Bellingham High School - Shuksan Yearbook (Bellingham, WA)

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egiuclenfri jaugh fo pelaair oice5, 7Wnc!:5, Kam We go to school not only to learn useful knowledge for work or for college but also to savor life more keenly and to give pleasure to others. Members of Mr. Mon- roe's advanced chorus, shown in the top picture, watch the director :is they sing. No class in school gives the student a broader point of view or 11 greater tolerance than Miss Tzlrkofbs soci- ology class, which visits insane asylums, jails, churches, and courts. ln the middle picture the members are having one of their quieter days in the classroom. Smiths auto shop, shown in the bottom picture, gives boys hance to repair their own cars, under supervision. From this irse they are eligible to take their place in some phase of auto- tive work. Their study includes textbooks as well as practical 18

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UA These pictures reveal subjects nonexistent in secondary eurriculums years ago, subjects which form some of the backbone of motlern scientific anal inclustrial eclucation. At the top, hlrs, l.aVelle's stuclcnts operate business machines, which inclucle calculators, comptometcrs, and clictaphones. In 1853 the operations shown here would have been performctl painstakingly and slowly bv hand. The chemistry students in the middle picture, under Mr. Allison, are making oxvgen with the fine equipment now possible in the modern school. At the turn of the cen- tury the scientific equipment of old Whatcom High School consisted of two water glasses and three test tubes. xy E! F lt, 850 EPB jAI'0llgA M6115 The model house sitting on the table in the bottom pic- ture was made several vears ago in Nr. Carrctt's mc- chanical clrawing classes. Ir reveals the precision anal skill neeclecl in mastering this subject, the training lor which is uscful in inanv fields of engineering. 17

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armed OMIM in ome pefafionzi, .gage eoign English isn't just all grammar and Composition. ln the top picture Miss Coy's students are playing 'lshowhoatf' made from a novel hy Edna Ferber. Music and other phases ol' our cultural heritage, such as radio, plays, television, novels, and poetry, are all studied in English. ln the middle picture the girls in Miss Cornish's home relations class are receiving instructions in flower ar- ranging from Mrs. S. F. Rork. Along with the discus! sions ol' child care, meals, and home planning, trips to homes and stores are also arranged. Pictured at the bottom are a few students of Miss Grays stage designing class, pinning stars on a curtain in preparation for the annual Starlite Revue, the Tomahawk fall show. Students plan sets, design scenes. study lighting, and build projects for various school entertainments. I9 Q