St Marys High School - Lance Yearbook (Medford, OR)

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Req' 4 'lj g r' r i vm il TH E LIBRARY The print shop students print the school paper, school programs, advertising cards, announcements, and many oflice forms used by the principal and others. This year lN'Ir. Austin arranged a series of talks for the' boys of the whole school. The idea was to tell them the amount of preparation needed to enter certain profes- sions or vocations, and what wages they would receive. The boys have heard talks on aviation, engineering, printing, drafting, woodwork, and pharmacy. A visit to the Union Tool engineering department was prolitahle. Later, talks will he heard on law, agriculture, mechanics, and commercial work. The teachers in the department are: hir. Andrews, printing: lNIr. Austin, auto and machine shop: hir. Burchett, electricity and mechanical drawing, and lllr. Burk, wood shop. l,,+,..i THE GARDEN The garden is designed as a lalworatory or work shop for students in Agriculture, Horticulture, and Landscape Gardening. The work is accomplished by beginners, and as a project approaches perfection, it is torn out for others. There are more than four hundred different species of trees and shruhs, all cata- logued as to variety. All plants in the garden were propagated by the students or secured hy exchange with other schools. The garden class has designed and planted most of the high school grounds and the grounds for seventeen homes in Torrance. hIr.llIerrill is in charge. l19l A . x, , , . .4 im , g, Y 11? u iilgg-,Edt Q ' fy -X-.. 1 ..

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5 E 'R'Ef39aa,. - M- , Cgliqifigf 45 's fegliiiiiii IBPLU I 1912. sa ' I For pupils of high school age, music appreciation is required in the sophomore year. The aim of this course is to give every student some idea of the cultural advan- tages of a knowledge of good music, and to equip him for a greater degree of life's enjoyment. A course in harmony and composition is offered for students of ability in this more technical branch of music study, and many original compositions have been written and produced by students enrolled this year. Mrs. Eischen, hlrs. Engel, and lVIrs. Crawford are the instructors. M+..i COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT Each new semester has shown a decided increase in the enrollment of all the commercial classes. The object of this department is to offer better training to the young men and women who wish to enter this field. The need for efficient workers in the business world is recognized and met with a large degree of success. Torrance High School offers classes in shorthand, typing, bookkeeping, Monroe, comptometer, and ofIice training. The commercial course also prepares one for the advanced courses in business and commerce which some of the universities are now offering. Further- more, this course is valuable to the students who expect to make engineering, law, architecture, pharmacy, et cetera, their life work. Much credit should be given the commercial teachers, Miss Weaver, Miss Margaret Jones, and Miss Vaubel, for the increasing advancement and popularity of these classes. M.. GIRLS' PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARMENT The girls' Physical Education department has equipment for classes of forty in hockey, speedball, basketball, volley ball, and baseball. These games have a positive educational influence and are given twice a week during their season as class work. One day a week is given to folk, athletic, or clog dancing, one day to wholesome living, and one day to formal gymnastics. Our surroundings are very pleasant, as we have a well equipped gymnasium, including dressing rooms with connecting showers, a corrective and rest room combined, and turf playing fields. Through our activities we aim to give social development, character training, a desire for health, and to develop a sound nervous systemMiss Klein and Mrs. Morse are the INstructors. .-..+M. VOCATIONAL DEPARTMENT Torrance auto shop boasts of the best equipment in the Harbor District. The vocational machine shop class has been discontinued, but the auto mechanics class is using the machinery in the shop. New shop equipment includes an electric test bench, a thirty-nine ton garage press, a wheel line gauge, and various hand tools. Three complete cars and many parts of cars are owned by the shop, together with nine engines to be used for practice overhauling. The horsepower of these engines may be tested by the dynamometer in the shop. A student in this department may take his own car to the shop to work on, and is only charged for new parts for the machine. The past semester has shown a. marked increase in enrollment in the classes. In class, lesson sheets are effectively used, for they tend to create more interest in the work, E131

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