West Seattle High School - Kimtah Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT Front Row: Mrs. Friar, Miss Clark, Mr. Babcock, Miss Kraus, Miss Ford. Back Row: Mrs. Cooper, Mr. Smith, Mr. Brink, Mr MUSIC AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT Miss Hague, Mr. Behymer, Miss Babcock. f f' What year was the Mon- roe Doctrine signed? When was Marie Antoinette execut- ed? ls there a racial distinc- tion in America? That's right! lt's World History, American l-listory, Contemporary Prob- lems. All the exciting stories of the ages are answered in the study of these subjects. And that's not all. Whether it's realized or not, students of these studies are building in their minds the background they'll need in the future for intelligent citizenship. Yes, the most fascinating things they can know about are the struggles of countries, peoples and their problems down through the ages. There are teachers who have spe- cialized in these fields to thank for giving them the privilege of knowing about this world in which they live. Ci Appreciation and knowl- edge of fine music is taught these students who participate in programs for the rest of the school body. The value of developing an ear for this music promises to last well into the years to come. Bringing foreign relations closer, especially to fit in with the plans of the world to come, is the study of foreign lan- guages, courses which will draw all peoples together toward a common friendship. .Ci ff. fx

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Faculty M Meyers, Miss Magillicuddy, Miss Lockhart, Mr. Dotson, M ite, Mr, Murphy, Miss Sorenson. MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE DEPARTMENTS nt How: Miss Pierce, Miss Tozier, Miss Peaslee, B k How: Mr. Wohlrabe, Mr. Bonar, Mr. Sicelolf, Mr. Anderson, Larson, Mr. Mackey. 12 , Up in room 247, is a minia- ture office, where girls who have aspirations toward a commercial career actually practice typing, shorthand, stenciling, mimeographing and comptometer. Working to Yankee Doodle Dandy and similar tunes, the typing classes develop rhythm in their typing, as Well as fa- miliarize themselves with the correct forms of letters and addressing envelopes. Learning to keep records and file accounts reguires a large amount of training. That is Why this year the lunior Business course was added to the Commercial Department. Besides this important study, bookkeeping is offered as an advanced opportunity in com- mercial work. L:!Zl:C,Ci1CZC1C The future Einsteins find the World of test-tubes, bunson burners and black rubber aprons a fascinating one, heroically disregarding the sometimes unbearable prod- ucts of their delving into the elements. And then there's the un- mistakable evidence dis- played in slide rules, egua- tions, and brainpower to prove that someone in the vicinity is a student of alge- bra, geometry, or trigonom- etry. Proving their interests in field trips, pollywogs, and the alimentary canal of sguid, the students of Zoology find out about the rest of the ani- mals in this World.

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Fa ulty ENGLISH DEPARTMENT l Miss Kirkpatrick, Mrs. McDonald. Miss Young, M Hurd. Miss Akin, Miss McKenzie, Mrs. Chamberlen. HEALTH DEPARTMENT Phillips, Left to right: Miss Wheir, Mr, Doty, Mr. Ullin, Mr. P. I. Murphy, Miss Backmann, Miss Frye. 14 Remember the little kid days down at grade school and jun- ior high, and how ain't and ow used to pour from ex- pressive young vocal chords? But now the kids have grown up and know how to talk. They don't get that sink- ing feeling and twisted-up tongue that results from those spur-of-the-moment chats with oldsters. They know how to write, too. The future journalists, authors and champ letter writers enter these portals. And then, they have found real appreciation in fine literature. They know only too well that their minds require more than the Sunday comic section. Yes, they have grown up a lot-with the help of the Eng- lish department. 51515555 This year finds the physical education department adjust- ing itself to the rigorous de- mands of wartime, expanding the courses and training stu- dents to meet whatever pos- sible physical training ob- stacles they may encounter upon leaving school. Senior boys spent one hour a day wrestling, boxing, jump- ing obstacle courses and learning ludo, a form of Iu- litsu. Physical fitness also plays a large part in the program of the girls. Health Education, both for girls and boys when they are in their junior year, gives them the required study of the es- sence of healthful living.