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

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3? COLLEGE FRESHMEN STUART BEEMAN Billings, Montarza Billings High School Science Course Eagle Football Basketball There is nothing he a'oesn't know about radio. NORMAN APPLEY Shelby, Morztnrza Shelby High School Regular- College Course Aristo-Pioneer Football Basketball I-Ie needs no introduction if you have seen lzim at tl football game. CLAIR EVEY , Lalznzan, Morztarza Q Chinook High School Commercial Course - Aristo-Pioneer 2 Football l Say it with a smile. 28

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1 3 1 1 4- 1 4 1' 1 I nn , 41 Q Acadeni The Billings Polytechnic lnstitute has three distinct departments, the Junior College, the Vocational and the Academy, each of which offers several courses com- plete in one. two, three and four years. The courses in the -Iunior College are both liberal arts and pre-professional. The courses in the Vocational department are Agri- culture, Auto Xlechanics, Business, Domestic Science, Electricity, Teacher Training, lVoodwork, Grade Continuation, and Xlusic Cyoice and instrumentalj. The courses in the high school are English, Klathematics, History, Science, Language, and Bible. The high school department is accredited by the North Central Asso- ciation of College and Secondary Schools. This is the accrediting body for twenty of the north central states. Each candidate for graduation from the high school department will present three or four units in English, a major of three units, two minors of two units each and one minor of one unit from mathematics, science, history, language with elections from these courses and from the courses of the vocational department, sufficient to make a minimum of sixteen units, provided no more than fiye of the sixteen units are from the courses in the vocational department. The English course is two years of elementary composition and rhetoric, two years of literature, one of English and the other of American, and one-half unit in public speaking. The science course offers one-llalf year each of physiography and elementary geology, one year of biology, Ca study of plant life, animal life, and human lifej, one year of physics. and one year of chemistry. The history course offers three years of work, one in world history, one-half each in American history, American goyernment, economics and sociology. The subjects of the mathematics course are: elementary algebra, plane geometry, one-half year each in advanced algebra, solid geometry and trigonometry. Three languages are taught: Latin, French and Spanish, each for two years. The conyersational method is used in the teaching of the Romance language. Each student who is a candidate for graduation from the academy must present a half unit of credit in Bible. It may be studied in the senior year twice each week or once a week for two years in the freshman, sophomore or junior years. Graduates of the high school department are admitted to all colleges on equal footing with the graduates of the public high schools. 30