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

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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.

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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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INDUSTRIAL ARTS — Left to right: Vern Broadwell, Woodshop; Kenneth Hagen, Plastics; Alvin Olson, Auto Shop; Dale Spurgeon, Metal Shop; Leonard Graham, Electronics; George Theodorson, Department Head. The Industrial Arts courses provide a basic learning by doing training out of which come intelligent and satisfied con- sumers, better producers and more useful citizens. The six areas of work cover draft- ing, woodworking, metal, electronics, auto mechanics and plastics. About 87 per cent of the boys in school are enrolled. Drafting includes three divisions of drawing — mechanical, architectural and machine. Mechanical drawing teaches the use of instruments, lettering, the various types of projection, development of surfaces and problems in perspective. Architectural drawing is the study of building and materials, types of construc- tion, floor plans and elevations. In Ad- vanced Architectural Drawing each student makes a complete set of plans for a resi- dential structure of his own choice. Machine Drawing offers instruction in the various types of fastenings, various tonus of power transmissions and the draw ing of machines. Woodworking teaches the proper use of hand tools and power tools. Metal I is the study of and the work with sheet metal, art metal, machine shop practice and forging. Bq knowing the skilled crafts of our fathers, 18