Erasmus Hall High School - Arch Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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T Nw- ilx Left to right across both pages Llnclo Touhx Phyllis Clomh Xlr Z C Nhruas Ccorga mn 1 Aschcr Robyn YV1 aku Allan Duhrowslax Rhoda C' ippsl Xlr H arty Allin anclD1am NIcCloucl Minor art was 1 required coursa for all enttrlng freshman incl sophomores Hera tht hislc principles of ut xurt taught and we aura gavtn tht oppor tunltv to duelop an interest an art or to utilize talent along those lines Those of us who wished to continue this stuclx elected major art delving more deeply into the lI'ltI'lLltt. patterns of llncs and spaces Sketchlng sind puntlng comprisul thi hulk of tht work ua this courst Classes an sculpture .and ceramics Wert cltctul by m-any xx ho faxorul work in clay. Both 'ahstract 'and realistic figures wart moulclccl in the fflfllltl' course. while pottcry' was the muin concern in the latter. At 'all timcs irntagiinativg posttrs, coutrihutccl hy students in tht cltpartintnt hrightcnul our hialls 'incl rnaclt the task of walking from one class to 'another decidedly more pleasant. lim lla, xx X

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Fme Arts Mrs Cecllle B Davis 9,4 C hazrman 3- A plcture 15 not wrought bv hands wlone hut hx thought In the mterlor l1fe lt hrst must stfnrt md grow to form and color m the soul there omg concexved and rounded to 1 whole the rest IS hut the handlcraft of 1rt Ogg K H WILLIAM WETMORE smm I --F' . 4 7... ' I . . ' . 'lf VF , - 7 l y ' l my! k and whlte Contrast lt wlth the gaudmess Plcture the dullness of a world of blac of a world splashed haphazardly Wlth all the colors of the rzunbow Our schools Fme Arts Department taught us how to find a happy medlum be tween these two extremes The proper use of color was 1ust one of the many objectxves our teachers stressed Creatlvltv beautv of l1ne and pleaslng arrangements of space were deemed equally lmportant bv the competent staff

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Secretarial Studies 'I Miss Winifred McMahon Chairman Daily, the clatter of hundreds of typewriters heralded the approach of Erasmus-bred secretaries toward the business world. Those of us under the jurisdiction of the Secretarial Studies Department found that efficiency and reliability in business routine were stressed. In the stenography classes, we learned to decipher the baffling series of squiggles and lines known as short- hand. Rapid-fire dictation was no longer impossible to record on paper. Comprehensive courses in secretarial practice combined shorthand with our newly developed skill in typing. Those of us who were especially fast and accurate found a challenge in the special clerical practice class. In addition, accelerated courses in typing and stenograpliy were available for students who were pursuing an academic course of study. Future operators of switchboards, adding machines. and the like were also provided for. They received thorough training in the manipulation of the various business machines and found, as had the secretaries, that Erasmus had prepared them well for the business world. Strange small lines and stranger smaller circles are the bases of this lesson as Mrs. Muriel Hendricks teaches her class the fundamentals of stenography. A secretarial practice class takes speed dictation as a matter of course. ,9 ,.2,0 were 9 .2 er