Sturgis High School - Sturgensian Yearbook (Sturgis, MI)

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School In Session Mrs. Pugh-Let's tackle the spelling lessons. Miss Huizenga-Get your papers ready for a test. Miss VVhitelock-Yes, Sheridan, use 'liel in that sentence. Seventh graders write their spelling words. GRAM MAR AT VVORK Come with me, as I take you on a conducted tour to the rooms where our English teachers reign. Letys look first into the seventh grade room. Here, in our Junior High English courses, we began supressing our aint's,' and our has wentisu. There Miss VVakeman and hir. Smith taught us to write letters, carry on conversation, use parts of speech correctly, and to make correct sentences. Miss Whitelock in grade eight showed us that Tom Sawyer and Treasure Islandn are even more exciting than comic books. Under her guidance we learned how and what to read. Freshman English under Mi's. Pugh and M1'. Raymond Smith carried us well along our English road, Correct speech, correct writing, book reports,-all the fields of Eng- lish usage-were explored. VVe learned to like the classics , in spite of our earlier preju- dices. bliss Huizenga in English ten gave us much interesting project work. Our bulletin board, featuring people and events pertaining to Eng- lish, intrigued us and kept us busy. She taught us to have something to say and be able to say it.', Speech class work covered public speaking, interpretative reading of poetry and dramatics. Final polish was given in our junior and senior years, emphasizing perfection in prepar- ation, in a great many cases, for college Work. The final test was the ability to write com- positions which were appealing and accurate to the last comma, the knowledge of the Worldis great masterpieces in literature, and the desire for future reading. In journalism, under Airs. Pugh's direction, we acquired an understanding of newspaper work. Our goal in all our years of English study has been to make us better prepared to become a part of cultured society. Science has given us methods of communications-the printing press, the telephone, the radio-we must know how to use them properly.

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MIND AND MATTER Surrounded by test tubes, microscopes, and Brunson Burners, we scientists of tomorrow dissected frogs and brought the wrath of the school upon us by concocting HZS. Beginning in the seventh grade we learned about the world and the people about us from our geography teacher, lliss VVakeman. IXIr. Bowdish gave us an understanding of general science in the eighth grade. It was at this time that we learned how and why things happen. Perhaps the experience we will re- member longest was our brief sojourn in the electric chair! Biology was our next undertaking of science, Here we became acquainted with life-its function and phases. VVords like ''platyhelminthel' and monocotyledon swamped us for a While but we soon added them to our vocabularies. Along with our regular classroom work we often had educational movies which gave variety to the course. The next year hir. DeVVitt taught us the fundamentals of the major sciences-physics and chemistry. NVe learned the functions of atoms and molecules in chemistry and gained a practical everyday use of science in these senior science classes. Wie are trying to prepare ourselves to pro- mote peace through the use of science in the future years. School In Session ,, , . . - . IJ Mr. DeWitt-Llass, lets discuss this seriously. 75 Terry Nl-Holm, what do we add next? erry lVl.-Teacher, l don't think thz1t's the right ansx

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MASTERIN G TOOLS AND MACHINES Now, dear reader, if you'll step outdoors with me for a breath of fresh air, we'll Walk down the sidewalk to the building where the Industrial Arts classes are held. lt is here that the boys of Sturgis High School learn not only to be the handy man around the house , but also to become skillful in a lifetime trade. The boys learn to cut, drill, and polish shapeless pieces of wood and metal into useful and beautiful objects. The Industrial Arts programs begins in the eighth grade and it is taught as a required sub- ject, This first year consists of one semester of grade drawing taught by hir. Carpenter, and one semester of fundamentals of shop work taught by hir. Borgerding. The student, if he wishes, may take ad- vanced mechanical drawing under the direct- ion of lvlr. Carpenter. This class consists of drawing machine fastenings and other parts of machinery, The advanced class, open only for seniors, is the machine drawing class. De- tailed pieces of machinery with some design- ing is the aim of this class. The first year of machine shop is planned to teach the boys the fundamentals of machine work. Classes consist of blue print reading as well as text book work. Some of the pro- ducts of the first year's labors are different types of hammers, punches, file handles, and meat pounders. The new Wastepapcr carts now being used by the janitors were designed and built by the advanced machine shop class. VVhen any re- pairs are needed around school, the advanced machine shop class can usually comply with ut- most satisfaction. VVe can't help but feel as we leave this department to continue our tour of the build- ing that right here was being born some of our future welders, plumbers, draftsmen and master craftsmen of all kinds. School In Session 1 Mr. Borgerding--Dircctingg the woodworking department. 2 Bob Brown-XVhat makes this thing tick? 3 Mr. Carpenter-Sunervising details of Mechanical Drawing 17