South Division High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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CARDINAL ANNUAL ' QUICK CONSUMPTION LUNCH ROOM I T is a large room filled with rows of long, gray benches. The walls are of brick, and on two sides there are wooden lockers. Windows protected by wire netting admit a dismal light. But what if the room is barren ? Once a day it becomes the noisiest, gayest spot in all the school. Every noon, one can see squads of boys and girls, with packages under their arms, headed for either one or the other of the two lunch rooms. There is a mad scramble for scats, and a scurry for places beside one ' s best friends. Presently all are seated. Between bursts of hilarious From Hand to Mouth laughter and occasional squeals of ter- ror, fragments of conversation become audible. Urn, that cake looks good! Want a bite? Blessed angel! of course! Talk about hydrophobia! That test gave it to me! I always knew that woman was a monster. And he said — . Gimme that apple, you dummy. The r o o m slowly empties. The waste basket at the entrance is piled high with paper. All are gone, and the dismal light filters t h r o u g h the wire screens into a gray, un- interesting room. A bell clangs. The lunch hour is over. 27 J,

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( A R D I N A I. A N NUAL THE BUSINESS WORLD COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT WHAT a whale of a difference a good stenographer makes in an office! Every phase of our commercial depart- ment is essential in training the students to become not mere pieces of furniture ' in an organization, but living parts of it. A thorough knowledge of spelling, arithmetic, bookkeeping, and geography helps to lift the stu- dents out of the class of the ordinary stenogra- pher into that of the well-informed one. The commercial sub- jects taught in the last two years of high school are more broad- ening. They aim to give the student true Nimble Fingers facts about the business world. Sales- manship teaches the philosophy of sell- ing, important to everyone, no matter what occupation he is engaged in. Com- mercial law deals with that branch of the law pertaining especially to business. It teaches the business rights of others and the proper respect due them. The arrangement and workings of a business are studied in business management. Shorthand and tvpe- w riting go h ;i n d in hand and are of equal importance. The fun- damentals of short- hand are first learned. Then comes the thrill of taking notes in as- sembly A. • - '

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CARDINAL A N M ' AL A DIVISION OF LABOR MANUAL ARTS DEPARTMENT CLANG! Bang! That roar? Only the noises in the iron shop, Mr. Sears ' s domain. Over there boys are busy shaping their trowels, eager to finish, that they may begin on their screw driv- ers and chisels. In another corner of the room the forge is roaring and belch- ing out its devastating heat waves. In the wood shop we are greeted bv a squeal and a hum. Ahead of us is a planer to which a boy is feed- ing boards. To our right is the jointer, a machine feared by the boys, but probably more used than any other machine in the shop. Whee! Whoo! That ' s the shaper which Rui l (. I ' l puts the edges on the tops of tables and other articles of furniture. Elsewhere about the shop are lathes and saws, the circular saw. the band saw. the jig saw, and a mortising machine. Next to the iron shop is a room where the freshman boys work. Here they learn to make joints, saw straight, and finish a piece of work. This shop is in charge of Mr. Sherman. Up on the first floor Mr. Holden and his boys at their high- topped desks are busy d r a w i n g plans of houses and machinery. No noise or racket here, only the low hush of pencils busily pushing across the paper.