Washington High School - Scroll Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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Louis X ' I roon Agitativc recitation A 7 ale of Two Cities ENGLISH AND SPEECH L ANGWIDGE was what it was called ' when our grandfathers attended the little red schoolhouse in the days of birch switches and half holidays. Today we politely term it English, because the schoolhouse is no longer red, and switches and half holidays have passed with the horses and buggies. In one of the most important phases of English — composition work — efforts have been employed to develop creative writing, devel- oping within the student the ability to write from personal experience and emotion as well as with an individual style. Consequently, some very fine work in all English classes in the shape of essays, short stories, and poetry has helped to make The Scroll ' s literary page the epitome of ths school ' s finest c re- ative work. Subsequent to th: study of Addison and Steele, individual Spectator satires were written by students in English 8 classes. A standard vocabu- lary test, also in English 8, proved an incentive for cxtend- Suppressed Desires ing vocabularies. Through the use of a model stage and settings made by Herbert Peters, Macbeth was very effectively presented. In Miss Orma Keuper ' s English 5 group a com- pilation of letters from successful men and women was made as a general project. Gram- mar essentials were given due emphasis in rela- tion to the creative writing. Hand in hand with English walks Speech. While someone has said that speech was given to man to disguise his thought, pub- lic speaking has a less enigmatic aim — to give poise, skill in conversation, training in reference work, as well as ability to de- bate well. Very fi ne work was done in after dinner speaking, dramatics, and debating. Through their very purpose the speech classes offer valuable training to the school leaders. Both departments ; ' - ; iiB BM M improve the medium of self-expression : one through speech alone, the other through ipcech and writing. America has turnished — Patie Tu ' cnty-s x

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SYLVIA BROOKS Senior Clerk. Office NORMA ZARTNER Library VIOLA MOLKENTIN Office Junior CUrk. THE TEACHER ' S CREED I BELIEVE in BOYS and GIRLS, the men and women of a great tomorrow; that whatsoever the boy soweth, the man shall reap. I BELIEVE in the curse of ignorance: in the efficacy of schools; in the dignity of teaching; and in the joy of serving others. I BELIEVE in wisdom as revealed in human lives as well as in the pages of printed books; in lessons taught not so much by precept as by example; in ability to work with the hands as well as to think with the head; in everything that makes life large and lovely. I BELIEVE in beauty in the school room, in the home, in daily life and out of doors. I BELIEVE in laughter; in love; in faith; in all ideals and distant hopes that lure us on. I BELIEVE that every hour of every day we receive a Just reward for all we are and all we do. I BELIEVE in the present and its opportunities; in the future and its promises; and in the divine joy of living. Edwin Osgood Grover. Page Twenty-five

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Cotyledons ' ir Grasshopper is up for inspection Chemist — in the making SCIENCE WHEN pungent odors of gases and chemicals taint the pure atmosphere of A or B. and when students and teach- ers ahke reach with dignity for handker- chiefs to be appHed to nostrils, we ' re posi- tive that world-startling experiments are in the making somewhere on fourth floor south. The broad value of the sciences to the stu- dent is obligingly summed up bv Mr. Harvey Drake thus: Science opens the door to a world of three great spheres. Biology treats with fundamental processes of living things; chemistry gives us a more detailed knowledge of these processes, together with the basic principles upon which all industries operate: physics acquaints us with the different mechanical devices and laws that enable man to be such tre- mendous power in the world today. Television or mo- tion pictures by means of radio, vari- ous clever electrical devices, such as a leyden jar. electro- Our hothouse phorous. and an electroscope were made by members of Mr. Drake ' s physics classes. In Mr. Joseph Boriff ' s Chemistry group one enthusiast undertook the growing of crystal, while a very difficult project involving various silicates was made by Guy Wiley in Mr. Hasso Pestalozzi ' s class. In biology and general science work, films have added increasing interest and variety. Charts of heredity laws, diet studies, and book- lets containing special nature observations have been compiled by members of this year ' s biology group. In the general science special experiments were performed by the classes in connection with class work. The use of films in both groups proved a great aid to the instruction. Of special interest are live animals and plants in the labora- tory, the garden studies, the planting by individual stu- dents of seeds, of cgetables, and flow- ers in seed flats in the conservatory lor outdoor trans- planting. Scientific research Page Twentu -seven