Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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Shirley Luge, Frances Rohwer. Lorna Collier. Loretta Lange, and Ruth Ber- ger in the commercial workshop. In connection with the retail training course, fane Tathwell works at a local retail store. Commercial instructors, sealed: Clem Bridge and Paid Moon. Standing: W'allace Evans and Michael Pardis. 23

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Commercial training instruc- tori are: Miss Lois llillemey- er, Aiiss Sibyl Blaine, Miss Della May Taylor. Miss Mil- dred Blair. Miss Cecil e Logic, and Aiiss Lola Weber. COMMERCIAL TRAINING The two courses offered by the commercial de- partment, secretarial and business, furnish an ample background in helping one to be successful in his job. After a three-year course in typing and a two- year course in shorthand, students are usually cap- able of taking a stenographic position. These classes have actual training in the workshop where they type and mimeograph things for the various school events. Courses in bookkeeping, office ma- chines, accounting, and commercial law arc avail- able for those who plan to make a career of busi- ness. After completion of these courses the stu- dent will be qualified to step into a business office. The advanced business students are given actual experience in the business field through the retail training program. One-half day is spent in school and the other half in working at the occupation they have studied. An ad l anced typing and shorthand class does an assignment. 22

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INDUSTRIAL AND VC 24 .. :. Wns, director of in- dustrial and adult educa- tion. When one passes the Industrial Arts build- ing and hears the drone of machines and the continuous roaring of the presses, he knows that the future industrial workers are at work. This three story building is set off from the main high school building and is particularly proud of its foundry, the only one of its kind to be found in the high schools of eleven of the surrounding states. In the printing department one would find the advanced classes demonstrating their skill in putting out the school paper, running off play programs, P.T.A. programs and announce- ments, or posters for various activities, while the beginners are learning to set type. Boys who are seeking practical education in welding, blueprint reading, mechanical draw- ing, patternmaking, and molding use a great deal of their time in the Industrial Arts build- ing. Vocational instructors, left to right, are Miss Aiildred Blair, l.yle Kenyon, Forrest Sissel, Sam Doris, Robert Weblage, and iMiss Pauline Cotter. In the machine shop the main project is the construction of the C-clamp. By so doing the students use every operation that a machinist meets. The internal combustion and welding instructors educate the pupils in the care and maintenance of the car. Making linoleum block cuts are left to right: fames Bebr, Howard Stoll- enberg, Russell Hermann, fames Fee- ney, and jack Kyle.