Raleigh High School - Excelsior Yearbook (Raleigh, IN)

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IN MEMORIAM' HORACE HOLLAND ELWELL, member of the Freshmen Class of Raleigh High School, departed from this life into the happy world beyond, Feb. 17, 1917, at the age of 15 years. Horace was a hard working and earnest student. He was always ready to champion the cause of justice. Having as his motto, If you want to succeed you must go straight ahead. We miss his kindness, thankfulness and cheerfulness very much. Horace is gone but will not be forgotten by the Freshmen Class of 1916-17 and other beloved associates. And now we think of one who in his youthful beauty died, The fair, meek blossom that grew up and faded by our sideg In the cold moist earth we laid him, when the forest cast the leaf, And we wept that one so lovely should have a life so briefg Yet not unmeet it was that one, like that young friend of ours, So gentle and so beautiful, should perish wfth the flowers. -His CLASSMATES ' r 1 '

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T p as s ssss ss ss ssrzngiishs--me--smf -is-fps--M flood English is the door lo opporiunily and flu? short road io 8IlCCl'SS.,' No matter what your vocation, position or education, you have found or will find that effective English is the foundation upon which your success is built. If your Ihiglish is weak, then your success is limitedg if it is strong you may climb as high as you wish. You never write a letter, you never speak a word but does not measure your ability to some one. In trying to carry this out in our high school course in English we study 'Composition and Rhetoric, A First Viewof English and American Literature and Classics Our definite aim in studying Composition and Rhetoric is to enable us to speak and write in strong, simple, clear and correct Eng- lish. Having secured the habitual strength, simplicity, clearness and correctness, it arouses interest in English. Therefore we study both oral and written composition. Our aim in studying A First View 0' English and American Literature is to arouse the interest in literature, so that we may well understand the association of the English and American litera- ture a.id to gain an appreciation of the classic written by the great authors. In studying the classics our object is to come in contact with the thoughts of higher men. In this way we may understand things without having experienced them: also that we may raise our thoughts higher, and leam to appreciate the value of literature. In- cluded in this study is the collateral reading of which each pupil must both read and give a written report on the book. The purpose of this is so we may become better acquainted with good literature. AVANELL POER. 7- -'r'r 'W' ir1fr'-' i'l,3t1ng- - it Why study Latin? This is a question asked by two-thirds of the parents of High School students. If this class of people would look over the past they would unnerstand the present, because civilizat'on rests upon that of the Greeks and Romans. It is also true that the knowledge of Latin not only leads to a more exact aud effective use of our lan- guage, but it also has a vital importance and is of a practical value to any one preparing for a literary career. The study of Latin throws very much light upon the structure ot language and lays a fine foundation for all grammatical points. The greatest thing in studying it is that there is no more effective means of strenghtening the mind than by the earnest pursuit of studving Latin. In the first year of Latin the pupils learn the technique of Latin. He does some sight reading, committing and transl ting. In the second year the pupil studies Caesar's Gallic wars. Gen- erally in this year the language is the chief study. In the third year the pupil studies Cicero's Orations and Letters. By this time the pupil should have a pretty good knowledge of Latin. 1- '-'l- ' 'H iam ' 'im--r' A

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-A mi W' ki NI3th0ll'lHtiCSwAll ' The mathematical ccurse of the present day school consists of Algebra, Plane and Solid Geometry and Commercial Arithmetic. Algebra is taught in the first year and the first half of the sec- ond year. Geometry is taught the last half of the second year and all the third year. Commercial Arithmetic is given in the first half of the last year. Algebra is a subject that requires a great deal of mental power and is taught for the purpose of increasing one's mental power, ac- curacy of thought and process. In algreba efficiency in arithmetic is maintained and increased by the use of fractional and decimal co- efficients by requiring evolution of expression, and by expressing quadratic surds in their approximate decimal form. Formulae are introduced and tried as one of the most practical uses of algebra. Graphical representations are introduced from the secondary school point of view. They are viewed as a means of instruction rather than an end. The date for statistical graphs contain only two, or at most three, significant figures. Geometry brings to view only that which is reasonable and practical. It deals with the study of mensuration and correlates with the algebra which has been already studif d. The study of geometry is actuall-y made interesting in the ways that it is practical. No defi- nitions are given until actually needed, only well recognized terms present themselves to the beginners of this study. A Commercial or business arithmetic course should train the pu- pil to figure easily: correctly and with some rapidity, and should fit him to solve the problems that arise in the ordinary course of busi- ness. The mechanical part of arithmetic is illustrated and explained by the use of diagrams, examples, operations and notes. The intel- lectual part is developed in the pupil's mind by mental problems, questions and statements. In the business of the time the problems do not come ta bled ,with article and rule, but the business man must find the principle involved and then by a process of reasoning deter- minating the result. It is the object of this work to present prob- lems as nearly like they are in business. A student should solve the problems from his knowledge of the facts or conditions of the prob- lems and the principles involvedg therefore, rules and cases are su- perseded by development exercises which will make him thoughtful and independent. - --DAVIS NELSON, R. H. S., '18 - Industrial Arts' . t' Among the industrial arts manual training and its kindred subject, mechanical drawing are most essential to the boy. Manual train- ing is a means in which the boy may find himself and his place in the industrial world. It also gives him an opportunity to work out into a realized form, the set forms of language and mathematics. The object of manual training is to train the hands to work with the mind. The boys of the Freshman class comprise tho manual training class. George Gordon, Frank Lightfoot and Emory Beam comprise the me- chanical drawing class. After the manual training class had completed the different kinds of joints, they began upon larger problems. La- veme Newkirk undertook to make a library table, Guy Sweet and myself a pedestal. Laverne was not able to finish the library table this year, but will be able to next year. 1--Y