Riverside High School - Mercury Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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THE MERCURY l EAXTf U MISS Hcr y Latin Department Latin occupies a place by itself among the languages. It lis a subject in which one not only learns facts, but also acquires culture. The first year of Latin is spent in study- ing grammar and the foundation of the language. In the second year, we study the works of Julius Caesar, the interesting narration of the Gallic Wars. The third year is devoted to the study of the orations of Cicero, one of the finest orators the world has ever known. And last, as Sen- iors, we study Virgil ' s Aeneid, the story of the wanderings of the pious Aeneas in efforts to found a city for the Trojans whose own city had been destroyed. Our Latin classes are beneficial in many ways. We not only acquire a general knowledge of the language, which helps us in our every-day reading and speech, but we also become acquainted with many inter- esting facts and characters of history. With the constant questions and discussions be- tween the students and teacher, we find that in a very enjoyable manner, we have obtained a certain amount of learning and culture that can be found in no other sub- ject. i , l ,, nly-jmn

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TtlE MERCURY Foreign Languages Many students at Riverside are taking a modern foreign language. While doing this, they become better acquainted with their own language, grammar, the deriva- tion of words, and peculiarities and defi- ciencies. Incidentally, they learn some- thing about the geography, history, litera- ture, and customs of the lands whose lan- guages they are studying. French, and sometimes German, is nec- essary in preparing for certain professions. Tihose who take German for two years at Riverside, have a good foundation, and with further study will be able to read the works of Schiller, Goethe, and other authors. French and Spanish writings will attract others of the foreign language stu- dents. During the first two semesters of modern language study, the students spend most of their time on grammar, but during the third and fourth semesters they study short stories, which they translate and discuss, and which they are required to tell without lapsing into English. Mistakes made in translations provide amusement and laughter almost daily for advanced classes. T1»K1L Ha Klmt r„j. I MtHty-tbrti

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THE MERCURY Mathematics Department The first year student meets a course in mathematics designed to appeal to him as worth while. He makes graphs, interprets them, and develops an understanding of this method of representing statistics. The essential principles of Algebra are involved and learned in connection with this ma- terial. Beside formal demonstrative Geometry, work in construction and measurement is given. Numerous direct applications have been found in many fields, such as survey- ing, carpentry design, architecture, and phy- sics. Out of doors, heights and distances are found by the direct application of nu- merous geometric principles, and the knowl- edge acquired in the class room is put to immediate use. In the more advanced Algebra and Trig- onometry, the use of the slide rule is learned, and the student going into engi- neering has this tool for rapid calculation at his command. The surveyor ' s transit is put in the hands of the Trigonometry stu- dent. Thus, the former purely theoretical course is made a practical one. V MIX HCWE HI IESF f A ■St MM WW - I § , i -f .... — Iv flEil i ' ■iHfc ' 1 5P5 wCmmmm «- A ' M If lit X.M fl U. MB 4jmmm 1 m- mm%tm Page I it atty-fii