Elkhart High School - Pennant Yearbook (Elkhart, IN)

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OE WN tt oe i eae, Spies “Keep your eye on the copy”. ‘ TYPING IS A REQUIRED SUBJECT FOR IRENE, who hopes someday to be a private secretary. Typing has almost become a requirement for a successful college career, too. Here, Irene works on a business letter. The typing course is made up of two parts. One part teaches the student how to operate the machine and the other part is the learning of business and personal forms. At the beginning of the year each student (after paying a fifty cent rental fee), is Ce oe ep metafile: given a typewriting book and assigned to a typewriter. Several times during the course the pupils are assigned to another typewriter. The purpose of this is for the pupils to learn how to operate the different makes of machines. Typing is taught by Mr. Cooper, Miss Deal and Mrs. Hines. Students try for thirty word or forty word records and take regular speed tests. When Irene returns to her own country, she plans to continue her training for secre- tarial work. ¢

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cb Headline hunters: Irene and Gunther. IRENE AND GUNTHER LEARN about our country by studying newspapers from all parts of the United States. This course, called American Problems, is the study of our economic and social problems. With the help of textbooks, papers, and films, these two foreign students soon became acquainted with the ways and means of our government. Every student is required to sub- scribe to the American Observer, a miniature weekly newspaper, which gives us the pros and cons of current governmental issues and news of interest to all. Films play a very important part in understanding family problems and the nation’s crime. In the study of courts and their procedures, field trips to the city courtrooms are made. Irene and Gunther told us many interesting facts about. the: governments of their home- lands. This gave us interesting comparisons and new ideas for everyone to think about; so we completed a study that should help us to be better citizens.

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2b W olfgang solves the problem. WOLFGANG MUST NOT ONLY LEARN MATH IN THIS CLASS, but also how to crack wise. (And by the way, he’s pretty good at both.) Trigonometry and a fourth semester o f algebra are given to help the student understand the problems which confront the builder, the engineer and the architect. Consequently, a greater appreciation of art and architecture is furthered. From a vocational standpoint, a knowledge in this field is almost a necessity. This course, taught by Mr. Harvey, serves as a valuable introduction to the mathematics pupils will have in college if they choose to go on. Included is a thorough analysis of trigonometry, solution of triangles, complex num- bers, theory of equations, and an introduction to differential and integral calculus. In spring, through field trips, the pupils become acquainted with the use of transits and sextants.