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

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iriHiE Home Economics Department Beulah Scheck, Miss Nellie Eberts, Mrs. Ire Lucy Woolery, and Mrs. Lillian McDonald. Because of the practicability of the subjects offered, the Home Economics department boasts a very large enroll' ment. Although a year of household arts is required of all Fairfax girls, many take additional courses. Several classes are also open to boys. The variety of subjects offered by this department is shown by the following list: Cooking, sewing, millinery, dietetics, household management, first aid, social arts, home nursing and camp cookery. Miss Jean McCulloch heads the Home Economics department, assisted by Mrs. Marguerite Behrman, Miss le Partridge, Miss May McKinley, Miss The chief purpose of the mathematics department is to increase the reasoning power of the students and to give them a sound training for future business endeav- ors. The faculty headed by Mrs. Flora Dunn, includes Miss Deborah Walsh, Miss Maude Marks, Miss Lillian Thie- len. Miss Florence Bowes, and Miss Emma Brown. Instruction is given in General Mathematics, Algebra, Plane Geometry, Solid Geometry, and Trigonometry. The importance of Elementary Algebra and Plane Geometry as a foundation for cer- tain courses at the State Universities is the reason these two subjects are com- pulsory for students preparing for col- lege entrance. However, many of these Colonials take additional mathematics and a large number of pupils taking general academic courses are enrolled in this de- partment for more than the required amount of time. Mathematics Department Under the chief supervision of Mr. Leroy Brown, the Mechanic Arts depart- ment has succeeded in turning out every type of practical workmanship. The Colo- nial Gazette, weekly newspaper, is printed by the Fairfax printshop classes instructed by Mr. Halmar Gustaveson. Auto Mechanics, chosen by many boys, is taught by Mr. Paul Bultmann. The instructor in Mechanical and Architec- tural Drawing is Mr. Guy Lee. Electri- cal wirings and appliances are super- vised by Mr. G. A. Carvili, while the classes in Woodshop and Stage Craft are conducted by Mr. Brown. Although only one unit of these practical arts is required, the large en- rollment in the various shops is proof of the interest of Fairfax boys in such subjects. t 16] Mechanic Arts Department

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The English department with Mr. Homer Goddard as its head offers prac- tical and artistic training. Courses in Grammar, Composition, Literature, Cre- ative Writing, Drama, Journalism, and Public Speaking are included in the curriculum of this department and sat- isfy the varying interests of the entire student body. The members of the faculty, Miss LeOra Baxter, Mrs. Phyllis Davis, Miss Sallie Pritchartt, Mrs. Antoinette Mor- rison, Miss Charlotte Mills, Miss Sara Heath, Miss Esther Halgren, Miss Araxie Jamgochian, Miss Jessie Lickel, Miss Edina Newby, Mrs. Kathryn Ray, Mrs. Jessie Stromberger, Mr. George Garton, and Mr. Homer Goddard, are active in sponsoring school clubs and periodicals. Mrs. Davis is the faculty adviser of the Promethean Society Mr. Goddard sponsors the English Department Literary Lions, Mrs. Stromberger directs dramatics. and Miss Jamgochian The Foreidi Language department, headed by Mm Henrietta Way, reports a larg r nfollment than ever before. Third and fourth year classes of Ger- man, Spanish, French, and Latin have been organized to meet the demands of the linguists. The eight faculty members of this department. Miss Henrietta Way, Miss Adelaide Hard, Mrs. Gladys Henry, Miss Nannette Aiken, Miss Florence Ringle, Miss Margaret Roalfe, Miss Theresa Reeve, and Miss Edith James, have all traveled extensively and have become acquainted with the habits, cus- toms, and mannerisms of the foreign peoples. The Girls Gym department offers instruction in all the seasonal sports: speedball, hockey, baseball, basketball, volleyball, and tennis. Under the head supervison of Mrs. Betsy Fricke, classes in calisthenics, corrective nutrition, archery, tap and natural dancing, and hygiene have also been organized. Foreign Language Department The Girls' Athletic Association, which offers an added recreational per- iod, is also under the sponsorship of the Girls' Gym department. This organiza- tion is in charge of all interclass and in- terschool competition. The G.A.A. was host to girls from neighboring schools at a play day on May third. Faculty members of this department include besides Mrs. Fricke, Miss Helen Greening, Mrs. Margaret Craig, Mrs. Lauralee Delaney, Mrs. Fern Whiting, Miss Marian Sweetser, and Miss Gwen- dolyn Corson. Girls' Physical Education Department 1 1 1

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t The activities of the Music depart' ment are representative of what well or- ganized departments and conscientious students can do. Every special occasion brings forth musical entertainment of a very high degree. The annual Christmas and May programs feature the com- bined boys’ and girls’ glee clubs accom- panied by orchestra and band. The music course of Fairfax offers a variety of subjects. Orchestral instruc- tion is given by Mr. Thomas Rice; Chor- us and Music Appreciation are super- vised by Mrs. Floy Bower; Piano Har- mony and Senior Chorus are taught by Mrs. Florence Horton. Miss Allene Bixler teaches the History of Music, the Boys’ Glee club and choruses, while Miss Sallie Mason, head of the department, w'orks with the Girls' Glee club, Girls’ Chorus and Mixed Chorus. The Science department, headed by Mr. Lisle Smith, offers instruction in Horti- culture, Landscaping, General Science, Biology, Physiology, Chemistry, and Physics. A new laboratory course in Landscaping was offered this semester which satisfies the laboratory science graduation requirement and also gives the students who wish to specialize in this subject a better background in their chosen field. An event of particular interest to this department is the annual chemistry contest sponsored by the Southern Cali- fornia Section of the American Chemi- cal Society. Colonials who have entered this contest upheld the standards of the school in a creditable manner. Fred Weiss won the contest for 1933. Science Department Mr. Lawrence Chandler, Mr. Benjamin Cornell, Mr. Donald Gray, Miss Jessie Grieve, Mrs. Beatrice Meyer, Mrs. Doris Siddall, Mr. John Sitler, Mrs. Jean Sloat, Mr. Walter Koenig, Mr. William Wilson, and Mr. Smith, make up the personnel of the Science Department. The Social Science department headed by Miss Emma Wood is one of the most important at Fairfax. Because of present day world conditions, pupils wish to know more about national affairs and relation- ships. This accounts for the increasing interest in civics, social problems, Pan- Pacific, and International Relati o n s classes. Ancient, world, United States, and California history are given as back- ground for the more modern subjects. Miss Wood, Miss Hazelle Martin, Miss Elizabeth Summerhays, Miss Martha Shulhof, Miss Harriet Sloan, Miss Na- dine Steininger, Mrs. Emily Thompson, Mrs. Gladys White, and Mr. Harry Underwood are responsible for the active interest in Social Science. cm , Science Department I [ 17]