North Central High School - Tamarack Yearbook (Spokane, WA)

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COMMERCIAL — Seated: Mary Bowker, Shorthand; James O. Griggs. Department Head; Helen Stockdale. Typing. Standing: A. A. Manfred, Typing; Marjorie Collard. Typing; Edward B. Feldhusen. Typing; Alvin Danielson, Typing; Blair Glover. Bookkeeping. More than eleven hundred students chose commercial subjects this year, some for personal reasons and some for vocation- al. The department offers four semesters each of Typewriting, Shorthand and Book- keeping, and a two semester course in Of- fice Practice. Beginning Typewriting is the most popular, with about four hundred students learning to operate the machine by touch. Four sections of Advanced Type- writing were filled by those who wished to increase their proficiency in the use of the machine. Some two hundred delved into the mysteries of Shorthand for the first time, while about sixty continued the study for the second year, hoping to find employ- ment in the secretarial field. The problems of debit and credit occupied six large classes of beginning bookkeepers with one group studying the more intricate prob- lems of partnerships and corporations. Four classes in Office Practice studied methods of operation of office machines, filing methods, arithmetic, spelling, busi- ness English and many miscellaneous things that need to be known by office workers. Six credits earned in the department constitute a major and any lour a minor. u e gain practical and vocational experience, 16

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ENGLISH AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES — Seated: Robert Wan I. English: Harold E. Skinner, English; Arthur B. Miller, Debate. Standing: Bertha Boehme, Language Department Head; Dorothy S. Chandler, English; Margaret Rawlings, English; Helen Oscarson, English; Imogene L. Knight, English: Edna Lauer, English, Frances W. Theis, Latin; Ruth E. Coon, English. To solve the problem oi speaking for- mally or informally, a course in Speech is offered. An essential prerequisite is the willingness to try to speak. Open to those with an interest in or a flair for writing is a course in Journalism. In Advanced Journalism the students work on The North Central News and become eligible for appointment to the Tamarack staff. Foreign Language courses include Latin I, II, III and IV: and Spanish L II, III and IV. Both the reading and writing of Latin are practiced. Instruction is given in vo- cabulary and grammar of the language and its relation to modern English especially in the matter of English derivatives and Latin roots of English words. Roman life, its in- fluence in our own society, in literature, art and architecture, is also stressed. In Spanish, one learns the language, customs, and daily living conditions of the people of South and Central America as well as of Spain. Projects in reading both in Spanish and English about the cultures of the Spanish-speaking peoples are engaged in. Classroom conversation in Spanish is a highlight of the course. The effect on our own speech is a vital consideration. and are trained to use it easflq and naturally;

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and appreciation of the heritage of our land. The Social Studies Department offers a wide range of subjects to satisfy the re- quirements of the state for graduation from high school. These same subjects are of interest to our students who wish to be informed citizens of our country. Washington History is a required sub- ject and is offered in the ninth grade, along with English in a unit class. Sophomores enroll in World History and World Geog- raphy. Juniors as well as seniors may enroll in one semester of American Government fol- lowed by a semester of International Re- lations: or a semester of Consumer Eco- nomics followed by Problems of Ameri- can Democracy. Students must earn credits in two subjects for graduation. Every boy and girl entering North Central above the ninth grade must enroll in Northwest History to satisfy the require- ment in Washington History. It is an elec- tive for other students as well. United States History is required by the state for graduation and must be taken in the senior year. For graduation a student must have earned four credits in Social Studies above the ninth grade in addition to Washington History.