German Township High School - Laureola Yearbook (McClellandtown, PA)

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COMMERCIAL (By NELLIE H. COLDREN) It was the first day of September, 1913, when the McClellandtown High School opened. There were many Scientists and Classicals, but, beside these there were other students, both old and new, who were known as the Commercials. These students came not to learn of love affairs, society news and etiquette, but came to learn something of the business world. A person who is anxious for an education and does not want to toil and worry over Latin, etc., may find a place of welcome in the Commercial Room. In most colleges you are required to know a small amount of commercial knowledge. Now here is where you can get it without any great expense. Above all this, there is a great opportunity of becoming a court reporter. Excellent salaries are given to expert stenographers. One never knows what opportunity may open and afford you a chance. A young man who just finished college, where lie had completed a classical course, took commercial work for his own personal benefit and after having completed the course obtained a position where he made much more money and had a more steady position than if he had been teaching in some school. Many faults have been found with the commercial class. We have been told that a commercial student does not have anything to do. If the person who says this will be kind enough to try it for a few days he or she will find it quite different. Of course one can never know too much on any one subject. The business man needs more real manhood in his employee that he does technical training; no matter what the business may be. Business is done on so large and complicated a scale and so much of it through corporations that the question of when and how far a principal is bound by the act of the employee is important. Although there are not many students in this department, we have our own officers, motto, colors, song, yell, etc. 29 JVIOTTO: “Work and Win.”

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STUDENTS' PAGE

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COURSE OF STUDY OF GERMAN TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL Under the New Four Year Plan, 8 Months’ Term. Recitations Daily Forty Minute Periods. FRESHMAN YEAR. Required— Ancient History. English (Advanced Grammar and Composition, 3 Classics). Algebra (Elementary) Arithmetic (Academic, especial attention to Metric System). Elective (Pupils must choose one of the electives.) Latin (Beginning). Physiography. SOPHOMORE. Required— Mediaeval History. Rhetoric (Including 3 Classics). Algebra (Advanced). Zoology (One semester). Botany (One semester). Elective— Latin (Caesar IV Books). German (Beginning). JUNIOR. Required— English History. American Literature (Including 3 Classics) Plane Geometry (IV Books). Physics (Including experiments). Elective— Latin (Cicero IV Orations). German (2nd Year Work). SENIOR. Required— Modern History. English Literature (3 Classics). Chemistry. Agriculture. Elective— Latin (Virgil IV Books). German (3rd Year Work). Solid Geometry (IV Books). COMMERCIAL Bookkeeping (20th Century System). Shorthand (Spencerian System). Typewriting. Commercial Law. Commercial Geography Penmanship (Palmer System). Business Letter Writing. 30