Kokomo High School - Sargasso Yearbook (Kokomo, IN)

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English -an-. Ill fx 1 . ' I 4 -1 f: Qs E ef' 0 6 ov, -'X-74 ' VI ... LL, .rits V , ' Top left: Miss Louise Schcidt Right: Miss Irene Rufty Lower left: Miss Nelda Showalter Right: Miss Elizabeth Handley In speech class students practiced voice placement and enunciation as well as the parts of a good speech. Later they utilized their knowledge by appearing over WKMO once a week. In 4B composition all seniors in the academic course, as well as others who wanted special English train- ing, drilled on grammar and prac- ticed writing stories, descriptions, and letters. Page 19

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English Top lefl: Miss Fay Cover and Miss Dorothea Pohlmang center: Miss Lilith Farlow: right: Miss Dorothy Thornburgh Page 18 Lower left: Mrs. Lena Coombes: cenler:.Miss Helen Ross: right: Mr. Milton Green and Mr. George Shcwmon The English department is one of the biggest departments in Kokomo High School. Miss Helen Ross is the very capable supervisor of this department. She, with the other teachers of the department, tried to teach us the correct usage of our language. In the study of English, students who were bewildered about the use of ad- jectives, adverbs, nouns, and pronouns quickly learned the mechanics of English during the hours spent under our English instructors. Besides teaching grammar in their classes, the English teachers tried to achieve the impossible by helping the students to have a better understanding of litera- ture, music, and drama. Thoughts of great and well-known men, life in foreign countries, age-old fiction, and modern writers' work were also studied. However, in recent years practical application has been stressed more and more instead of classical interpretation in literature. The English department taught classes in business English, journalism, English composition, and speech. These classes, along with the usual English classes, were made more interesting by supplementing the work with recordings and motion pictures. The activities of our speech classes showed the up-to-date methods of teach- ing English. This class sponsored a series of interesting radio programs given over WKMO. The general aim of the English department is to give the students a better knowledge and understanding of the English language and literature which, in turn, will help them in the future years.

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Commercial The future lawyers, bookkeepers, and secretaries who will some day make headlines in the commercial field, received a Hrm foundation in the Commercial courses under the leadership of Mr. Russell Bratton, who heads the department. Students learned to use both their hands and minds skillfully by practical use of the many oflice machines, such as the comptometer, calculator, and the edi- phone, which can be found in room 119. While the bookkeeping students traced lost pennies, the shorthand classes transcribed typical business letters from dictation: and the business law classes became familiar with the many laws of business. The office practice classes, es- pecially, learned the routine of an oiiice by actual doing. Students saved teachers time by serving as secretaries and running off many stencils, all of Which was a practical application of what they had learned throughout their commercial course. . Get your papers ready for a timed Writing, was a familiar phrase to all students taking typing. These Writings, which were from one to ten minutes in length, were given to increase the skill and accuracy of student typists. The students couldn't afford to Waste any time on these, and so they made each second count. A glance in room l lO after school found many students hurrying to finish their Weekly budgets. Fluorescent lighting and soundproof ceilings were a great help. I The commercial students, in both the bookkeeping and stenographic divisions, received suflicient background to take their places in a rapidly grow- ing field in a better, peacetime business World. Upper lofi: Miss Vcdah Covalt, Mrs. Isabella Legg, Miss Ruth Wagner. Upper right: ZA bookkeeping classes learn to prepare work sheets and financial statements. Lower left: Mr. J. Earl James, Mr. Russell Bratton, Mr. Kenneth Warthen. Lower right: Advanced typing students practice letter writing.