Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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Mitt Mildred Blair, ra- tail tailing imtructor. WE TRAIN TO SELL Kay Schuttar ditplayt shoot to a customer in a downtown store. RETAIL SELLING We Americans are not compelled to concentrate on only one line of study while in our teens. We may receive full credit for required scholastic work and hold a permanent job besides. Retail selling, the newest addition to the high school curriculum, pro- vides this democratic opportunity. Students enrolled in this program spend half the day taking subjects required for graduation, retail selling courses, and other subjects which may be elected. The rest of the day is spent in the practical laboratory, for which credit is given. They clerk in downtown stores and receive the usual compensation. Laying the foundation for work on a professional level after col- lege, or for full-time employment following high school, retail selling gives students actual experience. Work on the job is discussed in the two classes — merchandising and consumer goods. Maxina Carnicla wait on a patron in a down- town stora. 13

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Examining the occu- pational chart are, left to right: Rich- ard Rasmuisen, Don Poterion. Bill Potter. James Lothringer. and Richard Lom- burg. WE PLAN OUR FUTURES VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE The greatest heritage of American citizens is opportunity, opportunity to achieve the highest standards of living, opportunity to attain eco- nomic independence and the enjoyment of the finer things in life. The occupations classes are confident that opportunity can be realized only by finding for which of the 29,000 occupations they are best suited. Following the ninth grade social science course, tenth grade occupations classes learn how man makes his living, examine their own capacities and interests, and analyze one particular occupation. As their part in the war effort, the occupations classes spent much time studying the necessary preparation and qualifications for some 400 branches of the service, and essential civilian occupations. Finding their place in the war effort is a diffi- cult task for high school students. To aid them in securing part-time jobs, Mr. Calvert, director of vocational guidance, and Miss Cotter, occu- pational instructor, conduct the D. H. S. place- ment bureau. With students' names on file, they place the right man in the right job.

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WE LEARN TO APPRECIATE ART Art instructor , loft to right: Miss Sue Simi and Miss E. Dorothy Doennecko. There are few freedoms that mean more to Americans than to draw or paint as their emotions direct. That we may make use of our desire to express ourselves in this way, the art department of D. H. S. includes art training in numerous fields. Fundamentals of art, drawing, painting, principles of design, sculpturing, commer- cial art, and metalcraft are taught in the three-year art course. Men Working Together, the mural opposite the office, The Pioneers, now on display at the Main Street entrance, and two war murals were completed this year. These paintings, as well as war stamp posters, menu covers, and braille covers — projects for the Junior Red Cross — pos- ters for the rag and woolen drive, and dec- orative war maps showing army and naval training centers or Pacific battle scones represent tho work of the art department to aid in the war effort. Center: Clockwis« «round tho table «ro Paul Merritt. Arlene Chandler, Donald Glenn, Doris Dunlap, and Marilyn Miller who are working on postors in a war bond drive contest. Above: A group of art students working on a mural, Men Working Together.