South Division High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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CARDINAL ANNUAL WAY BACK WHEN HISTORY DEPARTMENT HIRTY years ago there were only two or three classes a day in the History Department, today there are thirty classes a day. Medieval and mod- ern history and civics are taught in this department, but there are more civics and American history classes than any other kinds. However, every semester, the in- terest in European history grows greater. During the last three years, the His- tory Department has doubled, for previ- ous to that time there were only three history teachers. Now there are six. Of these six, Mr. Schardt is the only one who was graduated from South. The history library at South is differ- ent from that of other schools, for most schools have only one history book of each type in the library, while South has sets of history books. Our History De- partment purchases new maps and globes, so that we may have the advan- tage of up-to-date material. The many historical pictures in the building are a help to those who take history. There seems to be a tradition at South that all football and track coaches must belong to the History Department, for all of the coaches except two have been history teachers. Of these two, one was from the Commercial Department, and the other, from the English. History, as taught at South, is very in- teresting, because dates are not stressed. Events are grouped by periods rather than by definite dates. This blissful arrangement lets the mind of the student dwell primarily on the full significance of the event and not on a mere mean- ingless date.

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CARDINAI. ANNUAL LISTENING IN INFIRMA RY UESDAY morning. The doctor and the nurse, in her blue and white uniform, enter the infirmary to begin their morning's work. As the doctor opens his medical bag, the first student arrives for his physical examination. Deftly the doctor applies the main tube of his stethoscope to the chest of the startled victim, whose heart promptly starts off on a 440. Open wide! A-a-a-h. Grimly the student stretches the muscles of his jaw to painful extremity. P-t-e-r. No, that is not a poor at- tempt on his part to spell Peter. The doc- tor is testing his eyes by the eye chart. The victim, still patient, but looking wilder every moment, drops his jaw in dismay when he finds the scales balanc- ing at 215. He leaves the infirmary reso- lutely determined to diet for a month. A student is in charge of the infirmary every period of the day. Her knowledge of nursing is put to the test when fellow students appear in search of medicine and bandages. The infirmary is not used to house the sick alone. The walls of the infirmary often serve as a background for photo- graphs taken for the Cardinal or for local newspapers. Plays and musical numbers for various programs are re- hearsed in the infirmary. During the afternoon, harp classes meet there for practice and lessons. In short, whatever the enterprise may be, it is sure to find shelter in the infirmary. The many uses to which the infirmary is put make it a room of priceless value to the school and students. i

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CARDINAL ANNUAL WIiAT'S YOUR ANSWER? COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT LICK! click! clickety click! to the strains of aggressive phonograph records. Sounds like London bridge is falling down, but in reality it is a class of typists learning rhythm. In 'another room, pencils are poised to capture, with queer little hooks and curves, dictation, as it falls from the lips of the teacher. But shorthand and typing alone do not comprise the Commercial Course. Scores of freshmen are battling with spelling and arithmetic, and elsewhere sopho- mores are keeping elaborate journals and ledgers of fictitious records for fic- titious firms. Up on the second floor, under Mr. Book's direction, girls are en- gaged in learning how to operate com- plicated mechanisms known as comp- tometers, adding machines, multigraphs. Yonder, seniors are demonstrating vacuum cleaners and pressure cookers, or trying to sell to each other cosmetics, dresses, and encyclopedias. Finally, seniors are studying commer- cial law, for they are learning that no matter what one does, in private or com- mercial life, his actions must be gov- erned by the laws of his city, state, and country. In an age like ours, wherein speed and efficiency predominate, it becomes al- most necessary for every one who would keep up with the times to cultivate those qualities which the Commercial Course seeks to develop in its earnest followers, directness, accuracy, and thoroughness. Only when a student has fully learned to serve his fellow men with these de- sirable and basic qualities can he hope to be a successful business man.