Forest Avenue High School - Forester Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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l believe it's two tablespoons of flour. HOME ECONOMICS Students engaged in the study of home economics receive a valuable background which can be further developed in college or in the home. The students are given information and directions in detail on the two main divisions of the subject, which are foods and clothing. ln the foods department students learn the value of dietetics and the relationship of food to hygiene. Girls enrolled in the clothing department of this course are trained to make clothes suitable to their individual style and personality. Clothing also includes the study of fabrics, colors, and patterns. SCIENCE An elective course of Chemistry is offered to students who care to advance their knowledge of science. Every new study and experiment performed leads to the attainment of the goal of this coursefto make chemistry practical and practicable. The one year course of Biology offers a foundation for later biological research. lt is a study of plant and animal life which helps students in observation of this type. ln Physics, students gain an understanding of the science of common things. They are taught to try to understand the phenomena of our environment. All students are required to take one year of Chern- istry, Biology, or Physics. ln addition General Science is offered to freshmen and sophmores. General Science does not meet the science requirement, but is counted in the major and minor sequences. Frances Beilltarz Home Econorrfcs Willie May Berry B. S. Home Econon ics A1..0..,e.,, Mazen., sr., Pearle Matthews B. A., M. A. Home Economics Alice Harrington B. A., M. A. Horne Economics Mabel Whittington B. S. Home Economics . l Gray Moore J. B. White J. Alan Boulton Junia E. McAlister B. A. 5. S., M. A. B. s., s.A., M. A. B. S., M. s. Science Solen? Science Science fx ' ali M

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Nannie Andrews B. A. , - gf Emma Brown Loula Elder s.A., M.A. B.A., M.A. C. L. Ford Kate Hassell B.A. B.S. That doesn't look much like a polygon, Mr. Lyons. MATHEMATICS No pupil can graduate Without having taken at least one year of General Mathematics, and for those desir- ing to go to college, three years of mathematics-alge bra l, 2, 3, 4 and geometry l and 24are required. Although mathematics is an ancient subject, it is the basis for many modern occupations, such as engi- neering, accounting, architecture, and banking. In every modern invention mathematics takes an important part. Mathematics serves to create independent think- ing and accuracy in students, trains logical reasoning, and sets forth principles which can be used in everyday life. ln the mathematics department there are thirty-eight classes taught by nine teachers, Whose subjects range from general mathematics to the more complicated course of trigonometry. Other forms of mathematics available are algebra, plane and solid geometry, and advanced arithmetic. These courses deal with a variety of subjects. Trigo- nometry is the study of the functions of triangles, alge- bra is theoretical, geometry takes up the functions of planes and solids, and general mathematics is a simpli- fied combination of all of these. Lavinia Rawlins L, E. Rosser Alva P. Shepard F- E' LYON a.A., MA.. B.A. 5.5. B' S' Latin History

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Margaret Brewer B. A., M. A. Commercial Arithmetic Virginia Hurst B. A. Typewritlng, Shorthand C. T. McCormack Accounting Not in Pictures S. N. Baker B.A. Shorthand Eloise Durham B. A., M. A. Journalism, English D. T. Griffith B. S. Mechanical Drawing A -is ' 5 .1 A 4 3 W. H. Keel'ng I B. S. Mechanical Draw- ing, Mathematics Julia Pritchett B. A. Typewriting Flash-bulb Flanz interrupts a speed testg the class thought it was lightning. COMMERCIAL The commercial subjects taught at Forest Avenue High School offer much practical value to the student. Those available are typewriting, in which students learn and apply the fundamental or basic rules of typingp shorthand, which gives valuable background for stenographic work in the business Worldg bookkeep- ing, which teaches pupils to do work of a clerical naturep commercial arithmetic, the rapid solving of business arithmeticg and mechanical drawing, the uni- versal graphical language of industry. To help students to see the importance and usefulness of accurately applied commercial work, to teach them to fulfill this need, and to help them develop habits of neatness, accuracy, and perseverance in the performance of tasks, are the purposes planned and carried out in these courses. IOURNALISM Iournalism, as it is taught at Forest, has the two-fold aim of teaching news appreciation and news writing to the pupils who take the course, and of keeping pupils throughout the school in close touch with school activi- ties and interests. ln the Forest Echo, the Iournalism students strive for the same high principles which characterize any good city newspaper: those of truthfulness, independence, constructiveness, moderation, and service to its pub- lic. The work of the lournalism classes is similar to that of men on any community newspaper. Students develop their nose for news by scouting for the un- usual, write their editorials, meet their deadlines with their copy, count their heads by schedule, edit their work, proof read the galleys, and when the paper has been printed, turn themselves into a swift-working cir- culation department to sell the papers.