Joplin High School - Joplimo Yearbook (Joplin, MO)

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COMMERCE . Clunubcrlain Petrie Bcuhlman Jackson Martin The commercial department shows a noticeable decrease in enrollment this year, having a total of 873 students, as compared with 958 for the correspond- ing period last year. This situation is probably due to the fact that the market for commercial talent is overcrowded. The department offers two years of both typing and shorthand, three semesters of bookkeeping, and one semester of commercial law. There are also classes in advertising and salesmanship for seniors, and in retail selling for senior girls. The advanced students have charge of activity ticket accounts, and get other practical experience in their classes. ' Miss Gladys Beuhlman, B. S., and Miss Marian Martin, B. S., are typing and shorthand teachersg while Miss Beulah C. Jackson, B. S., has typing and office practice classes. Mrs. Pleta Childs Petrie, B. Pe., B. S., has bookkeeping, shorthand and typing classes: while Mr. Harry C. Chamberlain, B. S., E. M., has bookkeeping. retail selling, and commercial law classes. Miss Beuhlman's favorite hobbies are music and bridge. Miss Martin spends much of her spare time with the Business and Professional Women's Club, while Miss Jackson is very fond of picture shows, and her favorite sport is golf. Mrs. Petrie enjoys swimming, dancing and golf, while Mr. Chamberlain is an Ozark enthusiast, whose hobby is fishing. r l 2 5 e' l A ll Q A Commercial Law cum. 4 X S Qi X Q g .H Thirty . fe V gy THE Joeumo was e r ax, 5' X K 5, .ttf -'cr' I l Q. Ulilllii . n ...- 4 .J IL' .--...IN ,

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TliIE JOPUMO 1939 HOME ECONOMICS Recd Looper The enrollment in the home economics department grows steadily from year to year, as the girls realize that cooking and sewing have come to be recognized as necessary arts. Two years of both cooking and sewing are offered. The sewing classes with an enrollment of 152 girls are supervised by Miss Ethel Reed, B. S. The girls gain a practical knowledge of all types of fabrics, and make practically every type of clothing for themselves. Miss Reed also has charge ofthe Rotary girls, and outside of school hours finds time to do club work. She also enjoys driving, and finding new stations on the radio. There are 87 girls in the cooking classes directed by Mrs. Elizabeth Jaccard Cooper, B. S. The girls, under Mrs. Cooper's direction, have helped to serve many dinners and banquets. The cafeteria, also under her supervision, is managed so efficiently that a very large proportion of our 1,200 enrollment is served daily in the three thirty-minute lunch periods. Outside of school hours Mrs. Cooper finds time to care for her flower garden, from which many flowers are gathered to brighten the cafeteria. l A Laboratory Cooking Class. F I, r r

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THE JOPUMO 1932 'VOCATIONAL ARTS Henley Dunn Haines Farmer The industrial arts department is one of the most important of all depart- ments in the high school. This year there is an enrollment of 362 students who intend to follow one of these trades for their life work. Besides the regular trade courses, auto mechanics and carpentry, there are the manual train- ing and mechanical drawing courses, which may be taken in connection with either the trade courses or the general course. The manual training classes do much repair work as part of their training, the auto mechanics classes do regular repair work on cars, while the carpentry classes go on field trips as tours of inspection for helpful information. Mr. Victor A. Haines, B. S., is the teacher of mechanical drawing and shop mathematics. He is much interested in reading memoirs and biographies. Mr. J. Arthur Henley teaches manual training. Besides being interested in boys and girls, he is very fond of fencing and archery, and sponsors the Fencing Club. Mr. A. W. Duan teaches carpentry, and his hobby is picture shows. He is an authority on who's who in Hollywood. Mr. Farmer is the teacher of auto mechanics, and his outside interests are baseball and football. A Carpentry Class, ll