Maryville High School - Maryvillian Yearbook (Maryville, MO)

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I TYPEWRITING In the Commercial department more than any other, may individual progress be noted. both by the teacher and the individual himself. Even the most disin- terested person can. by listening to the typewriting pupils at work. discern the difference between the slow uncertain pecking of a Novice and the rapid rhythmic touch of the Amateur. However, while such a person may note this difference, only one who has experienced the despair of the beginner and later the deserved pride of the advanced student fully appreciates the thrill which comes at the mastery of the art of typing. Rewards are presented when certain rates of speed are attained. Indeed, an efficient typist may at will rival a war hero's decoration, by arraying himself in the medals he has won. Closely allied with typewriting is shorthand. A person writing imaginary characters with an imaginary pen. in an imaginary notebook is not necessarily a crazy person. Instead. he is very probably being initiated into the intricate mys- teries of shorthand. There is a fascination about the little hooks and curves that forbids our leaving them in the class room! BOOKKEEPING At the northeastern end of the hall is a room with three long rows of desks. It is here that the expert bookkeepers of C. W. Keeland and Company are to be found. To anyone who has never taken bookkeeping let us explain that C. W. Keeland is the invisible employer whose set of books we keep for three months. It is in his ledger, journal. and cash book that the business transactions are re- corded. To most of us the cash book is the most interesting of the set. What glorious possibilities the name holds forth. As we mechanically count the artificial money, visions rise before our eyes of the day when we shall be handling Uncle Sam's currency and adding it to our own cash books. We see ourselves a bookkeeper in a well established firm. next-the most highly recommended member of the officeistaff, and finally-the manager himself. With a sudden jerk, we realize that we have miscounted the paper money and recorded it in the wrong column. As we red ink the mistake, we realize that our dreams may come true only by being forgotten-at least in class. MANUAL TRAINING In the Manual Training course. Woodwork I, II, III, IV. and Architectural Drawing are offered. Woodwork I is a correlation of mechanical drawing and woodwork. The boys plan their work and then put it into effect. The other wood- work courses are a continuation of such work. Their object is not a superfluity of production but the acquiring of knowledge pertaining to the care of tools, and the development of skill in the use of them. Every student in the course is per- mitted to make any project that he wishes. Really excellent pieces of fumiture, library tables, cedar chests, floor lamps-are made by the manual training boys. To the eye of the casual observer they seem flawlessg and a closer inspection is rarely disillusioning. The mechanical drawing course deals with the construction of a house, and the different styles of architecture. Each boy in the class designs a house of his own, figures the cost of such a building, and then constructs it in miniature. Some- day we expect to hear that the leading carpenters and architects of 1940 are M. H. S. graduates. Why not?

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l , IF? STUDY HALL Undoubtedly, the most popular spot in school is the Study Hall. Few will deny that. It is here that the sparks of love may be fanned into a flame, as two young things in undisturbed tranquillity sit at one desk, before school in the morning and at noon. A laughing group of girls or a noisy bunch of boys choose it as their habitat until the bell disperses them bell, a quiet reigns. which is broken only by the pencils, the shuffling of feet. or-horrors-a alike settle down to earnest concentration. Now who can say? Is it upon chewing gum in the surreptitious note writing? Is it whispering? The dictionary and encyclopedia feven frequently consulted. This necessitates a trip people are Study Hall-ists. Where else is the such a pedestrial sacrifice? Some people study in Study Hall. After the ringing of this same rustling of papers, the tapping of muffled laugh. Boys and girls as to what they concentrate upon, most satisfactory manner? Is it the pencil sharpener C?j J are across the room. Such itinerant craving for learning satisfied at PHYSICAL EDUCATION The department of physical education in Maryville High School was put on a full time basis this year, in accordance with the state requirements for first class high schools. All students were required to attend the gymnasium classes three forty-minute periods a week. An outline of the work given is headed by physical examinations for each individual student. These examinations were given by the County Hea'th Depart- ment consisting of Dr. Fryer and two assistant nurses. Dr. Fryer was also aided by a staff of practicing physicians selected by the Superintendent and Board of Education. In the fall the class work consisted mostly of light drill workg a knowledge of the games of soccer football and :American football. The winter work was chiefly indoor heavy drill, apparatus and squad tournaments in basketball, boxing and gang ball. With spring, the students were taken outside. State letter work was held, interclass games promoted, with track and field events taking no small part in the program. No physical education program can be made foolproof in one year. With this year's successes and mistakes to act as a foundation for a better program next year, the student's realization of more and better opportunities for health and happiness should come true.