Hollywood High School - Poinsettia Yearbook (Hollywood, CA)

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M1ss GRUNDY Miss CARRILLO Miss AMES Head, English Head, Modern Language Head, Music MR. MYRICK MR. PARKER MRL JOHNSTONE Head, Social Science Head, Art Head, Mathematics ENGLISH ' The English department has for an objective the improvement of written and spoken English, as well as the development of the appreciation of literature. In addif tion, various elective channels of study come under this department. SOCIAL SCIENCE The purpose of the social science department is to furnish the students with the history of America, Europe, and the PanfPaci6c countries, social economics, economic geography, and civics are also included in the course. MODERN LANGUAGE It is the desire of the modern language department to provide the student with a reading and speaking knowledge of French, Spanish, or German. A vocabulary, a knowledge of grammar, and an acquaintance with the literature are adequately built up in the study of the languages. ART The art department offers a very extensive course to students interested in this line of work. Commercial art, costume designing, jewelry, life, and pottery are the various subjects available. MUSIC To those students interested in music, Hollywood offers chorus, music appreciation, music history, harmony, the glee clubs, the orchestras, and the band. MATHEMATICS In the mathematics department, those who are following engineering courses take advanced algebra, trigonometry, and solid geometry, but for a general academic course, plane geometry is in itself quite beneficial. ilfil

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PRIlNlCIPAl.'S MESSAGE Cooperation and loyalty to the ideals and traditions of Hollywood High School during the past year have made possible achievement in scholarship, success in com' petition, and a spirit of good sportsmanship toward our opponents and the fellow members of the student body. Pronting by our mistakes and enthusiastic in our victories may We as seniors soon to be alumni, as students, and as faculty ever continue to Achieve the Honorable. , , af. V, K it, 11, ff f f, , , , f, 4 J 7, ii-1 l27gj'f4'2ff,'t.', I j' , , :QQ 1 . ' ifJ-i ,a23fa.-,t1,j:a,,i. ,K 'J TW'-T' ' , V .. ,,,. , ,,. I , ,, I. .f -A . 145.1 4.4, y , ,. f 'i . 2-79 15 ? ? ' ' .7 'fir' , ri U, . , 4 MR. WINCHESTER Miss TUCKER Boys, VicefP'rincipal Gioflsi VicefP1incipal U71

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A Miss MCPIKE MR. EVANS Miss GRAHAM Head, Latin Head, Commerce Head, Home Economics MR. WEsTco'r'r MR. GRAY MR. HAMILTON Head, Science Head, Chemistry Head, Mechanic Arts SCIENCE The science department includes the biological sciences and the physical sciences. An analytical mind and a firm foundation for all future work in the field of science are the purposes of this department. ' LATIN The course of the Latin department is intended to give the student a cultural back' ground. After a vvellfbalanced grammatical foundation, the pupil reads Caesar, Cicero, and finally the verses of Ovid and Virgil. CHEMISTRY The chemistry department endeavors to teach the branch of science whose great possibilities lie in its inexhaustibility. Those who study chemistry find that they have gained a wealth of knowledge concerning life around them. COMMERCE The commerce department trains those students who plan to enter the business world, It consists of three courses, offeringistenography, salesmanship and advertising, and accounting. MECHANICAL ARTS The mechanic arts departments purpose is to provide training in those manual vocations which are not classified with the commercial, offering training in machine' shop, autofshop, printing, forge, shopfmath, and architectural drawing. HOME ECONOMICS The home economics department strives to improve the standards of living. There are five courses open to students: selecting and preparing correct foods, making or remodeling garments, millinery, nursing, and household management. E191