Proviso East High School - Provi Yearbook (Maywood, IL)

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HISTORY The history department, headed by Miss Amy Barnum, introduces a touch of the exotic into the PAGEANT. The purpose of history is to explain the present by giving an understanding of the past. To help in the accomplishment of this purpose, many foreign visitors to this country, especially those from Asiatic nations, are invited to speak to the history students about conditions and events in their homelands. Thus the students receive broader cultural contacts and clearer understanding of present-day situations than they could attain for themselves. Probably the least static courses offered in the modern high school are those in the social science department. To be most valuable their content and emphasis must be constantly revised and new courses added as occasion demands. Proviso high school has been doing just that. Proviso students have an opportunity to study Ear Eastern history, especially interesting because of the War in China, and the history of Central and South America, where world attention was focused during the Pan-American conference of l936. These courses are seldom offered in a high school curric- ulum. Another unusual course open to students of Pro- viso is a survey course, involving sciences which prepare one for the study of history: anthropology, archeology, geography, geology, and sociology are the most important. A valuable feature of history study at Proviso is work on bulletin boards. Every history classroom has a board filled with graphs, newspaper clip- pings, or drawings made by the students. Many classes also keep class scrapbooks on some phase of current events. HISTORY AMY BARNUM, Chairman A. B., University of Michigan CHARLOTTE E. DEGE A. B., Coe College A, M., University of lowa CLARENCE W. FAILOB A. B., lowa State Teachers' College Ph, M., University of Wisconsin UZ. M. PlNSTAD A. B., St. Olaf College B. D., Chicago Seminary A. M., Northwestern University WlLLA lEAN GRAY A. B., A. lvl., lndiana University RALPH W. MARSHALL A. B., University of Illinois A. M., University of Chicago FRANCES H. TBOST A. B., A. M., University of Illinois FRIEDA WUNDERLICH A. B., A. M., University of Nebraska A. M., University of lowa MELVlN M. WALL A. B., Eureka College A. M., University of Illinois Miss Barnum, Miss Wunderlich, Miss Trost, B. W. Marshall, Miss Gray Two teachers of the history department received their A.M. degrees last summer: Miss Frances Trost from the University of Illinois, and B. W. Marshall from the University of Chicago. Miss Charlotte Dege spent part of the summer traveling in Canada. M. M. Wall, C. W. Eailor, M. M. Finstad, Miss Dege

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Miss Ross, Miss Gospill, R. R. Kuster, Miss Schlueter, Miss Williams LATIN To study Latin is to learn a discriminating use of English. Besides being the basis of French, Span- ish, and ltalian, Latin contributes more than sixty per cent of the words of the English language. The first year of study is devoted to grammar and structure, to acquiring a vocabulary of Latin words and their English derivatives, and to simple Latin reading. In the second year, the student reads Greek legends, early Roman history, and Caesar's account of the Gallic wars. Beginning Latin stu- dents have their own club, Res Romana. Studying the orations of Cicero and the poetry of Vergil in his next two years, the student learns Miss Phelan, Miss Evans, Humbert Gentilin, Miss Masters, Miss Barra something of political conditions during the last century of the republic, Latin poetry and poetical uses of words, and Greek mythology as incorpor- ated in Roman literature. The Cptimates, members of the advanced Latin class, give a play based on their study every year. MODERN LANGUAGES ln the modern language department, the PAG- EANT takes on a foreign appearance, the very rooms have a different atmosphere, due in part to the Span- ish, ltalian, French, and German travel posters on the walls, and in part to the foreign phrases which greet the ear. Here is emphasized the need of un- derstanding other peoples in order to understand ourselves. The study of the language of a country includes the study of its customs, history, literature, music, and art. ln this way a language course has some relation to nearly every subject offered at Proviso. The students of each language have iormed clubs to round out their knowledge of the country whose language they are studying. Besides the French club, there is an honor club, En Avant, for beginning French students. The meetings are in charge of upperclassmen and devoted entirely to the further use of French. Miss Margaret Barra spent last summer visiting and studying the principal cities in ltaly. Miss Frances Gospill travelled in Mexico. LATIN DEPARTMENT IULIA F. EVANS, Chairman A. B., Northwestern University' A. M., University of Chicago HELEN M. MASTERS A. B., De Pauw University MARGARET E. PHELAN A. B., Northwestern University l-IUMBERT GENTILIN, Chairman A. M., University of Pisa MARGARET I. BARRA B. S., University of lllinois A. M., University of Michigan MODERN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT FLORENCE B. WILLIAMS, Chairman A. B., Coe College A. M., University of Wisconsin FRANCES P. GOSPILL A. B., University of Michigan A. M., School of Languages Middlebury Vt. RUBEN R. KUSTER A. B., Beloit College ADA ESTHER ROSS A. B. lames Millikin University A. M., Columbia University Certificat from the Sorbonne Univer ' sity, Paris GERTRUDE SCHLUETER A. B., Northwestern University A. M., University of Wisconsin l4 1

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.J Mi s Hildebrandt, U. C, Poster, H. G. Monilaw, F. W. Baer MATHEMATICS MARIHA HILDEBRANDT, Chairman U. C. FOSTER Ph B., M. S., University of Chicago B. S., University of Illinois P W BAER M. S., Northwestern Universiv A B, Indiana University H. G. MONILAW M S, Purdue University B. S., Coe College H. L. Rider, V. R. Kent, Miss Terhune, W. A. Law MATHEMATICS The mathematics department of Proviso encour- ages students to discover mathematical truths, to apply theories and find related facts, and to develop intellectual curiosity. General mathematics was introduced this year for students uncertain regarding the value of mathe- matics in their intended work. I-I. L. Rider gave to the course the results of his experience in industrial work. This course does not exhaust the subject or replace the other mathematics coursesp it tends to encourage students with mathematical ability, and to help those without it to understand to some ex- tent the principles of mathematics involved in prac- tical life. Iuniors at Proviso have a choice in their second semester of mathematics between solid geometry and an additional semester of advanced algebra. To aid in teaching solid geometry to students who have difficulty in visualizing three-dimensional space relations, H. G. Monilaw and F. W. Baer worked out devices illustrating the theorems to be studied. If a student can meet entrance requirements with- out his fourth year mathematics course, Proviso's course in trigonometry and college algebra gives him five hours of advanced standing at the Uni- versity of Illinois and at other schools where Pro- viso's mathematics department is known. In col- leges unfamiliar with mathematics preparation at Proviso, it has happened that students have done so well in preliminary examinations that they were given credit for freshman mathematics before the tests were graded or even completed. U. C. Foster received his M.S. degree at North- western university last summer. For the last two years Miss Martha Hildebrandt, chairman of the mathematics department, has been president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. At various times throughout the year she has spoken to groups of teachers at state and local conventions and at universities, including the Universities of Illinois, Iowa, and Columbia. VERNON R. KENT B. S., M. S., University of Illinois WILSON A. LAW B. S., Missouri State Teachers' College A. M., University of Chicago H. L. RIDER A. B., Indiana Central College A. M., University of Iowa VIRGINIA TERHUNE A. B., Illinois College