Bedford High School - Torch Yearbook (Bedford, IA)

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I r X! Normal Training Department Since its organization in 1913, the Normal Training course has been one of the most important courses in the high school. Its purpose is to prepare students for the work of teaching. This course is so practical and efficient that it attracts many students from neighboring towns. At present there are forty- nine enrolled in the Normal Training Department, twenty- seven Seniors and twenty-two Juniors. In the Junior year, subjects which the students will be required to teach in the rural schools, are taken up, along with their other work. In January and May comes the state tests which the Juniors Welcome with a frown and bid farewell with a smile. But they are not usually as bad as they first appear, as the ef- ficiency of this course enables the students to meet these dif- ficulties when they come. In the Senior year comes the remainder of the state tests, besides the twenty-four hours of observation and fifteen hours of practice teaching, which are required before a Normal Training Certificate is granted. This work is done under the supervision of the best teachers of the town and country. The Normal Training work this year has been under the supervision of Miss Bernice Wilcox, who has put forth every effort to make the work a success. - .: x: 'Al 3 ? 2 Eg 4? - -X J X- 'Z R' X --IW Page Forty-three

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7 if! B Home Economics Department Situated on the third floor of the grade building, giving an excellent oppor- tunity for healthful exercises, is the Home Economics department of the Bedford schools. Three new sewing machines and four new gas burners have been added to the equipment this year to make room for the larger classes. An effort has been made in the grade work to develop such a technique, both in foods and clothing, as to permit the carrying on of more advanced work in the High School classes. , As a knowledge of the principles of nutrition is invaluable to the home- maker of tomorrow, the foods work has been handled largely from the standpoint of meal planning where groups of four girls plan, cook and serve well balanced meals. Special' emphasis is placed on food value and management problems. During the winter months, hot lunch, consisting of two hot dishes, was planned, cooked and served by the normal training girls. Four girls had entire charge of the lunch for a week at a time while the rest of the class went on with their regular work. The cultivation of good taste is the aim of the clothing classes. Thus a careful study is made of line and color in relation to the individual girl. An ef- fort is made to make each girl understand that beauty of dress does not necessar- ily depend upon elaborateness. The motto, Vulgarity in dress is an outward indication of the inward lack of good taste and breeding. is an accurage sum- mary of the ideals taught and carried out in the clothing classes. Manual Training There have been many new tools purchased for the manual training class this year on account of the increase in the number enrolled in this department. The schools have this line of work in construction for the purpose of general education. It not only gives the pupils knowledge of construction but also of design. Manual training has many branches, as the forging and making of metal work, leather work, wood work etc. Wood-work is the branch which is offered in our school. It happens to be one of the most interesting of the branches be- cause most common materials are made of wood. However, very few people know anything about transforming this material into useful articles. There are two phases of wood work, theory and practice. First is learning the proper form of handling tools, and then to be skillful with them. Another important item in woodwork is, systematic order. This is carried on by beginning with simple projects, and range from foot stools to library tables and cabinets. Another thing that is emphasized is system and order of procedure, which is very essential in woodwork. -O. W - Z'-fx: 4,23 E re JZ xnxx- .ww 1 Page Forty-two

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ll- 7 iii if Af- ,-2 f' f ' ' T--: , -ivsg - f. 4 Q X fx' -1' i 'H' 1 l I ef B. H. S. Commercial Company fFounded-1918j MAIN OFFICE-First Floor of High School Building BRANCH OFFICES-Wl1e1'eve1' You Want Our Service MANAGER-Miss Rekers STENOGRAPHERS- APPRENTICES- Advanced Shorthand Class First-year Shorthand Class TYPISTS- BOOKKEEPERS- Fifty Typewriting Students Fifty-five Bookkeeping Students CAPITAL-Thirteen Underwood Typewriters Twenty-three Adding Machine CCommercial Arithmetic Studentsj SURPLUS-of Energy to Prepare to Fill the Best Positions. MEMBERS OF NATIONAL RESERVE BOARD-fof Competent Stenographers and Typistsj. Several of our employees have been granted membership in the Order of Gregg Artists and several have become members of the Order of Artistic Typists. To become a-member of the first Order means the acquiring of such a knowledge of shorthand and such a style in the writing of it as marks the difference betweet a mediocre writer and a Writer of promise and a member of the second Order must be able to produce a copy that is not o11ly accurate but also pleasing in appearance. DEPARTMENTS-Shorthand I and II, Typewriting I and 11, Bookkeeping, Com- mercial Arithmetic, Commercial Law. In addition, the Office Training Department was opened this year for the first time by the manager in order to prepare the stenographers to meet all the problems in the office intelligently. It carries on its business two days a week in conjunction with the Shorthand II Department. AIM-We Want to be so well trained that we will be the very best in our line of wo1'k even if We have to work outside of office hours. This is shown in every departinent and especially i11 the Shorthand II Department which re-organized their O. G. A. Club this year and meets every Tuesday evening with the manager. By means of these meetings this department has come in direct contact with present day office appliances and business customs though the coeoperation of some of the local business houses. The officers of the Club are: Nettie Redenbaugh, Pres., Luella Martin, Vice-Pres.3 Ruth Grunson, Sec'y and Treas. MOTTO- A winner never quits and a quitter never wins. Our Company proves that its employees are not quitters by those who have won the Underwood Typewriter Company awards. The following have received their awards this year: 604Word Award-Luella Martin. 50-Wo1'cl Award-Ruth Gunson, Estelyne Norton, Alan Thompson. 40-W'ord Award-Ruth Gunson, George Herriot, Opal Layman, Ferne Put- man, Buford Auten, Maude Foley, Elbert Avey, Doris Lucas, Dean Price, Reginald Long. 30-Word Certificate-Elbert Avey, Cecil Blane, Opal Layman, Alan Thompson, Harold Blanc, Ferne Putman, Maude Foley, Dean Price, Karl Cobb, Beulah Locke, Nettie Redenbaugh, Reginald Long, Doris Lucas, Gene Daugherty, Eugene Jones, Elsie Goudic, Grant Aiton, Charles Myers, Bessie Smith, Donald Marsh, VVillard Marsh, Fonta Purcell, Helen Welsli. PROSPECT OF GROWTH-Sixty students have entered their applications to be admitted into the Typewriting Department next year. He profits most who serves best. Let us profit by serving you in our efficient Way. ' -4. '-9 va, . ' 443 . 'W 4 xs..v- ,WW Page Forty-four - l