Riverside High School - Mercury Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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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

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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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THE MERCURY Art Department The activities of the art department are many. The art students, under the direc- tion of Miss Skinner take care of the art work and cartoon work for the Mercury magazine and the Merc Annual. The scenery for the Junior-Senior play and the decorations for the prom are designed and painted by the art students. Posters for the various clubs and activities and slides advertising movies and matinee dances orig- inate in 313. The art faculty teaches everything from drawing to craft work, which includes leather tooling, batiks, and metal work. Drawing I and II are devoted to learn- ing the principles underlying drawing. Some of the problems are studies of color, principles of design, free hand drawing which includes nature study, object draw- ing, and art appreciation. The second year ' s study includes color, more advanced design (city planning), interior decoration, costume design, and free hand drawing. The third and fourth years are much the same except that the work is more special- ized and advanced. It is these advanced pupils who do most of the Mercury work. p,gi ;«■• . ,-