Wausau High School - Wahiscan Yearbook (Wausau, WI)

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liDNA l'mURKllXlfl RUTH Al.BlilGllli FRANCES AR3lS'lRONG XVILMX llORRFl.l nglisb ACH student in the senior high school is expected to take six semesters of English. ln his sophomore year, the first semester is devoted to oral work. Besides the drill in parliamentary practice, he is trained to read poetry with careful interpretation, and to give expression to his own thoughts in a clear and Well-organized manner. In his second semester, there awaits him a review of grammar and the fundamentals of composition, as well as some fine stories in poem, story, and novel form. As a junior, he struggles with the fallacies in his own and other people's reasoning: he practices writing letters: he becomes acquainted with the various aspects of the newspaper: he reads both old and modern essays and tries his own hand at them: and last of all, he makes a study of American literature. The senior looks at English literature as a whole, makes a careful study of certain more diflicult writers, and tries always to see each as interpreter of his time and often of all time. In his last semester, the senior may choose between an advanced course in journalism or the opportunity to strengthen his foundation in composition, both oral and written, and to gain a wider knowledge of the modern writers whom he will wish to enjoy later in life. CfA'I'lll:RINlf JOHNS lllEl.IfN JoNFs AGNES l..XUT VIULFT VOHS firm

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A. l . MINSXRI' BEN BERG HARRY JOHNSON ELIZABIETH RYAN bpsital f!EiJun:atiun, Science UR program of physical education aims to provide an opportunity for the individual to act in situations that are physically Wholesome. mentally stimulating and satisfying, and socially sound so as to develop desirable habits, attitudes and knowledge. The objectives we follow are to correct postural defects and encourage de- sire for habitual good posture: to teach health, to encourage leadership, fellow- ship, followership: to teach games the students will enjoy and get physical benefit from that which may carry over into future life: to play the game, whatever it may be, fair and square, to develop motor co-ordination, skill, control, self-discipline, and self-reliance, and provide adequate situations and organization. The high school course in science offers an opportunity for a prolitable excursion in science. In biology the principles of plant and animal life are learned, and the laws of health re-emphasized. The basic principles of chemistry and their applications in the home, industry, sanitation, agriculture: and the fundamental facts of mechanics, heat, light, sound, electricity are learned. Science study also means learning how scientists search for law and truth in nature, forever seeking facts and criticizing conclusions. Last, but not least, high school science should lead the pupil to read to appreciate the achievements of science and the lives of great scientists. DONILD DIDDAMS Cil..iXl'7YS SCIIILLING FIUISDA HFINRICH lfl,llABFTH YWFTZ Oflice Office yr, .5 'KI i 'ri'a,x ,J w r r K 'limi'-1 is l15l

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ELMER HARRISON BEN IVIARILLA HARRY ROESKE JONES BERG ZELLHOEFER JOHNSON mathematics, Qllnmmerte ATHEMATICS is an important factor in the rapid advancement of our scientific and mechanical age. It is responsible for many of our very important inventions and scientific discoveries. The aim of this department is to introduce such topics of interest as will induce more pupils to become better students of this highly important subject. The success of this is noticeable in the ever increasing numbers in the advanced classes. We hope that a greater number will be better prepared to make their mark in this age of inventions in which we live because of their study of alge- bra, geometry, and allied subjects. With more than 40 per cent of the senior high school enrolled in the com- mercial department, its rooms were a scene of business-like activity from the beginning to the end of the day. Thorough knowledge of office and business customs: familiarity with mimeograph, distaphone, ditto, bookkeeping, and calculating machinesg and training in the different methods of filing and indexing was given. Practical talks on varied business topics as well as many informal parties, dances, and picnics tended to bring the members of the department into friend- lier and more wholesome relationships. WILLIAM RAY ARTHUR CASSANDRA MARJORIE MAXWELL BURTON KRAUSE TI-IRASHER GADBOIS Librarian E171