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

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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-

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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 POLY ceonmiiy, 1l1vmcstic science, :mtl practical printiplcs Zlll-l 1ll'VJl'llClllS in elemcntztry chemistry Illltl pliysics, :is :1pplic1l to these subjects lt is l1ehex'c1l th it tht 1 X country youth will loolc llllt 111 SCll1,11V1l work in a new light when the suhject mattci' is hcttci' 2ltl2llJlCtl tu his neetls. lhe hm' who can spend hut :1 'few months of each ycai' iu selnlol, will lin1l there a new li11i'm1ii :tt the interest which will not only hold him in school. hut one which will ln'11a1len his intellectual szune time that it furnishes him the pr:1cti1rz1l lillt1WlCtlg'C which he desires. .Xs ll result. lite 1111 the l-Ztl'lll will he so eurichetl :tml l1i'11:14lcuc1l that it will have a greater illtliflftltill tm' our youth than it has had in the past. -E. N. Miss G. Xl.: 'l'li11i1ips11ii is nix hut a 'pill' Nliss tl. XY.: Kl:1yl1c so, hut hc's It sugiu' c11:1te1l one. l Roll-Call of OI'fTlEllS Hlld E.HglI1CCl'S l- Normalt Miss Johnson, Chief Dictator. Der Name. Diet. Habitat, Remarkable Saying. Jackson, Gladys tlirahaim. Celia Burlison, Thelma Ryan, Marion Oi'tlo1inielTiiCa.tlf erine Alnisrf61Tg, fi if Howard wniis. Piiiiip if Mudd, Ora C. i XVhite. Paul Potatoes boiled Lee. Mont. i A ll D. S. is a cheerful Hend who mines for en jacket. Pickled canary tongues. Boiled owl. Pink lemonade cold lunches. Hash. Mulligan. Sand. i nerves in the teeth of humanity and gets paid so much per pang for the pain he causes. Hardin, Mont. The difference between mediocrity and genius is Qshown by the fact. that while some men grow shabby and wither away under 35100 of debts, other men are able to accumulate 5F1,000,000 of obligations and to 'live handsomely on the proceeds. lF0I'SYTl1. M0115 1' A dictagraph is a verbal camera which canitake ia snap shot of an extremely personal conversation 'in a quiet and unostentatious manner and reproduce it two years later where it will do the most good. et.l3illii1gS. l Incandescent. horses haul chariots across theisky ' R.F.l7. NO- 23.lin mad races, incandescent champagne bottles shoot itlaming red corks at Mars and dainty forty-foot in- gcandescent legs kick holes in the zenith from the ltops ol' 20-story buildings. Rosfblldi Mom'-lndiieciarei unto you that Nature produces annexi ,tensive and deep-seated hole in the ground, connects it with the infernal regions and once an hour shoots enough boiling water into the air to launder all the 'clothes in the nation. ltlreeley, Iowa. I: ldlso, Mont. l Gossip is produced in the absence of any other imental exercise and forms the sole output of a great many brains which would be more useful to society in glass jars. l A man, in order to have his tooth filled. sits in a lstout suspicious looking chair and has his mouth lpried open until his ribs can be counted from the in- iside. Then a sharp drill needle revolving at the rate xof 11,000 revolutions per second is bored through the itooth down into the collar bone, cooling the drill mow and then toftener now than thenl when it gets hot. Dirt plus VVater. T say unto you that an electric XVeiner wursts. F'isht.rap, Mont. l lsign is nothing more than a piece of long distance reading matter published at meter rates. These .things are indigenous to America, and when the Eng- lislnnan arrives in this country and sees his first eruption of 22 candle power, remarks he is afraid to lwalk up Broadway without a fire extinguisher, EQ1115 E YEVECSRQ.ll'l3llll?1l.t?lll. y Mont. 1 Hope is the beautiful and romantic fever with which most men are plentifully endowed. lt ac- counts for the great sale of canteloupes and the phenomenal increase in gold mines.