Lewis and Clark High School - Tiger Yearbook (Spokane, WA)

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H. J. OKB Commercial Head CHARLss E. BATEN HELPN FINNEGAN C. W. MIDDLETON E. A. ORCUTT A. O. WOOLARD E. L. HUNTER Boys Physical Education Head' Jnssnz BALTEZORE Girls Physical Education Head LYLE MASKELI. ANNE Nonvrzu. Commercial The idea of the commercial department is to give pupils an education in commercial subjects. They are better fitted to take care of personal necessities in bookkeeping and letter writing. A person who is able to keep a budget is more likely to achieve success along Hnancial lines. At this time there are six teachers in the department. Many students are enrolled in commercial courses which consist of Typing, Shorthand, and Bookkeeping. It has been suggested that a course in Business Mathematics be opened. This would give more practical experience. Phy ieal Education There are two divisions to the physical education program in the high school-boys and girls. In the former, every boy is expected to participate in some form of workg Calf isthenics, consistingof settingfup exercises and games are offered two or three hours per week. There are also health classes and in addition every boy is encouraged to participate in some form of sport such as football, basketball, baseball, track, tennis, golf, rifle, or crossf country. Seniors and qualified athletes are excused from the indoor class requirement. The girls division covers a wide variety of activities such as sports, dancing, hygiene, and gymnastics. Four graded courses are oifered in the successive years. Organizations functioning actively within the department are: GAC, Racquet, and TifGirls groups, the latter being especially active in the outfoffdoors Held. Classes in advanced dancing and first aid have been especially popular. After school sports continue from September until June. Indoor tournaments are held during the year in volleyball, basketball, and base' hall thus engaging the attention of hundreds of girls. The Y.W.C.A. has actively co' operated with the department in swimming and badminton activites. Page seventeen

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Page sixleen ilffafpffl HELEN L. DEAN, Head RAFAEL G. FERRER ETHEL K. HUMMEL MABEL POPE ELIZABETH STANNARD MELISSA WEST Languages Foreign languages aim to help our young people to have a better underf standing of four great people-the Romans, the French, the Spanish, and the Germans-peoples who are a part of Americas past and present. The students become familiar with the music, songs, dances, politics, legends, and literature of these nations. This familiarity helps them to solve presentfday needs-the need for clearer comprehension of what they read in newspapers, magazines, and books, and what they hear over the radio and see in the moviesg the need for a better command of Words in talking with others, an ability gained through a more colorful vocabularyg and the need for a more sympathetic understanding of other races and peoples. The department, through its five clubs, also strives to encourage creative ability, and provides an opportunity for making friends and developing responsibility and leadership.

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LYDIA S. Goos Fine Arts Head Mns. RUTH FISKEN LARGE Muu.-iM MORGAN Rossivr A. CHOAT1: Music Head FRANCIS. H. BAXTER C. ROBERT GIBSON Fine Arts The- Fine Arts department offers the opportunity for exploration in the art field and experimentation with various materials and mediums. Students are helped to discover aptitudes and abilities of which they may scarcely be aware. Some students with particular talent want to study art intensively. But there are many others who, although not plan' ning art careers, have discovered the pleasure of sketching, modeling, or working in jewelry and other crafts. These interests often lead to satisfying and worthwhile hobbies. Classes in Fine Arts offer six consecutive semesters of progressive work in drawing and design. A class in Lettering gives practice in beginning work with speedball pens. This may be followed by a semester in Commercial Art, where posters and other problems in advertising art are presented. The handwork classes fMetals and Craftsj include work in silver, copper, pewter, leather, blockfprinting, bookfbinding, and so on. Each class in the Fine Arts department is a onefsemester elective. Thus any student may try his hand in this field at any time during his fourfyear course. Such exploration should prove both interesting and worthwhile. A Music Perhaps there is no question but that the work of the department of music has made magnificent strides forward during the current year. This has been largely due to the installation within the department of what has become known as the Music Council comprised of representatives from the different musical groups of the school such as the band and orchestra and the various vocal organizations. No doubt the greatest stimulus given music work within the high school during the current semester was from the North' west Regional Music Festival held in the city during the closing week of March. In this festival the music groups of the high school were able to take a major part, there being most creditable representation from the school in every massed group of the festival. In addition to the usual instrumental and vocal class groups within the school there are also to be found classes in appreciation, in history of music, and in the theory of music. These courses make the work of the department broad enough so that it covers rather completely the whole field of musical effort. The usual band and orchestra concerts have not been presented this semester owing to the united efforts deemed necessary on the part of the school in making the highest degree of success possible in our participation in the Music Festival mentioned. Page eighleen