Anderson High School - Indian Yearbook (Anderson, IN)

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PRE-APPRENTICE The Pre-Apprenlice course is lhe course designed for boys who hope someday To be in indusrry. This course is no+ a college preparafory course, bul' rafher a sei course wifh no elecfives olher 'fhan Sludenls who have graduared from This course have definile advanlages over olhers when seeking jobs in induslry as is indicaled by lhe personnel records of our local faclories. Jrhe choice of a branch of sfudy- These branches or divisions of Jrhis course are machine shop, pal- +ern-malcing, prinfing, aufo mechanics, and producl design. Afler choosing one of 'rhese a boy can branch our and specialize in i'r. Praciical experience is oblained From use of aclual mach- ines in his class-work.

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GENERAL The General Course is The course pre- scribed Tor any sTudenT who is undecided abouT whaT he or she wanTs To be. This course prepares a sTudenT Tor college enTrance as well as giving him a greaT varieTy oT high school exTras Trom which To choose. IT is The only course, wiTh The excepTion oT The Business EducaTion course, in which The sTudenT is allowed To choose his elecTive wiTh a wide variaTion and a large exclusion oT required subiecTs. The only required subiecTs in This course are a maior or Three years in English and hisTory, one year oT maThemaTics or al- gebra, one year oT physical educaTion. and one semesTer each oT saTeTy and physiology. ln This course The sTudenT may elecT a science course- a maThemaTical course, music. Typing, nuTriTion, Toreign language' arTs, business course, and various Types oT indusTrial arTs- One oT The elecTive courses oT sTudy which is aT The sTudenT's disposal is The science maior. This course oT sTudy begins Physical Ed- So. American Geography Egg b e wiTh biology and conTinues wiTh biology, boTany and Zoology, saTeTy, physiology, physics, and chemisTry. This course gives The sTudenT a brighT view oT scienTiTic worlds and prepares him Tor TuTure sTudy in The colleges oT science. Along wiTh The science The sTudenT sTudies, he musT have a more advanced maThemaTical knowledge. ln The maThe- maTical course The sTudenT has The privi- lege oT elecTing Tour addiTional years oT sTudy. These are iusT a Tew oT The many advan- Tages To which a sTudenT in The General Course is exposed.

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TECHNICAL The hardesf course in high school - fhaf's whaf some call Technical. Whefher fhis is frue or nof is debafable, buf fhe sfudenfs who have faken This course are well prepared fo enfer any fechnical engineering course in college. Forming a firm foundafion for sfudenfs who hope fo make engineering fheir profession is fhe purpose of offering fhis course of sfudy. Technical sfudenfs musf fake four years of mafhemafics. four years of English, fwo years of science and some work in shop Chemisfry so fhey will become accusfomed fo manu- facfuring processes. No exfra subiecfs can be faken excepf in fhe lasf half of fhe iun- ior year when some elecfives are offered. A genfle warning fo fhose who find mafh especially hard-don'f choose fhe Technical course. for mosf of fhe work is composed of higher mafhemafics. Buf fhe sfudenfs have af fheir disposal one of fhe mosf well-equipped machine shops in The sfafe which helps fo make fheir work more realisfic.