Central High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Pueblo, CO)

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uibzess ana! Sgofza 'zz omfzfsfs For those to whom the business world offers a gleam and an allure, there is a commercial course. Instructors do not try fully to complete the course in high school, but the fundamentals are meticulously taught in order that advanced work in that particular field will come more easily for those who continue. Two years of shorthand and typing are given in which a spe- cinc speed must be obtained before credit is given. Business training and business arithmetic or commercial geography and commercial law may be taken as well as a four year course in bookkeeping. If you've a yen for working with things mechanical, Central's shops offer ample oppor- tunity to satisfy it. Future printers learn the various techniques of their job in the printing shop, and the architects are trained in mechani- cal drawing. Tomorrow's electricians and elec- trical engineers may begin their extensive train- ing in the electric shop, and the carpenter should, of course, include woodwork in his cur- riculum. Welders and mechanics to take care of the great machines of the age may also begin their training in Central shops. Needle work in its various forms is still an- other course included at Central. During the beginning year, the girls are re- quired to keep notebooks containing samples of different kinds of cloth and different sewing stitches. However, during the next three years they are allowed to make whatever types of gar- ments they prefer. Those boys and girls who are planning to be the cook at home or elsewhere can profit by the two-year course in home economics now offered. Central students are accorded the privilege of four years of musical training in either vocal or instrumental music. Vocal aspirants begin their training in the freshman glee club and work up through the Cosmopolitan glee club to the A Cappella choir. From the choir are chosen the leads for the operetta, the outstand- ing musical event of the year. Seamstreses show that there is more to making a dress than cutting around the pattern-Al-lame economists in the raw. jfnawar .if gp The lads watch the wheels go round in the machine shops-The carpenters have their hope chests under way- Future architects ponder over their drawing boards-The press rolls on while two of the boys read what its .ill About. Page Ninelecn

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owzsss 'za ima U0 QSUEKOII afzisfbty of jnfsfzasfs Page Eighteen Just the bare skeleton, but it too is instructive in its wayw- The baby boa constrictor docs his daily gymnastics for the girls--Chemists see how near they can come to concocting an explosionfhfcticu- lous care in measuring is required-'Physics stuf dents study clectricityf-A typist shows the right way to play on the keys. ciancz ana! Jfffafg jzzffzigua any After a student in Spanish has completed his first year of grammar study, he begins the more advanced work. This is generally in the form of translations of stories of travel throughout Spain. Third and fourth year students translate modern Spanish plays and novels, thus gaining a more complete understanding of Spanish life and ideals. For the scientifically minded, Central pro- vides a full course. General science, which is offered only to freshmen, is a general study of the earth and its surrounding elements. Biology, taught as a second year course. is the study of plants, animals, and the human body including all their similarities and dissimilarities. The various laws of nature and their relationship to man are studied in the third year course of physics. Chemistry is given in the fourth year. It is the study of the various effects of chemical changes. Students begin their study of social science with a course in ancient European history and continue on through the next two years with modern European history and American his- tory and civics, which is given during the last half of the third year. Sociology, psychology, and economics are all half-year optional courses for the last year. They deal with the intellectual, social, and economic problems of the human race: and fit the students to meet life with a better understanding of its numerous complexi- ties. A full four-year course of mathematical brain exercises is offered for the students who are in- terested in that line of work. Algebra and plain geometry which are given the Hrst and second years respectively are generally required for col- lege entrance in state institutions of higher learning. Advanced algebra, a third year course. is offered for those students who are planning to continue their work in mathematics through college. The fourth year course consists of a half year of solid geometry for the benefit of future engineers and trigonometry for math majors.

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The battery of blast furnaces, shown here framed by overhead trestles, are the beginning of the metamorphosis of steel. The raw materials, iron ore, coke, and lime rock are loaded into the furnaces and blasted with hot air, burning the impurities from the ore. The ladle-like cars in the right foreground are used to transport the molten metal to the open hearth. Ufaaasi