Washington High School - Scroll Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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Madge Houghton, Ph.B. Leila Rosenfeld, Ph. B. Alma Boundey, B.A. Hazel Heai.y, B.A., M.A. Ella Phelps, Ph.B. Harry O ' Neil, B.A. Kenneth Dewey, B.A. Helen Green, B.A. Rose Hauer, B..- . Gerda Witt.man, B.A. Orma Keuper, B..- . Iima Zinns, Ph.B. M.arian Scanlan, B.A. Eldon Schneller, B.A. Wilfred Belleau, B..- ., M.. . .Margaret Thompson, B.S .. B.L. II rt II 1 ■I l-l ll jl 11 1 1,. II iv . 1% |, v I ' l ||k| II If 11 li II i Pnnf Tivcnly-thrre

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i f Florence ' ax ' liet, B.A., M.A. Car(ili i: Mi rthv, Ph.H. Inez Strohm, B.A., Al.A. English Department H n If 9 5 II I If II i I HE AIM of the English Department at Washington is to give the pupil the ability to speak and write clear, forceful, colloquial English, and to give him a taste for good reading. It is in this manner that Miss Caroline Murphy, head of the depart- ment, states the purpose of the one department in our school which at some time or other touches personally every student attending Washington. At present, of the 2,399 pupils enrolled in our school, 2,246, or 93.62 per cent, take English. The first aim of the department — to give the pupil the command of clear, forceful, colloquial English — is carried out through the practice work — punctuation, and parts of speech exercises. This year the after-school grammar classes have been inaugurated, by means of which failure students in grammar are given special help until they show some mastery of the subject, and the regular class is not held back. The other great task of this depart ment is to give the pupils an appreciation of good literature and a taste for it, through the intensive study of a few great classics which serve as models. To this end representative novels are studied, as are also some of the best short stories, poems, and essays. It is felt that if the pupil be given a stand- ard, he will be much better able to choose for himself, in later life, the really good in the literature surrounding him. ()nl atuither quiz! P t jp Tv,i7ity-tiuo Class dramatization for Frosh

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11 fl ' t ll n % f w i ll il ll II ' , ' ,. 3 ■».■ ' , • ? mi ' ' ' ' ■. ' ■A j fj II m. fi I ll II ll ll Robert Ewers, A.B. Ralph Blair Lucy Schoenig Commercial Department ' HiLE the primary aim of the Commercial Department is to prepare our high school students to take a place in the business world, still we realize that many of those who take our work will never do office work. We are trying to instruct this latter group in such a manner that they may be able to conduct their own business affairs in a more systematic manner and thereby live in closer harmony with other people and become better citizens of this great commercial nation, said Mr. Ralph Blair, head of the Commercial Department. The department consists of the following classes: Business Arithmetic, Penman- ship and Spelling, Commercial Geography, Shorthand, Typewriting, Business Forms, Office Practice, Advertising, Salesmanship, and Bookkeeping. At present there are seventeen teachers in the department, Mrs. Berdie Flegal having been added as a Typewriting teacher this last year. There are eighty-four classes enrolled which brings approximately 2,100 pupils into the department. This is an increase over last year, and shows that the commercial department is rapidly pro- gressing. IS ' jrway, Sweden, Deniiiark. Page Tv-rnly-lour Stenrjgs — ; the process of development. |l