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

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and hearing of their cultural achievements, The An Department offers many and reading library books or studying from courses in the visual arts and crafts. The their textbooks. student may enroll in the basic arts fol- A number of students assist the librari- lowed by illustration, watercolor, oils and ans by checking out books, acting as moni- advanced painting. For variety there are tors and reshelving books and magazines. Crafts, Lettering, Commercial Art, Stage For those interested in music, courses Design and Jewelry. offered include: Orchestra, Choir, Girls ' Objectives of these courses are to give Glee Club, Three Fives, Tepee Lighters, art students an opportunity to experiment Harmony. Music History and Apprecia- in the various art media, to develop a keen- lion. Roys ' (.lee Club, Senior Band, Junior er appreciation lor the artistic and to en- Band and Pep Band. courage their creative desires. The Music Department presents a The library seats are filled every period winter and spring festival. Small choral every day with boys and girls doing reefer- and instrumental groups entertain during ence work, reading magazines, selec t ing the year at civic and social meetings. MUSIC. LIBRARY. ART — Seated: Madeline Carroll. Library Head: Mary K. Parker, Art; Mervin Manuel, Art: Lowell C. Bradford. Band Director. Standing: Kenneth C. Mhyre, Art Department Head: Ruby M. Keen, Assistant Librarian: W. Stanley Taft, Music Department Head. 19

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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

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND STUDY HALLS — Seated: William Nye. Study Hall; Jerry Stannard. Physical Education; Elsa Pinkham, Department Head. Standing: Gladys Dunphy, Study Hall; William Diedrick, Physical Education; Eleanor Dixon, Physical Education. Physical health and bodily well-being are heritages that one must put forth effort to keep. The Physical Education Depart- ment offers the student its fine facilities and leadership not only for the betterment of his health but also as a source of enjoy- ment. In the Boys ' Physical Education Depart- ment a vigorous program is offered with or- ganized play, touch football, basketball, mass tumbling, volleyball, calisthenics, softball and handball in the regular gym classes. Besides the supervised classes of box- ing, wrestling, combatives, stunts and tumbling, there is a corrective gym equip- ped with apparatus for developing various muscles, and an aquatic program which has the Red Cross standards. For girls, the department offers such competitive sports as basketball, volley- ball, badminton, softball, tennis and golf, horseback riding and skating. Sponsored by this department are the Red Feather group, headed by Elsa M. Pinkham, and the Color Girl group, led by Eleanor A. Dixon. The groups sponsor the fall and the spring pageants, appear in stunts, in parades and in other productions during the school year. we are able to prepare both mind and bodif 20