Rocky Mountain College - Yellowstone / Poly Yearbook (Billings, MT)

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Department of Reading and Qratory l .l A SCENE FROM AS YOU LIKE IT This important ilepartnient ol the scliool is very closely relate-'l to everv other depart- iient, tor the art ill reatling!sthe getting ul the thought from the printed page-is the requi- the art ol' giving it to others, or expression. site tor the mastery of any sturlv. Along with the getting of the author's thought, goes llet-ire completing any course of instruction at the Polytechnic, the student must spend at least one year in this tlepartnient. After completing the lirst year COUTSC. H16 S6CO11Cl 211161 thiril years are elective. lluring the past year tour classes have been inaintainecl. These classes have been so gracl- efl as to lit the neeils inf a stuilent in any stage of aclvanceinent. Nearly one-half of all the stuilents of the institute have been enrolleil in these classes anfl thorough xvorlc has been clone. i 'i xy ,. Q rj:-2 Q -V Q 4 ., , ,frat 1' ' 'U qw' ' I . 'MX 'ii -'15 2 f 42,1 y 1 ' Q - I t .Q , . ' Q I: 75 ' if: .uf . . , ., . w iffgeff . 2 ea'-A i it rg, , t ' . . i ' 2 T247 J Att .',,,- - - ,- req-4.36 yf, ' Ta' sy I f ,Qtr . 94.33. ,. . . -uaw-l ei? if -:wt ,,,,-s1..- , NL, A 4.-. is C, W A Q I I, 5 ,A . 4, '- t- wc' g ' -, ' ,,. w .s.' 4-e., 51-, - i:,ta. ,i.r,., - . . -nn.. l3'1 9 9 .Lin d YU '35fi-Wtwiffw f ' '-a 'Jsl'- is f ' 1-93 .1 my Jump? . w..'e im tqftfg A f t2me?gg',i,g, ,tm . fJ.f-N, s if Angle. if .5 gt Qd fiqttff- I ,. ,ee-, n ju .f3:QwN,,., ,I fff ,ZEN g ,1ijs :ggs:,,,., ' .fi ' ,, - . 5 ' M , ff' .aa l R ' C-fy il 424,521 ff , ' ' ':w315 I3 .3 J tx ',. f5!f,2:,,.,fVt 4' ' . -' asp V Q p g. my -.pq 'iff if- 'a ig' I ' i V2-if , ,?l'7f? Er 'v swf' -Q-C1 A A - 4- ,gs sf' 'Q pf' N1 ,'H ' , ' 1. f '. 3 ' 'V t ' '4- ' .. -1, ' .4 . 2 ' . fj?f,1iqffif I f-.7 54' . fi t, -,, H 6, 33 Wfifiiifji, ,pa . sign' , 1,-.5,,.-1 U . ,f o ..3Qra,-Y 'str 4. ' . -s 4 Q va- - , ., .fi-. , HE.RlVlES FROM PANDORA -30 ln atltlition to the class- room recitations and tlrills. many public programs have been given. These programs have been made up of reatl- ings, tleclaniations, antl the acting of scenes from classic clranias. These exercises have been invaluable to the stutlents who have taken part. The mastery of great thoughts troni the printefl page and the interpreting of these thoughts tn others, give much of that culture ancl ease which goes to make up a truly eilucatetl man or xvoni- an.

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THE PGLY A-p vmmmhm-V-V-MApl Mn To be friendly to Hel-4 That the Clarionet of the Orches- ena tMont.J ,tra is a wooden tube full of scien- itifically located holes, and that by llistening carefully to a brass band lin full eruption, one can detect a querulous instrument running up ,and down the scale like a squirrel lchasing itself around a tree. To Pass away the Suggests that a Brass Band is a Ume large number of disturbances Qmerged into one harmonious and jarnbangsome whole. To take 1110145 Campusa Believes that a splendid defini- try ltion for the bass horn would be a Brass labyrinth about 5 ft, in di- ameter through which it is pos- sible for a capacious man to re- spire in such a manner as to be heard for half a mile on a calm Montana day. That the new model autos should be equipped with a patent funnel through which pedstrians may be received, dusted off and deposited in the rear without injury or delay, ,and with a device which will ring a. bell, toot a whistle, fire a. cannon and discharge a rocket when the ,gasoline gets low. KEnertf Creanifiifiuffsii W mii'B'roadivayi Shorty Guiler, Homer 6uiailiioniToast fi Fuzz IH'TLeoW i A T ' DY 7 fwfr Sfurray, Oscar Pfafnfandhwi fatiw To take life easy Y Y figoirw i' gass t5' i Et Bobby KY' I if I I To become a second That the earth does not turn up Tetrazini back of her at her every step nor ithat she is wearing the parallels of .latitude for shoe strings nor the ieouator for a sash ribbon. Bliss Morton examining' gies : some insurance policies, finds the following' dubious phraseolo- Mother :lied in infancy. Father went to bed feeling' well and the next morning' woke up dead. Grandfather died suddenly at the age of 103. Up to this time he bade fair to reach a ripe old age. Applicant does not know anything about maternity. except that they died at an ad- vanced age. Applicant does not know cause of mother's death. but states that she fully recovered from her last illness. Applicant has never been fatally sick. Father died suddenly: nothing serious. Applicants brother, who was an infant, died when he was a mere child. Grandfather died from gunshot wound, caused by an arrow shot by an Indian. Mothers last illness was caused from chronic rheumatism, but she was cured death. No man is to be pitied excepting the one whose future lies behind and whose constantly in front of him. before past is Mr. Kline says that a thrilling cereal is being published in the Christian Herald. body will probably make an oat of it. Some- Rlullowney, speaking of an address he heard recently. He fthe spealcerj was lettered as the other side of a tombstone. 215 Llll- ...29..

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li ormal Department Y A CLASS lN THE NORMAL DEPARTMENT The eclucatirinal helief uf toilay is that our scliorils shiiulil be the center of social. intlustrial, anil intellectual life: that these three great firrces in e-lucatimn shfmulcl he united in such a way that each will ilu its respective part in the training' of our yrvuth. The sch-wil shwulil he sri criiiriecteil with lite that the expe1'ience gainecl by a chilcl in his hume work is carrieil irver anrl macle use of in the schiiiil, anal what the chilcl learns in school is carrieil back anfl applieil in his every-clay life. The failure to crinnect the scliool with the experiences of the home life Occasions a great waste in eilncati-in. The ehilfl has a cirncrcte minil. interestefl in cfinerete things, aufl unless the scliriol ministers tri this phase fit the minrl, the tlevelcwpment of the chilcl is retarclecl. lt is the aim -'it the Xurinal flepartment of the Pfrlytechnic Tnstitute tri so 0r0 rnize its be criurses of stufly that this vital cwiinectirin hetween life anrl sclmril, will he emphasizecl. With this enil in view. the teacher is given exercises in the sewing' fit simple ilesigns, paper cutting' anfl frilfling, weaving, braiilingg flrawing, the making' of dolls' clothes anrl hfiuses. cfrncrete wrirk with the clilterent measures. anfl fwther exercises which make the alwstract knowleflge fri the text-hririk fit interest tri the chilrl in the liwwer grafles. Fin' use in the higher grarles, exercises in clrawing, stenciling, designing, hasketry, shop wfirk, bfflkljlllfllllg, anfl textile wwirk ai'e rerluirerl, anrl the stufly of agriculture anrl the imprfrvement wi rural cfinrlitiwns is presenteil in a practical way. Statistics show that a large per cent uf the hriys anfl girls leave schmil hefiire reaching' the eighth grafle. Tt is niiw generally cfvncerlerl that the reaswn fur this, is the lack nf vital union between sclimril work anfl lifwine experiences. This is especially true in the rural scliriril, which has heen mfiflelefl to nt the require- ments of the city schfiiil, regarflless iii the interests wi criuntry life. Klany activities which wwulfl nrit he aflvisahle. fir even pfissihle, in the city scliriril. are pai'ticularlv ailaptecl tru the rui'al scliriril. lf the elementary schfffil is tri fulfill its high purpfise, which is tu prepare the hwy anrl girl ffwr life, it must minister tri the neefls of the cwinmunity in which it is lricatefl. Fflucatfirs everywhere are cwining' tri helieve that the course nf stuily aclaptefl tw i'nral neerls is raflically rlititerent 'l.l'UlTT any fither cfvurse. This makes it necessary for the rural teacher to have special training' alfing the lines in which the pupils in the scliool a1'e partic- ularly interesterl. The stuflies recwmmenilerl tw give this training' tim the teacher are Nature sturly. elementary principles of practical agriculture, sanitary science ancl hygiene, domestic c -31-