Eastern High School - Lantern Yearbook (Lansing, MI)

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OHice Pfacuce' Room COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT Buslly ln many thousands of offices Cl1Ck the typewrlters They play a great part m Amerxcan 11fe And swlftly do the fingers that operate them move upon the keys One must be tramed to a hxgh pomt of efhclency to occupy cler lcal posxtlons That IS the thmg that our commerclal department seeks to do Practice and expert ence greatest necessltles are gamed through close contact wlth real sltuatlons that requlre solv mg Eastern has an ofhce practlce suxte of four rooms well equlpped wlth hlmg dlctatmg calculatmg and adding machmes Another room IS devoted excluslvely to mlmeographmg and dupllcatmg and yet another to receptlon and consultatlon use For those Inter ested ln salesmanshlp there IS an exhlbltlon room of manufacturers products 1n whlch the student gams practlce m demonstratxng and sellxng Complete tramlng for those who wlsh to make stenogra phy thelr llfe work lS offered and they leave well equlpped to fill 1m portant places In the great modern offices I Page Twenty szx 1 ' v v ... ,

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HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT What shall we eat? What shall we wear? These are lmportant questlons Such they have always been and probably always wlll be Those who take Home Economlcs courses Fmd the answers to them They learn to select and serve the foods that sclence has proved most b9I'l8HCl3l They learn t make and choose clothes that best fit thelr partlcular type The home IS the greatest and most powerful lnstltutlon In any country Those who have as thelr duty the keep mg of It cannot be too well versed m knowledge that llghtens the tasks that makes for the fam 11ys best health and that causes domestlc lnfe to be happy and full of content At the request f many boys a semester of Home Economlcs for them was mtro duced The preparatlon of slmple meals the selectlon and care of clothmg and the makmg of the boy s own room more lxvable are lncluded in th1s course The Home Economrcs department has a Eve room model apartment where practlce ln the art of enter tammg and care of the home may be had Sclence and art golng hand ln hand w1th home makmg are promotmg better homes and a healthler natlon Lwmg Room m the Apartment I Page Twenty five l . O , - ' 1 v . 0 y 1 v , . v ' 1 v

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INDUSTRIAL deg DEPARTMENT Pupxls takxng the Industrlal Course are glven the fundamental prmcxples of the trade whxch they prefer and for whlch they show some speclal Interest and natxve abllrty The subjects taught are made more useful to the boy by therr appllcatlon to practlce There are elghty Eve speclal trades llsted un der five general heads any one of whlch may be chosen Alternat mg with the trade experlence are the lmportant techmcal subjects Industrral Engllsh Draftmg Mathematlcs Trade Technology and the Sciences In each case the baslc prmcxples are to encourage respect for work and develop hablts of accuracy and skill wlth a vlew of brmgmg the school the home and the shop mto closer relatlon so that greater appreclatlon for hlgher standards among the workmg classes may be cultlvated and enjoyed N-sl The Prmt Shop l Page Twenty seven 1