Binghamton Central High School - Panorama Yearbook (Binghamton, NY)

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COMMERCIAL Seated: Miss Helen Murphy, Miss Caroline Wadsworth, Miss Mary Miller, Miss Katherine Miller, Miss Leda Wickham. Standing: Mrs. Elsie Coffman, Mr. John Guley, Miss Alice Lowry, Mr. Benjamin Gold, Miss Mary Cahill, Mrs. Frances Bochnak. The commercial course supervised by Miss Katherine Miller offers an excep¬ tional chance for all girls who are planning a career in business. Further¬ more, this course .may also be of use to students who are planning for college in the near future. Such interesting subjects are offered as bookkeeping, typing, shorthand, busi¬ ness law, business arithmetic, and busi¬ ness machines. These subjects are taught thoroughly and efficiently to prepare students for a future life in busi¬ ness. As a result many graduates seek permanent jobs, and a great number of them receive excellent ones right at the start. The commercial teachers are cer¬ tainly doing a fine job in preparing the students for their careers. Office Practice Class at work. Page Fourteen

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The new co-ed home economics class is a true suc¬ cess at Central. HOME ECONOMICS ART The art class happily receives instructions from Miss Grace Holcomb, art teacher. Homemaking, which is one of the most useful and practical subjects taught in high schools today, is elected by many pupils regardless of what their selected course may be. Both boys and girls alike benefit from these classes where such interesting topics as child care, cooking, interior decorating, sewing and etiguette are off ered. This year, in contrast to other years when separate classes were held for boys and girls, a co-ed” class has been organized. The homemaking depart¬ ment is definitely a valuable part of Cen¬ tral ' s training program. Art classes at Central are made up partly of students who wish to make art their career, and of others who are merely interested in it as a hobby. In either case, they are taught the basic principles of drawing and design by Miss Grace Hol¬ comb, the Art Department instructor. The art classes supply the posters and decora¬ tions for all productions held at Central, and they adorn the art room with portraits of their classmates. Art contest entries from Central usually win a great many Scholastic Art Awards. Page Thirteen

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INDUSTRIAL Seated: Mr. Michael Fanelli, Mr. Frank Clark, Mrs. Elsie Win- chell, Mr. Harold Hess, Mr. Francis Gorgos. Standing: Mr. Lee Kent, Mr. Frank Collen, Mr. Louis Hill, Mr. Fred Barrett. There are many students at Central who pursue interests in the industrial classes. In this course a variety of helpful subjects are offered including machines, metal, auto, print work and mechanical drawing. Here the students learn many essentials about the trade which some of them will no doubt enter after graduation. They also learn the necessary facts about the operation and the repairing of the machines. In the auto classes, the boys are being pre¬ pared to become the mechanics of to¬ morrow. This role has great impor¬ tance in our atomic age. All industrial classes are held on the ground floor which serves as a training field. Mrs. Winchell gives a manicure to one of her Beauty Culture pupils. Page Fifteen