Everett High School - Nesika Yearbook (Everett, WA)

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lIllllllllEllUllll La Boutique , meaning little shop , gives retail selling students an opportunity for prac- tical experience in selling methods. Robert Briggs Dora E. Knapp Helen Lalin za.-11633 Designed to prepare the student for positions in the business world are the courses offered by the Commercial Department. Stu- dents who pursue the suggested courses of study and who maintain above-average grades are prepared without further training to take positions immediately upon graduation. Such graduates are eligible for a Commercial Certificate recommending them for employment. Everett High's retail selling classroom, arranged in the manner of a small shop, is one of the most modern of such rooms in the state. La Boutique, as it is called, has a showcase which the retail selling class arranges attractively every few weeks with merchandise loaned to the school by local stores. The members of the class, through their work in downtown stores, have the opportunity of actually putting into use what they study in their classes. Commercial arithmetic, and commercial English are courses de- signed to review the fundamentals of arithmetic and English with special emphasis on business transactions, and technical terms and their business usages. ln commercial geography, students study the production, dis- tribution, and consumption of the products of commerce, while com- mercial law is a study of contracts, checks, notes, drafts, insurance, partnerships, corporations, personal and real property. Having completed these courses, boys and girls find it possible to enter the business world of today with greater assurance and ease. Dorothy Miller Rita M. Reel Anna E. Sturgeon Il

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As world distances grow increasingly smaller, history becomes more and more important in the lives of all people. When places hardly known to the average inhabitant of average American towns a few years before the war are only a few hours away now, it is neces- sary that some basis of understanding is established between the two. Only by a knowledge of the history and background of these places can the youth of today intelligently plan for world security and peace. Everett High School's History Department is well aware of the im- portance which it has in the curriculum of school subjects. In do- mestic affairs it is only by understanding the past of American life that one can hope to understand the present or forecast the future. American history and government are stressed in the schedule of every student. ln the study of Latin-American history, students secure an under- standing of the backgrounds of their southern neighbors, and realize how closely their history has followed that of the United States. Armed with this knowledge therpotential voter of tomorrow is better equipped to further hemisphere solidarity. Economics and sociology classes probe the causes of national and world wants and social habits of men, with special emphasis placed on questions which need attention in the United States. To imprint in the minds of future citizens the importance of their taking an active part in government is the main goal of the History Department. Arthur Ramstad Gertrude Schnasse Florence L. Tennyson lO HlSlllllY Miss Florence Tennyson, social science teach er, guides a discussion of social problems in one of her sociology classes. Isabelle Carlisle Helen Huletz Maurice P. Thompson

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Greater skill and facility in speaking are offered to Mr. Akright's public speaking classes. Five students are here prepared to conduct a lElIGllSH, STUDY HHll Everyone knows how to talk and nearly everyone can write, but few have become really proficient in these arts. At the present time English is spoken in more parts of the earth than any other one language, and its use is constantly becoming more general. Since it is the mother tongue of the United States, English is being stressed even more in High School courses so students will become more skilled in its use. forum. Appreciation of the literature of the world is stimulated by read- ing and discussing the best known classics of America and European countries. Public speaking courses are designed to train students to employ logical methods in collecting and organizing material for the extem- Catherine Crayton Fannie Johnson Ray C. Longtin I2 James G. Akright Verne Barbre Theodore Cederberg Ada McKenzie