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

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(Ummnrrrial Tiftstunj (By Harold O. Gadd.) -----------O—-—--------- O a student who is to enter upon a business career, the Commercial Course offers his sole reasonable hope of success. The student who understands Bookkeeping, or Shorthand and Typewriting thoroughly, need never be out of employment. There are a great number of opportunities for a person who has completed a Commercial Course. Th Gregg system of Shorthand is taught. This system is easy to learn, easy to write, and capable of the highest speed. The Palmer Method of Business Writing has been continued. Certificates in Bookkeeping are awarded by the Southwestern Publishing Company. Free assistance in securing employment is given by this company to a holder of one of these certificates. In athletics and music the Commercial Department ranks high, having contributed several members to both the basketball team and the orchestra. Our Alma Mater has always found the Commercial willing and ever ready to help in any of the High School events. One of the most notable events which took place during the past year, was a surprise party given in honor of I. N. Riffle by the Commercial Department. This was a grand success and was enjoyed by all who w'ere present. In the M. H. S. Commercial Department there were 24 students the past year; one post-graduate, five sophomores, and seventeen Freshmen. One of us was married, another secured employment, and so on until twenty good ones were left to carry on the work here. 31

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(fimtra? nf Utility OF GERMAN TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL Under the 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. ------------O------------ SOPHOMORE. Required— Mediaeval History. Botany (One Semester). Rhetoric (Including 3 Classics). Elective— Algebra (Advanced). Latin (Ceasar IV Books). Zoology (One Semester). German (Beginning). ■o--------- JUNIOR. Required— American Literature (Including 3 Classics). English History. Elective— Plane Geometry (IV Books). Latin (Cicero, IV Orations). Physics (Including experiments). German (2nd Year Work). -----O— SENIOR. Required— Modern History (One Semester). Economics (One Semester). English Literature (3 Classics). Chemistry. Agriculture. Elective— Latin (Virgil, IV Books). German (3rd Year Work). Solid Geometry (IV Books). ------—o------------ COMMERCIAL. Composition and Business Letter Writing. Bookkeeping (20th Century System). Shorthand (Gregg System). Penmanship (Palmer System). Typewrit ing. Mimeographing. Commercial Law. Spelling. Commercial Geography. Commercial Arithmetic.