West Allis High School - Wamago Yearbook (West Allis, WI)

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VIRGINIA WHEELER JUIIX E. NVE -MRS. IDA DOERFER Literature is taken up in the junior high school and the first semester of the senior high school, while the first two years of the senior high school are al;o devoted to special activities relating to general language and literature. During lOA the emphasis is placed on an ap- preciation of newspaper and magazine work. The latter half of lOA is devoted to biography and essay. In 11 B the special fields are poetry, the novel, and the short story. 11 A is the period of drill on systematic and scientific research into problems that present themselves, debate and formal discussion. This is a period devoted to how to study. The twelfth ear is the climax of the course. The general theme is the literature of England and America paralleled by the political, social. and cultural histories of the English sp: aking race. There is a public speaking program calling for training and activity in the subject one da each week during the senior high school. junior High students recei e librar - instruc- tion one week in each semester. 1 he English department is one of the most efficient departments for its field of study is a aried one and interesting. Since English is a college requirement, and also a high school requirement, all pupils are actively engaged in the work. A most interesting part of the English work is the public speaking period once a week, con- ducted by Mr. John E. Nye. This training is one of exceptional worthiness, for it gives to the inipil a lesson on self ex pression. This training leads also to a dramatic part of forensic work. Journalism is also a well liked field, for it brings the pupils in close connection with the newspaper and e er day happenings. From this work pupils learn how papers are edited and how news is gathered, and the working of a news- paper ofiice and print shop. Trips are also taken to large ne spaper firms. 21

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FRED R. BUSH LILLIAN LAWSON AUDRA rniLLirs MAUD DIXSMORE English Department THE English course of the high school is divided into three general headings. These are language, literature, and special activities. These three divisions are .so related that the aim of the English department is to organize the entire six years course to the end that it may be one united whole. The language division has to do with the cor- rect scientific structure and use of English ; litera- ture is the idealistic channel in which one b: ' - comes influenced by the thoughts and actions of thinkers; and in division three, special activities, comes the opportunity for the development of personal abilities. The language course takes in the junior h gh .school. At the end of 9A the student is prepared for an advanced course in the oral and written use of his own language. The language work is perfected in the remaining three years. . L RTHA NEPRUD A. K. PIERCE ELIZABETH .McDONALl) ALLEN BlSin 20

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PAUL BAST HELEN JOHNSON CORNELIA GEBHART Social Studies Department IN this departnu-nt we are trying to make the students understand what the march of time and progress of events has made possible on this earth of ours and get them acquainted with the past. The keen human being learns from the mistakes of others. The one to whom knowledge means very little very often makes the same mis- takes over and over again, so why not learn from the past, through history, and avoid making man ' mistakes ? The course which extends through the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades introduces pupils to the chief conditions and problems which will con- front them as American citizens. Then ancient and medieval history is taught in the tenth grade. In this course one studies about Egypt, the Tigris-P ' uphrates valle , Pal- estine, Greece, and Rome, and about the life, gov- ernment, and knowledge of the people of these countries. It also includes a study of the Church, B. II. BIRROWS iIARGARETH. MEYNE Anol.FI! K. ZD. 22