Washington High School - Scroll Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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EVELYN PURDY History Department With the increase of the school's population the enrollment of the history classes has also grown, and what is more, the students are beginning to like it. They are coming to appreciate history , say the history teachers. In studying the history of countries, both in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, the student receives an invaluable knowledge. The history of the past is the life of the present. History is made daily, and some day in the near future, books will be printed that will tell of life as the people of 1929 know it. Arno Froehlich John Hercher Alvin Rutenbeck Page Twenty-Three

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ROBERT EWERS History Department QA NLY ONCE in the course of a high-school student's career does a presidential V election bloom forthg so this year, in the History Department, the classes have placed the candidates and their platforms under a rigid analytic scrutiny. In , ' this way the monotony of the classes was reduced. 55 ? Hb ad , A . l4, ,,I No radical changes, in fact, no alterations at all have occurred in the history classes this year. The text book of Muzzey is supplemented by map work. To fit the pupil to take his place in this country's social and political life is the main purpose of history. It also aids in'the making of good citizenship and in the understanding of topics of the day. Charles White Lillie Spiering Otto Birr Page Twenty-Two

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Arthur E. Meyer Physical Education A 9 HE PHYSICAL well-being of Washington's students is what Miss Nellie Havens, instructor of girls' gym, and Coaches Arthur Meyer and Lisle Blackbourn, in- structors of boys' gym, are most concerned with. During the past year, the Reds and the Blues reigned supreme down in no man's land most of the time, as all of the healthy rivalry among the ' girls was conducted through these teams, one of each being formed in each class. Records of their competition in high jumping, volleyball, baseball, batball, and hurlball were kept as an incentive to the girls. Spring and fall usually finds the white-bloused sprites taking possession of the campus, while on other days you will probably find the girls kicking the huge cage ball back and forth, folk dancing, swinging clubs, exercising, marching, running, or even playing jump rope! As to work on the apparatus, poles, rings, and the circle swing are used. This year Miss Havens taught the fundamentals of hockey, and she expects to have more of it next year. As to the masculine sex, in the fall, gym classes take up marching, running, calis- thenics, field hockey, socket ball, and football. Passing, blocking, kicking, and lineups are the fundamentals of football taught. In the winter, wrestling, boxing, basketball, volleyball, other games, and apparatus work take the stage. The boys also begin track work then. In the spring, track and baseball, both inside and outside, are the vogue. Lisle Blackbourn Nellie Havens Page Twenzy-Six