Ballard High School - Shingle Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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LIBRARY The true scientist gathers his material from every available source, and Bal- lard students are no exception to this rule, for from eight o'clock in the morning until four or five o'clock at night Ballardites may be found en- joying some of the fourteen hundred Hction books on the library shelves, searching for an elusive statistical reference, or preparing assignments from the forty-eight magazines to which the library subscribes. Other students :Hll many and varied jobs in the library. GYM Many books have been Written on the Science of health, but this is one place Where practical application is more essential than book larningf' Girls' gymna- sium Work Was divided this year so that freshmen and sopho- mores were separated into re- spective classes, enabling the new girls to become better ad- justed and keeping the advanced players by themselves. Of spe- cial interest is the fact that more girls are taking physical educa- tion this semester than any oth- er. Boys' gym Work now in- cludes badminton classes, an ac- tivity for which the boys have long been asking. C3

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MATHEMATICS It is plain to even the unexperienced that Science and mathematics are closely connected, for the scientist applies his mathematical training and ability at every turn. Then, too, neat- ness and accuracy are prime requi- sites for success in either field. Math- ematical subjects this year included Algebra I, II, and III, Geometry I, II, and III, trigonometry, and navi- gation, a class which especially at- tracted boys interested in marine service, since such a subject may well be applied on the bounding billows. S C I E N C E Here at last we have the scien- tificestn Sciences of them all- the subjects of the Science de- partment. Hardy Ballard stu- dents are taught physics, chem- istry, radio, health education, botany, and biology, surround- ed by test tubes, experimental apparatus, skeletons, plants, and animals. Biology pupils chose semester projects involving per- sonal investigation on some sub- ject of interest to them, radio students brought new fame to Ballard by setting up a trans- mitting station W7EAg the cen- tral ofHce took moving pictures of pupils cultivating the garden and gathering their crops.

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Perhaps the most practical of all the subjects taught are found in the commercial department, for a commercial student grad- uates from high school well enough equipped to immediately settle down to the serious job of earning his living. Many teachers have students doing secretarial Work, a system which saves valuable time for the instructor and gives the pupil necessary practical training. This year's curriculum includes typing, short- hand, junior business training, office training, commercial English, penmanship and spelling, commercial law, commercial arithmetic, and retail selling. Retail selling students also received actual training by Working in department stores and other businesses. Topic of much conversation around school was the retail selling classes plan of constructive criticism. Each student in the class was criticized by all the other members. Criticisms were generally compliments, amazing as it may seem, and the others Were generally constructive. It is no Wonder that it is hard to find fault with this group of Ballardites, though, for the requirements for entering the class are very strict. x IL l xl i L ,i - fi V1 aa if .. l .. fl -H 'i il l rl ,H il ' if' 3 N fx 'E