Kewanee High School - Kewanite Yearbook (Kewanee, IL)

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Shop, Commercial Courses Teach STudenTs The call Tor civil service TypisTs Tound many sTudenTs Trom K.l-LS. commercial deparTmenT ready and able TO Take Their places in The war-Time business world. Class work has been supplemenTed by pracTical problems in OTTice procedure. Beginning phases OT The commercial deparTmenT are Typing I and shOrThand I which are TaughT by Miss Louise Mur- phy. Miss Eva Berg Teaches Typing ll and shOrThand ll. These subiecTs empha- size speed and accuracy. Commercial geography, also TaughT by Miss Eva Berg, gives The sTudenT a knowledge OT world commerce. Under The waTchTul eye OT Mr. W. J. STrOnks, The bookkeeping classes learn how TO keep Their employers' books cor- recTly Or how TO keep Their household budgeT balanced. ln The iunior business Training class, TaughT by Mr. STrOnks, The sTudenTs learn The TundarnenTal princie ples OT OTTice work. Nl E P q W J. Stronks, NI Louise Murphy. Miss Elsie Kimmel Teaches business ariThmeTic in which The maThemaTics OT business is TaughT. The aim OT The com- mercial deparTmenT is TO OTTer such pracTical Training as well as develop un- dersTanding and eTTiciency in Those Tun- damenTal business OperaTiOns and skills needed TO Train young people Tor a TuTure in The business world. By The end OT The TirsT year sTudenTs in Typing musT aTTain a speed OT 35 words per minuTe Tor Ten minuTes. Sec- ond year sTudenTs musT aTTain a speed OT 45 words a minuTe Tor TiTTeen min- uTes. During The second year Typing sTudenTs learn TO use The mimeograph. ShOrThand sTudenTs, TOO, have a sTandard TO meeT. l:irsT year sTudenTs musT be able TO Take dicTaTiOn aT The raTO OT OO wOrds per minuTe TOr Tive minuTes. ln The second year They musT be able TO Take IOO words per minuTe Tor Tive minuTes. Typing Class at k

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School For Fufure New fo Kewanee l-ligh fhis year is Principal K. B. Beasley. l-lis aim has been fo mainfain and carry on fhe high ideals of Kewanee l-ligh. Mr. Beasley has made few changes fhis year. l-le has aimed fo help sfudenfs wifh fheir problems, buf has encouraged fhem fo make fheir own decisions. l-le has acfed as faculfy ad- viser fo fhe Sfudenf Council, where he has had frequenf conferences wifh indi- viduals and commiffees. l-lis firsf year af K.l-l.S. has shown an undersfanding of our problems and a desire fo improve Kewanee l-ligh. Mr. Beasley did his undergraduafe work af Shurfliff College and received his Masfers degree from Universify of Illinois. He was a high school principal before coming here. Miss Shirley Bloedorn is Mr. Beasley's secrefary. In fhe oufer office, she fakes care of absence and fardy slips and all of fhe office roufine. She, foo, shows an undersfanding of fhe sfudenfs' prob- lems. As dean of girls, Miss Dorofhy l-larrod keeps a record of all fhe girls in school. Miss l-larrod visifs fhe home of all incom- ing freshmen. She also advises girls con- cerning programs, parficularly iuniors, so fhaf fhey will have a sufficienf number of maiors and minors for graduafion, and helps girls wifh any of fheir problems. She keeps records of failing sfudenfs and holds conferences wifh fhe girls fo help fhem overcome failures. She also chap- erones affer-school and affer-game so- cial hours. EWYOK Dean of Gzrls D tly H 1

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uisefui warizme skins Emphasis has been placed on indusTrial A Rf arTs as a presenT emergency course and as a basis Tor TuTure vocaTions. The ma- chine shop course has sTeadily developed and Trained boys unTil some oT Them have been able To go direcTly inTo defense planTs. lndusTrial arTs play a prominenT parT in our vocaTional courses now, more Than ever, since people skilled in engi- neering are needed. Mr. Paul Mclvlorris Teaches machine shop l, woodworking ll and Trades draw- ing. Machine shop II, mechanical draw- ing II and general building Trades are TaughT by Mr. Galen Landis. lvlr. lrven SuTTon, a new member oT our TaculTy, conducTs classes in woodworking l and mechanical drawing l and ll. War vocaTional classes have proved To be oT The greaTesT help in This naTional emergency. This year These classes are conducTed Tor people inTeresTed in preparaTion Tor defense planT work. ln This way, indusTrial arTs Train many com- peTenT sTudenTs To Take Their places in needed war work. S Above: Mechanuca Below: Mr I MQNI Lefit orris and Shop Class. Eleven I Draw g Sutto NI Gale I Ll