Normandy High School - Saga Yearbook (Normandy, MO)

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Typing. essential for those who intend to pursue vocational occupations, requires constant practice to maintain efficiency. AVE you noticed all those splendid posters hanging in the cafeteria and tacked on the senior and junior high school bulletin boards? You probably have, for anything the Art Department produces is bound to attract the students? attention with its striking charm and originality. We might call the Art Department Bookkeeping classes study under conditions similar to those they will lind in professional work. serve old material and to substitute home-made articles for those which have gone to war. Fashion shows this year frequently displayed the progress of the sewing classes as the girls modeled the attractive clothes themselves. The aim of the sewing students was to produce fashionable yet durable apparel. x Operation ol ollice machines is an excellent thing to know. Here Betty Nick and Iune Penn practice. Normandyis advertising agency, as the colorful posters depicting coming dances, outings, lyceums, and assembly programs reach every student. The shortage of metals, brushes, and various other art materials this year has not affected the hard-working student who has learned how to pre- x Barbara Chambers, member oi a senior art class, has her life mask made by her fellow students. Along the same idea, the Foods Department has striven to serve more tempting, appetizing dishes, and at the same time to prepare nourishing, Whole- some foods. They have learned to make appetizing substitute dishes for meat and eggs and have dis- covered the tricks of making food go further. Pcrqe Twenty-Six

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Ckemidfri, !OAgdici5f:5 If Ythl' ask any sc-rvim-c-:mln what he suggests you take in high svhool. he will inxariahly say. N lath. All you van get. ln voinplianve with tfllYt'l'lllll9Ilt suggestions. ilu- Nli'lllll'lllilllt'S llvpartnwnt. under the tlirot-tion of lVlr. William Chris- tian. has used new tnvhnique in teaching math. lfniphasis has been placed on thor- ough rlrills and encouragenient of vlear. pn-1-isv thinking hy the pupil. r-. . . . . llns process starts ln the junior high with junior math, practival math. and gen- eral inatlt. Algelna is the lwginning of higher lll2tlllt'tIlilllCS. Here again intensive clrill. searching quizzes, and oral questions are tht- methods. Plane geometry deals with two dimen- sional figures. lvithout geornetry. any oilircr 1-ancliclate is in poor position to sue- veetl. Solid gvoinetry, hasetl on a thorough knowlt-clue of plane geometry. cleals with the thirtl tliinension and is the hartlest of high sc-hool niathernatics. Trigononietry is the study of triangles. A working knowledge of this subject is ' necessary to he a gunner, honiharclier, or pilot in an airplane or ship. Ask any servivenian. Mathis the thing. K ,f 91 . , . g . 1 oesxlk i V me Qs: Trig students make practical applications of mathematical formulas in surveying. which is undoubtedly valuable in the armed services. o aid in grasping the third dimen- Algebra is learned through practice and Basic. essential mathematics is studied in sion in solid geometry. students correction. so students do much blackboard the iunior high. Students collaborate on make models of figures. work to facilitate learning. their work to attain absolute accuracy

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Wow fa, Affinia, iuea Ano l Girls in the sewing classes learn an ancient art and a still practical one. Working hand in hand with the war effort, Nor- inandyis CUllllllCl'l'l3l Department has offered a one-ye-ur business course to typing and shorthand students. Thirty girls took the Civil Service tests, and four have entered thc lnternational Business Compunyis svhool. They haxe been kept liusy with avlnul ollim-e work this year and haue utilized the ther old. but still essential, art is cooking. The pie is apple. and we know it will be good. uf wm- Iunior art students develop skills and have fun as they draw chalk murals. 1-oinptonie-ter. minieograph, and adding machines, the operations of which are taught at N0l'IIl3IlCly in the ollive machines course. Addressing envelopes on lVlissouri's Amendment No. I, Wtailoringll gasoline and oil rationing hooks, preparing notices for the svhool und tests for lear'llel's are part of their svliool work. All the conditions of an actual household are found in the apartment. The girls are doing a bit ot cleaning. Price Twenty-Seven