Roundup High School - Rodeo Yearbook (Roundup, MT)

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RODEO — 1932 4 RODEO STAFF Herzog D, MacArthur L, Ortmayer R, Brissenden R, Engstrom L. Miss Mathison. Comstock D, Zinn V, McLean J, Otoski S. Balock H, Watts, M, Snyder F.

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RODEO— 1932 23 The Social Sciences LONG with the advance of civili- zation have grown the social sciences. This group of studies deal with human relationships as they exist in what is known as organized society. History, bringing to us the past record of social achievement, is the foundation on which all the other social sciences are built. It serves as a guide for the present and assists to forecast the future. Three histories are taught here: American by Miss Crouse, modern European by Miss Williams, and ancient by Mr. Marshall. American history is a required subject for seniors. To further interest in the subject an annual debate is held on the question: Resolved that the United States was justfiied in entering the Mexican War. This year the result was a tie, with the affirmative side, upheld by Dorothy d’Autremont, Jesse Knoll, and Leigh Mac- Arthur, winning one decision and the nega- tive side, represented by Helen Balock, Fran- ces Snyder, and Meredith Watts, winning the other. The students also had to prepare notebooks. For graduation one other his- tory is required, either ancient or modern. The members of the modern history classes were required to write essays at the end of the first semester on some topic they had studied. Cn Monday each individual was re- quired to bring a current event. In the an- cient history classes also outside work in the way of current news topics and reports were required. Civics, a second science, is also taught here. It is part of the American history course and is taught for the last two six- weeks periods. It deals with the government of social groups as expressed in constitutions and in the administration of laws, and with numerous other social aspects, as political conventions, primaries, and elections. This subject is especially fitting as it gives the graduating class a definite idea of the nation- al, state, and local governments and fits them to make, in a few years, good use of their political rights. The other social sciences taught here are economics and sociology. They are under the cirec ion of Miss Williams. Economics is taught the first semester and represents one- half credit. In the second semester sociology is given, and it finishes out the credit. Eco- nomics is the study of man as a wealth-get- ter and a wealth-user. To supplement the work current events were brought every Fri- day. The sociology classes in which there is made a study of the social relations among individuals, also set aside Friday as current events day, but they did other outside work too. Two debates were given in each class and at the end of the year each student was required to hand in a chart of his family tree. The social sciences should be studied by all students as they fulfill the primary inter- est of education: that of fitting boys and girls to enter and become worthwhile mem- bers of society.

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RODEO — 1932 25 English and Journalism 1929 1932 OU KNOW, I thought when I first got to hear at this here school, I would be brung better up, especially in grammar an English, but I find after my freshman year I ain’t so hot. All I done was to study sentences or somethin like that. I had to read a few books like Treasure Island and the like but that ain’t much. I gave up all hopes and went back for the farm. 1930 I’m a little better this year than last year. I’ve done a little work in composition and read some classics (shakespeare and the like) but I still got very much to learn. Been reading for book reports also. 1931 Been reading American Lit. as we juniors calls them things. I still remember a little poem; goes like this: “So live that when thy summons comes to join etcetera” (I got that, too). American Lit. ain’t so bad but them seniors say English Lit. is better, much bet- ter. More book reports this year than any other two put together. Too bad. English literature, with its study of the poems and prose of famous English authors, reveals the last of the English classes. Book reports are given to cultivate in the student a love for good broad reading. Journalism is naturally an outgrowth of the English department. In this behalf the RODEO staff makes a study of the principles of journalism with the desired end of pub- lishing each month a school newspaper and for the last month an enlarged edition, or I he annual. George Swertelle of the Record- Tribune office, gave an interesting talk on the making of a paper at one meeting of the Rodeo staff and later on in the year, invited the staff to visit the Record office to witness the different maohines which make the Rodeo. As an incentive for class work, editorial and feature stories were written in English three and four classes. Much discussion over the adoption of a standard senior ring also caused an inspiration for students to write short arguments on this subject. The authors of the various articles printed in the Rodeo were Jesse Knoll, Betty Eiselein, Lois Hul- stone, Archie Rathbun, Charles Huppe, Ida Wickland, and Luella Hamilton. Two people who helped very much in the making of the annual were Jane Snyder, who assisted in securing ads, and Natalie Evans, who drew the art work.