the subject of economics so expansive that Prairie High School students developed various projects and individual notebooks. Their Vade Mecum, go with me , notebook will long be remembered by the students. Is this posed or are you studying? Right here. This is the spot.

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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.

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Junior Scientists Uur Prairie High School biology department may not have a cadaver but they have practically everything else. Its aquarium is filled with flitting fish and wavering water plants. lt has cases filled with skeletons, bottles of frogs, snakes and plants preserv- ed in wood alcohol. Mrs. Ackerlund and Mr. Hyke aided the biology students in combining these specimens with textbook work. The sophomores soon became acquainted with the life cycle and families of the plant and animal king- dom, from a single cell of life to the very most com- plicated forms. In the spring of the year, the classes ventured out into nature and got a first hand look at the grow- ing life in the woods, fields, and streams around Prai- rie du Chien. Biology students had the opportunity to develop a good driving attitude in the driver's educa- tion section of the course. Mr. Smith and Mr. Hyke introduced students to simplified knowledge of the atom, identification of the soil and rocks, fundamental principles of radio and mechanical advantage in freshman general science. This prepared the students who had never had much science, for the more advanced courses. They also studied about magnets and their lines of force, during the year which proved to be very interesting. Big operation lt's my turn to have a look 12