Wilkinsburg High School - Annual Yearbook (Wilkinsburg, PA)

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lVlA'l'H1ClVlA'I'lCS. 'l'he pu rpose of teaching mathematics is to prepare the student for advanced work in engineering, surveying, and sciences. A most import ant objective. however. is to teach the student to reason methodically, in order to enable him to surmount his own problems in life. U ne year of plane geometry and three semesters of algebra are required of every academic student. .Xu additional semester of in - rr ' - ne of college algebra also U Q may be had. lfor - tecl i and triffonomet combined a trial course z e four semest r SCIICNC The must a I - science iven in h gh schc s ' . a 1 r of solid geometry ' 'l'o sup ement the indus- w math . d perhaps most interesting . -- try. This course has been organi' d for the u .1 of re arinf . iors for more .dvanced work ' college che n' 5 'l' tir r cita 'on periods are evoted to a tudy of the n . ta n es an their attiliatio with hom and industr . I' w bo a ry peri ds are inten ed to deve op a techniq e 1 b or ro edure- skill and c re in han ing equipme t , ethocls of collecting tta. and the inter- pret. tion of chemi al he n na. mportant to n s de t i a b 'ic kn 'ledge of N ture's funct ins and laws. Th co 'e n p ys' s is designed f r that purpos . It is especi ll 0 tlw l si ce 'e must all ha e some knowle fe at least of t scienti c a n which we liv . Class recitatio and laboratory Wo --1- ' h the basic pri ciples in mechanics. work, light, he Open to ny student, 1 for sophonior ., is a year in ti n ity. while the second s - ester t at of n tany or ant life. The pur- biology. The st semetger als ith zoolog or animal life. e t pose of this course is things, to learn to protect ing interest in plants and ani and m u ' with the many living preserve life, and to acquire an abid- mals. LIBRA RY. A most valuable aid in our school work is the library. Not only does it supplement the work of every subject, but it also encourages reference work and leisure reading, so that after gradu- ation the great value of the library may be appreciated and fully utilized. A Class IN DEslt:NlNG

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COIVIMICRCIAL. Of great value to those students who will enter the business world upon graduation is the Commercial department. ln the large curriculum are six semesters of bookkeeping. including cost accounting and banking, two years of typewriting and two of shorthand. The last semesters of each of these are combined in transcription work. Another important subject is otfice practice. which furnishes a wor : x -o. f the various otiice ma- chines. Commerci aw, JI r eogr , economics, and salesmanship a 1 offer int r g u lls of stud to the commer- cial student. FORFZIG LAN U GE. . lt h Latin is not as Jopular as it was 1 any years ag 1, it I . , .uf t in school becaus it is the backgr und of th P9 'c a RY s f cl of our own Inglish. Furth r than that, t rel L in give. us a glimpse of that race i iici has co so c t our la s and custom. The four year course b gi . ' ru tl n in ffr mmar, follow d the next y ar by e e ts from Laesars Commentaries. Frr the clasfcal students wh c ntinue to the fourth ear, there a two sem 'ters of Cice os . ' ' ti l wr semesters sp nt in read g irffil s f ' ' . 1 o ih he tra slation are in ermit- 'A a plus belle f ,' ' . ruthfully is French called e most beautifu language' On account of i. beauty, its clarit and its precise e x . come known as e interna- tional lan age-the lan u of re ties and of dip macy. For these reason, more stud a F ench than an ' other modern language. Th first yea is ' en p with the ' dy of grammar and simple exerc. '. T1 f low' g year als with more ad- vanced grammar and - ff ' eral novels and a play. Third year French students read a book of short stories. a history of France, and George Sand's La Man' an Diablff. L l I X 1 I 1 f 1 h g e . . ' sp i s n V g ' ll id X tent rose exercises d so s i ipl e I ology. - e e il 1 in Because more people speak Spanish than any other language of the world except English, and because English and Spanish are closely united in the commerce of the western hemisphere, it indeed ranks among the important subjects taught in the high school, Although there are not enough students studying Spanish to offer a three year course, the four semesters given provide ample prepara-