Boise High School - Courier Yearbook (Boise, ID)

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l X First ru-w-Minnie Luke-s, Typing and Shorthand, Laura Lynn Typing, Shorthand and Commercial Arithmetic, Ida Marsh, Typing Shorthand and Othce Practice, Grace Maberly, Typing and Element- 'T 'lin 9 '1 lr - Nl VV Kline Cnnnn ri'1ll J A Ur! ral l i U1 IHA 0'Ll.'qi . . , 5 C A JIYY: . Burt, Elementary Business Trznnlng and Commercial Arithmetic, J E. Six, llead of Depzlrune-nt, C'onnnz-rcial Arithmetic and Bookkeeping, o Olllflllllfllllilfofllllill KJMMERCIAI, work in Boise High School has be- come a major part of the school. Seven hundred and thirteen stu- dents are enrolled and seven teachers are employed in this department. The subjects offered are: Typing, Shorthand, Office Prac- tice, Commercial Law, Book- keeping, Commercial Arith- metic, Elementary Business Training, Commercial Geog- raphy and Salesmanship. Manly students have taken advantage of these practical subjects in planning their careers. J. li. Six, who heads the department, teaches Commercial Arithmetic and Book- keeping. Nlr. Six acquired his B.S. in Education from Central lylissouri State Teach- ers, College. A. Burt, who is treasurer of the Associated Student Body, also teaches Commercial Arithmetic, Elementary Business Training, and has charge of the Book Room. He has his A.B. from lillsworth College. lylinnie Lukes attended Nebraska State College and Nlidland College for four years, taking an A.B. degree from the former school. bliss Laura Lynn, who has an A.B. from Armstrong College, teaches Typing, Shorthand and Commercial Arithmetic. Grace Maberly, who has a B.S. in Commerce from Oregon State College, teaches Elementary Business Training and Typing. lda Nlarsh, also a teacher in this department, teaches one of the major sub- jects, that of Oflice Practice. lyliss Nlarsh has attended Cheney Normal College. Oflice Practice is offered for students who are majoring in stenography. Advanced Typing and Shorthand must be taken with this subject. Nl. VV. Kline, Commercial Law teacher, has an LI..B. degree from the University of Idaho. A new project has been introduced in the Commercial Department, Single-period Typing. Eighty-five students now in the four classes are officially enrolled for only one period daily. For extra laboratory or practice Work each student is tested for his resourcefulness or initiative in the use of his study hall or other extra time. Typmurirfrs hum busily as future slwzografzlzerx dmmlop skill. Page Tfwrnty-four

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lllloimie Economics and Art THE Home Economics De- partment offers courses in Domestic Science to both boys and girls. The instructors, Blanche Hall, Edith Lowry and Rachel Jones, teach their pupils to select materials and make clothes that emphasize their per- sonalities and at the same time keep within their portion of the family budget. Miss Hall re- signed to be married after the 1 -V , First row-Rachel jones, Sewing, Blanche Hall, Cafeteria and Home Managementg Josephine Keane, Physical Educationg Mary Hollingshead, Art. Srrond rome-Sarah Maherly, Head of Depart- ment, Sewing and Cafeteria, Carol Paine, Cooking, Edith Lowry, Sewing. first semester and Esther Stalker was obtained to take charge of her classes. Cooking is offered in a very practical form by Sarah lllaberly, Carol Paine and llfliss Hall. The first-year pupils are taught the fundamentals of planning and cook- ing well-balanced mealsg the next year they are advanced to a course in cafeteria, which gives to girls who wish to take the subject up as a profession ample opportun- ity to learn to prepare food in large quantities. Home Economics for boys has been offered for the last two years, and Miss Hall, the former instructor, felt that it has been very worth while. This department has a very efficient corps of teachers. Miss lwaberly, head of the department, has received her HS. degree in Home Economics from the University of Idahog llliss Jones has obtained an AB. from Penn College, Miss Paine received her B.S. in Home Economics from the University of Washirigton, and lyliss Lowry has received her B.S. degree from the Oregon State College. Miss Stalker has her B.S. degree in Home Economics from the University of Idaho. lllary Hollingshead teaches Art and has her A.B. from the University of Cali- fornia, a certificate from the Chicago Art Institute and her B.S. degree in Education from the University of Idaho. She tries to introduce her students to an understand- ing of beauty in nature, in the works of man, and in human character. This spring an art bazar was sponsored by the students of the Art Department. Girls beat the depression by making their oawn clothes. Page Tecrnty-ihfre Mr Q X ,Ai

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oreiigin anngiuieige THE Foreign Language De- partment in Boise High School is a very well established one. Four languages, French, Spanish, Latin and German, are offered. This department has given many students not only a knowledge of a foreign lan- guage, but also the ability to associate it with the ideas and CUSt0111S of the l2iI1dS fI'0Ill Mary Ann Hogarth, Lating Evelyn VVenstrom, German and Latin. First rnfw-Valnra Blackburn, Spanishg Emma Simmons, Head of Department and French, Karen Kieldsen, Spanish. Svruml row-H which these languages come. The department is headed by Emma Simmons, a veteran teacher in Boise. A very complete group of Latin subjects is taught. First and second semesters of Latin include Latin Grammar. Third and fourth semesters take up the study of Cae- sar, which is mainly lessons in translations. Fifth and sixth semesters involve Cicerog Virgil constitutes seventh and eighth semesters. Thus Latin is offered four years. Evelyn Wenstrom, who has acquired an A.l3. from Carlton College, teaches this subject, and Mary Ann Hogarth, who has received her M.A. degree from the Uni- versity of Iowa, is also a teacher of this language. German, introduced last year, is taught by bliss XVenstrom. Two years are offered. Three years of French are taught. The first year takes up the study of the funda- mentals of the language. The second and third years include grammar and transla- tion. French is taught by Miss Simmons, who has obtained her lVI.A. from the Uni- versity of VVisconsin. French songs are also learned by the students. Spanish holds for the student a great deal of pleasure other than the study of the language. Three years of study are required for completion of the Spanish courses in Boise High School. The first year of study consists of the fundamentalsg the sec- ond year is grammar and translation, and the third year is mainly translation. Teachers of this subject are Valora Blackburn, who has received her lVI.A. de- gree from the University of VVisconsin, and Karen Kicldsen, who has acquired her A.l3. degree from the University of California, and has done some graduate Work. Dine Rose ohne Dorman -No rose fwithout thornr. l Page Trwfnly-five