Centralia High School - Skookum Wa Wa Yearbook (Centralia, WA)

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COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT Commercial studies were first introduced into the United States by Mr. R. M Bartlett, of Cincinnati, Ohio, where in 1846 he began giving instruction in book keeping and other commercial subjects to a few private pupils. His class finally grew so large that he started a small school for that purpose. Several colleges were founded for this instruction and later, in 1860, business colleges sprang up in all the important cities. The development in all lines of industry during the latter part of the Nineteenth century has made it necessary for business colleges and High Schools to extend their courses of study. The Centralia High School, in 1912, introduced a four-year Commercial course, including instruction in commercial arithmetic, bookkeeping, commercial spell- ing, penmanship, shorthand and typewriting. The instructors are Miss Lashbrook, shorthand, typewriting, and bookkeeping: Miss Koch, commercial arithmeticg and Mr. Kellogg, commercial spelling and pen- manship. Miss Lashbrook formerly taught all of the classes in this department, but this year the number of students taking this work increased to such an extent that it was necessary to call upon other members of the faculty to assist her. The students taking stenography are doing very accurate work. Owing to bet- ter facilities and larger classes, the average speed in typewriting is much higher than that of last year. The shorthand classes are progressing rapidly and many of the students in the first year class, as well as those in the advanced class, are acting as secretaries for Mr. Broad, Principal of the High School. TEMPLE RAWSON. ENTRANCE, LOOKING UP

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DOMESTIC SCIENCE The department of Domestic Science in schools has been the result of the broad educational movement for a more practical education in all lines of work. It is the beginning of a movement to provide for girls an education suited to their needs. Home Economics has been defined by the American Home Economics Associa- tion as including The economic, the sanitary and esthetic aspects of food, cloth- ing and shelter as connected with their selection, preparation and use by the fam- ily in the home. The primary object of the course is to prepare girls for homemakers. How to prepare and serve meals is not only studied but also the value of the different foods in furnishing heat to the body and building up the tissues. A thorough study is also made as to the cost of food stuffs in relation to their fuel value. The work in Domestic Science, established this year for the first time in Cen- tralia High School, has been divided into two groups: Cookery and Garment Making. In sewing the girls have made their dish towels, sewing and cooking aprons as well as clothing for themselves, the last article being a tub dress. Their rapid pro- gress can be noted by the fact that the first week of school a number of the girls were heard to ask: On which finger do you put your thimble? The sewing done in school has given the girls confidence in their ability to sew for themselves as well as the desire to do so and some of them are proudly wearing garments they DOMESTIC SCIENCE KITCHEN