Fairfax High School - Colonial Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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THE COLONIAL 1 9 3 2 MECHANIC ARTS DEPARTMENT Mechanical drawing, electric, auto, print, and wood shops make up the Mechanic Arts department. Mr. Le Roy Brown, leader of this section, states that his department has a capacity enrollment of approximately eight hundred and fifty hoys. Admission to the classes was refused to many hoys because of the limited amount of room. This department hopes to make the boys more useful in that they should be able to save time, inconvenience, and money at home. Many fine pieces of the bpjs' acympiislynents ha 1 The Colonial Ga- the rotunda, zette, the Creative Writing book- let, and programs for entertain- ment are printed in the school’s print shop. During the spring semester the auto shop had as one of its projects the repainting of an automobile belonging to a mem- ber of the faculty. MUSIC DEPARTMENT Under the leadership of Miss Sallie Mason, the Music depart- ment has had an outstanding year in both enrollment and accom- plishments. In the summer term there was an enrollment of eight hundred students, the largest in its history. The major part of this department consists of three boys', two girls’, and two mixed choruses, two orchestras, and a R. O. T. C. band. The boys’ and girls’ choruses have sung in the assemblies, and the orchestras, under the direction of Mr. Thomas Rice, have furnished the music for numerous affairs and entertainments. The most outstanding work of the or- chestra was at the Christmas pro- gram when it accompanied the combined glee clubs in a musical rendition. The former School Band has changed its name to the R. O. T. C. Band. This band has played in the audito- rium and at football games on Van Cleve Field. 1 H ]

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% THE COLONIAL 19 3 2 HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT To make the students more interested in home making and household arts are the objectives of the Home Economics depart- ment. Of the 774 enrolled, there are 95 boys. First aid, clothing, foods, art of entertaining, luncheon work, and social arts are offered. On account of the large number of students who applied for admis- sion into the Social Arts class, only Senior A’s were admitted. The boys have a choice of first aid, camp cookery, and social arts. The department is headed by Miss Jean McCulloch and assisted by seven teachers. The show cases in the rotunda are constantly filled with the accomplishments of this section. At the end of each five weeks, the girls display their work in the clothing room. Fashion shows presented in assemblies have af- forded much entertainment for both boys and girls. CC... ,,r. MATHEMATIC S DEPARTMENT Advice from the University of California has reached Miss Ruth Purnell, Counsellor, and Mrs. Flora Dunn, Mathematics head, to the effect that students planning to enter the University should take three years, and if possible four years, of mathematics. The depart- ment is expecting an increase in enrollment due to this suggestion. Up to the present time only one year of Algebra and one year of Geometry are usually taken. If the suggestion from the University is followed, there will be an increase in enrollment in the eleventh and twelfth grades. The students should follow this advice before it becomes a rule. The reason this urgent suggestion is made is because it has been found that certain freshmen courses cannot be successfully taken without a working knowledge of eleventh grade Algebra. During the spring term there were 1050 students in the depart- ment; of these, 550 were in tenth grade classes. General Mathe- matics, Algebra, Geometry, Solid Geometry, and Trigonometry are taught by the instructors. [ 13 ]

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+ THE COLONIAL 19 3 2 SCIENCE DEPARTMENT General science, biology, physiology, chemistry, and physics are the subjects offered in the science department. The explanation of natural phenomena and the proof of them in the laboratory is one of the chief functions of the department. During the past year there has been an enrollment of over one thousand fifty students in the science courses. Tenth grade biology claims the largest enrollment of subjects offered. Next in order is eleventh grade physiology, followed closely by eleventh grade chemistry. Twelfth grade physics and ninth grade general science seem to be the least popular of the sciences, for in these courses the enrollment is the lowest in the department. Pupils take Science five days a week, three of which are spent in regular class work; the other two combined with another period comprise a double labora- tory period. SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT With a greater variety of subjects to choose from, the social science department has become all the more interesting, educational, and popular. Miss Emma Wood, head of the division, has planned to make this department the most outstanding at Fairfax. The courses of the Social Science department deal with domestic and foreign affairs, and social and economic problems. The students have their choice of such subjects as California History, International Relations, Social Problems, Pan Pacific History, Civics, and World History. This year has seen the open- ing of a periodical room for this department. In this room, 241, copies of various magazines, pa- pers, and pamphlets have been stored for the use of the students. A new system has been in- augurated in which all eleventh grade history is taken the first semester and Civics in the sec- ond. This allows greater free- dom in selecting elective courses in the twelfth grade. 1 15 )