Hollywood High School - Poinsettia Yearbook (Hollywood, CA)

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going To Colle e lvl d g . o ern LiT has iTs Tollowing, Too Tor a good Teacher will always aTTracT a large class Public s ealcn ' ' p I g was oTTered again This year, and The sTudenTs enrolled were able To parTicipaTe in several conTesTs. Driver EducaTion ls a New Course The sTudenTs who entered school in Th T II T e a o I949 Tound ThaT They had To Talce driver educaTion beTore They could graduate. The sTaTe legislature decided Th T h a T e schools should oTTer a course ThaT would help The young people oT Th T T e s a e develop healThy aTTiTudes Towards driving, auTomobiles, and TraTTic laws and regulaTions. AT l-lollywood This course was oTTered Tor The new IOB' d ' ' s an :T proved To be noT only viTal and inTeresTing, buT one oT The besT organized courses that Th 'T i e ci y schools have oTTered In some Time. Films, demonsTraTions, lecTures, and acTual use oT a dual- T II con ro ed car supplemenTed The usual class worlc, and have lenT a real viTaliTy To The sTudy. The sTud T Th' ' ' ' en s is year haven T minded Taking The course aT all, and many are ot The opinion ThaT The work sh ld b ' ou e Tor TwenTy weelcs insTead oT Tor Ten. CLASSES IN SCIENCE, SEWING, ART and driver educa tion arc also of rcal worth To thc students. This year The ncw course in drivcr cducaTion has been made more vital by moans of demonstrations such as Mrs. Halliday is conducting in the picture bclow.

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Praciical Courses Provide Experience Learning by example and real experience is The principle in eilecl in Jrhe praciical arls classes. Dur- ing Jrhe boys' shop periods polenlial mechanics and machinisls learn lo make lheir own lools and house- hold appliances by careful use oi lhe modern equipmenl available. For example, in wood shop more lhan one boy has made enough iurnilure lo furnish his bedroom and lo lend new inleresl io olher rooms oi his home. l-lollywood's home economics deparlmenlr olilers a series ol enioyable classes, and alrhough lhe sub- iecl mailer may noi lead lo advanced degrees, ii cerlainly is viral, and every girl who learns lo cook and lo sew has Taken sleps which will help insure a successful marriage. The crall classes are inlrer- esling because in Jrhem lhe girls learn lo weave, crochei, knil, and embroider. Everyone Majors ln English The eleclive courses in lhe English Deparlmenl are siill crowded al l'lollywood even lhough lhe aleclives in Social Sludies olier comperilion. Eng- lish Lil l and ll never fail lo allracl a room full, for sludenls are realizing more and more lhal lhese lwo courses are oi ineslimable value lo lhe sludenl AS THESE PICTURES SHOW everyone of these classes is providing a real practical experience for the sfudents who are enrolled. Parricularly in print shop, wood shop, and in metal work do ihe boys gel valuable training, Class Work Develops Them

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Almost Two Hundred Are Eligible E. T. K. lA-Ll 0 FIRST ROW: Barbafa, Chee, Jaffe, David, Kislcer, Horsf, Cherin, Harrinqfon, Hubbard, Braxdale, SC Q Hummel, Hein. Folfz. SECOND ROW: Coffman, Chapman, Kipps, Agins, Buck, Oriffifh, Colman, Genfry, Capps, James, Alschuler, Berman, Krifzer. THIRD ROW: Harway, Epsfein, Wall, Gille, Duff, Guldsefh, Kendler, Jacobs, Edwards, Beyers, Hoffman, Fleischer, Goldberg, Burns F. T. K. lM-Zl ' d FIRST ROW: Ruiz, Thomas, Malim, Murray, Mendel, Polslcy, Thorson, Saxe, Paul, Meneqan. SECOND ROW: Marshall, Pamafaifis, Thompson, Winfers, Egglesfon, Tams, Sfraffon, Tomas, Page, Siegerman. THIRD ROW: Monfag, Sislcin, Mack, Fleischer, Thomas, Loomis, Samuels, Coffman.