Hayward High School - Agrarian Yearbook (Hayward, CA)

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THE WINGED H JUNE '25 HAYWARD HIGH SCHOOL EDITORIAL HERE has been a precedent set in high schools for some years past re- garding the Commercial Department -using it for a sort of dumping ground for the lazy pupil, the slow pupil, and the mentally subnormal, who could not keep pace with the requirements of the academic subjects. When teachers tire of drilling difficult subjects without any mental reaction from the student, they would invariably advise them to transfer to the commercial depart- ment and take up typing or one of the other subjects offered there. We are thank- ful that this is no longer the case, or that the precedent is at last dying. Stu- dents must qualify for commercial work as for any academic subject, in fact. the qualifications in a sense, are higher, since the Commercial Department is the only one requiring 1007, efficiency in all branches-there is no happy medium or getting by when the preparation is for future bucking of the severe and cold-blooded business world. Typing, for example, requires maximum concentration for the acquirement of efficiency, stenography is essentially the study of a new language-a sign language, requiring constant mental alertness and memory training and teaches as attributes-English, rhetoric, spelling and geography. The time has come when almost everyone desires to fit himself, in part at least, for some branch of business. Women, as well as men, are every day taking a more prominent position in the business world. The high school is the logical place for the beginning of a business training, although the first-year student should not be eligible for commercial subjects, other than spelling, penmanship. arithmetic or such elementary classes. Shorthand and typewriting have been found to be of unusual benefit to college students, not only in the preparation of their written work and the taking of notes at the University, but also for those who desire to earn money during their spare hours. Many students are employed during their college courses in the clerical department of the institution, and many more work for local busi- ness houses after their regular classes each day. ln cases where students wish to be financially independent during their years of study at the University, it is essential that they spend some time in commercial study in the high school, especially since it is possible to complete the necessary academic work for Uni- versity credit along with a thorough commercial course in the given fours years. ln view of the modern tendency toward business, students, both boys and girls, should consider a certain amount of time given to commercial work as an essential part of their educational foundation, whether they carry on in business, attend the University or manage a home. ln every walk of life business ethics become useful-our school must run on a business basis, systematically conducted clse there would be no harmony or order, our homes must be methodically conduc- ted and we must all keep regular hours for the maintenance of good health. So we see that it is not only for work in the business office that routine and efficiency must be established, but in preparation for our daily duties, whatever they might be, and this preparation should be made during the high school years. ELSA HARRIETTE ROEMER, Commercial Dept. Page Eight

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THE WINGED H -IUNE '25 HAYWARD HIGH SCHOOL . -f'f5' ' . . x I NN S MR. IIANION, MR. VIOIINSON IPrincipnII, MISS OSTRANDIQR NIR. IS.'X'I'I:S, MISS I5I:'IfNIiR, MRS. DICLKSON, MR. IIORSMAN, MR. IlOS'I'IiR MISS KELLOGG, MISS LIIiIjIiN, MISS IIANIJY, MRI IIOLLINGSI-IIEAD, MR, LISWIS MISS MAINPRICIL MRS. MAYRISIIII, MISS MILLER, MISS NEEDIIAM MISS PERI, MISS ROEMER MISS NIELSEN, MISS STROBRIDGE, MR. SMITH, MISS SULLIVAN, MISS ROGERS

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