St Louis Park High School - Echowan Yearbook (St Louis Park, MN)

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The Social Sciences Woke up Billl Oh, he isn't sleeping; he is concentrating on Aristotle's Politics, one of the selections which is read in humanities. A lot of thought is required to understand the various philosophies in politics. In the social science classes we learn many things, but each one leads to the specific purposes of the department. These purposes are: to train the students to be good citizens in our democratic way of life, to teach students to develop reasoning power and critical judgment and to encourage desirable patterns of conduct, as the teaching of factual knowledge is not enough. The social sciences relate to the beginning, organization and development of human society and to the improvement of each of the conditions under which man lives, economic, political, cultural and social. Whot would it hove been like to be on Indian? Jeon Hcminghauj discontinues her reading for a minute to contemplote the days of the young republic from 1789-1815. She allows her imagination to run wild os she pictures the appearance of on Indion chief. American history is the study of the struggles of the American people as they fought to improve the democratic process. Certain social skills and traits must be acquired to perfect the intended result of democracy. HISTORY Of A FREE PEOPLE Putt the stringsl Penny Rich h having difficulty showing these world history students the operation of roising and lowering a device which wos used to storm the walls of costles. This device is one exomp’.e of the type of project these students con make In world history. 12

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Past and Future Once upon o time Hansel and Grotol . . and so the story goes as Bob Ezrilov roods this fable to his class in Gorman. This is an oxample of just ono of the many stories read by first year German students. Second year German concentrates on advanced material of literary merit and a broader view of Gorman civilization. Spanish class can provo to be a puzzle when a person puts the adjective before the noun. George Weyer vorifies that he is human by the fact that he needs help from Pom Peterson who is willing to share her knowledge for this particular problem. After a student's first year of Spanish, he Is oblo to understand the language better. In ordor to increase their vocabulary and comprehension, the second year Sponish students read little Spanish books which supplement their main textbook. They also uso the tape recorder to improve their pronunciation. Junior Kathleon Nelson finds American litoraturo more interesting than she had thought. She is beginning to understand American life ond ideals which ore reflected in the works of many of our great American writers. 11

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Develop Democracy Bill Cameron is catching up on the news. Someday ho will be a voter, and he may also determine the future of the country by his knowledge of current affairs. Paris, a girl's dream come true. Mary Rohr shows thof she knows how to interpret maps by her persistence In explaining to her clossmotes why she wants to travel to France. Mary is not only thinking obout the Paris fashions but also the scenic spots, such os the Eiffel Tower. Joff Monger doesn't appear to be as interested os the rest of the students in Poris; he is trying to discover his own land of enchantment. World geography is a course that includes the study of people and places. After reading one of the Great Books, it requires a good deal of thought before the student writes his paper on his viewpoints of the different philosophies such as, religion, ethics, economics and politics. By studying other philosophies, students are urged to develop their own philosophies. Fighting like cats and dogs? No, Marcia Weyrouch ond Bill Martin are merely discussing tho democratic theory with Mr. Olson. Controversies often arise in sociol problems. Marcia doesn't agree with Bill on how democratic ideas apply to our present day problems. 13