West High School - Hesperian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Office Workers of the Future Will Recall This Scene... Hesitant Fingers Tripping Over the Keys AI.BKRT B. OPFF.R . . . Shorthand . . . Chess Club . . . Bird and Conservation Club: ANNE M. JOHNSON . . . Typing; CIIARI.OTTF. M. Mi Fat lane . . . Shorthand . . . Typing: MRS. ARI.ENE WINSLOW . . . Bookkeeping Wheels of llusiness The C nimercial Wheels of the most business-minded nation in the world depend upon the figuring and correspondence of bookkeepers and stenographers. To many, the positions in the clerical office arc merely the stepping stones to higher appointments, just as the high school jobs in office practice were only the beginning of bigger jobs to come. Happy memories of improvement mark our high school commercial studies: the increased number of words we could typewrite or take in shorthand every minute, the growing ease and familiarity which we experienced around cn office, the final balancing of a difficult budget. All these remembrances point the way to future improvements. We may happily look forward to such improvements. Despite changes in what is being produced, despite alterations in the manner of their production. the office force is always a necessity.

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Tlic Lure of Music Melody, caprice, contrapuntal, composition, rondeau, pastoral psalmody, hyntnolo y, descant, madrigal, antiphon. The vocal and instrumental entertainers of the future will look hack upon their early attempts at combining melodic, rhythmic, and harmonious tones and at fathoming the meanings of a musician's vocabulary. They will recall the bewilderment that accompanied their initial introduction to the mysteries of counterpoint and harmony. In their minds' eyes they will visualize the opening, faltering efforts while attempting a new score—and then the pride and satisfaction when the piece of music had been fully mastered. They will realize that it was this keen sense of accomplishment (first experienced in school) that spurred them on in further quest for dexterity and perfection. Nor will musicians of tomorrow fail to remember the unstinting labors of their instructors who strived to inculcate into them a lasting appreciation and love for music. GEORG I C. KRIEGER . . . Bund . . . Orchestra . . . Chorus; PET! R 1). I K ('ll (standing) . . . Choir . . . Chorus . . . Glee Club . . . Madti-g-d: HARRY RANKS . . . Harmony Instructor

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DOROTHY STYF.R . . . Chxhing; MRS. MARY POTTER . . . Food Preparing for Homos Cooking, sewing, and the economics of a home— these are the heritage of womankind. They arc not menial, dull, or burdensome tasks; for these arc the small duties that help to form and build the most important part of American life—the family. Marriage will always remain the most worthy career of the majority of women. The preparation for this great institution must be thorough. During this preparation everything was not as simple for students as it was for Mother. The food was not always edible; the clothes we made, not perfectly styled. What girls have gained from the courses is a familiarity with their future duties and the beginnings of that certain knack around the kitchen and the sewing room—that knack which men wonder at and admire. Now they may look forward, satisfied that they arc capable of becoming the home founders of their generation. Every Woman’s Duty... These Girls Arc Learning the Arts of Home Life