Manual High School - Mirror Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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1-ee 7a eff---as ies i19,32 SOLI D GEOMETRY CLASS in the second year, different techniques and media are studied, in the third year, applied art is taught. Commercial art comprises the fourth year's work. An average of fifty posters each week is made by the classes for various organizations. Through the music classes a student may gain a good foundation for a musical career. There is a four-year course in special music for students who are taking private lessons. This study includes the history of music, music appreciation, and ear-training, Boys' and girls' glee clubs and mixed choruses furnish music for many programs both in school and out. Physical training is required of all freshmen and sophomores. Several hours each week are devoted to a study of hygiene. Both formal work and games are studied, thus a well-rounded physical development is assured. Manual offers a four-year course in mathematics. The solution of problems, the development of deductive reasoning, the increasing of the spacial imagination, and the enriching of the cultural background by showing the relation of mathematics to the Hner arts are all stressed. For students interested in preparing for entrance into the business world, the Com- mercial Department offers a practical training. Commercial arithmetic, geography, and CHEMISTRY C LASS Twenly-lhree

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The Mirroi' e T 4 eeeee me-W 'f'- ee e--M-5 LATIN CLASS The Work of the School WHEN Manual Training High School was established twenty-two years ago, the stream of life in the persons of the young people of the South Side of Peoria began pouring through its doors. During the years which have followed, the current has broad- ened and deepened, until now a mighty stream, which has become a power for good, yearly finds its way in and out of the school. Manual was founded, as its name implies, primarily to be a high school wherein the manual arts were emphasized. But soon it was realized that the demand for strictly cul- tural and commercial subjects must be met, and today Manual Training High School offers courses in all subjects which are taught in other city high schools. The Academic Department offers four years of English, three of which are required of all students. Foreign languages taught are Spanish, French, German, and Latin. The sciences-biology, physics, and chemistry-are growing more popular every year. Public speaking classes have increased steadily. History classes stress the world problems of the present day and discussions tend toward the development of good patriotic citizens. Four years of art are offered. During the first year, the general principles of art are taught, r i FRESHMAN ART CLASS Twerzly-lufo

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Th? Mii'7'O1' 7 ' 4 ARCHITECTURAL DRAVVING CLASS law as well as advertising and salesmanship are popular courses. Practical experience in salesmanship is given in work for the student publications-fthe Aldililnll and The Mirror. Bookkeeping, typing, shorthand, and oflice training are stressed in the last two years. The Home Economics Department oHers work in clothing for freshmen and seniors, foods classes for sophomores, and the principles of home management for juniors. For the past two years a semester class in home economics for junior and senior boys has been provided. In the Manual Training Department, mechanical drawing and lathe alternate the first yearg during the second year, cabinet making or machine woodwork alternates with me- chanical drawing. In the third and fourth years machine shop or architectural drawing is studied. The sheet metal course is a strictly vocational course. The boys learn not only practical construction, but also the making of layouts. Boys able to make layouts are able to command a good wage when they leave high school. Excellent projects are worked out in the different departments of the school each year, the best of which are made a part of the annual exhibit which Manual sends to the State Fair at Springfield. This exhibit has become a source of interest and pride, adding as it has to the prestige and honor of the school. H EXHIBIT OF SHOP YYORK I IVEIZZQ-f0ll?'