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

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The Commercial Department is another major phase of education at Central. Under the supervision of Miss Katherine Miller, the course offers students a foundation for careers in business. The main pur- Commercial.... pose of the course is not only to give the basic funda¬ mentals behind business, but also to teach the stu¬ dent how to apply his training after graduation. Such subjects as law, business arithmetic, bookkeep¬ ing, business machines, and salesmanship are taught thoroughly and efficiently. For those inter¬ ested in secretarial work, shorthand is of vital im¬ portance. Another subject that has proven its value is typing. College-bound students find this subject a helpful preparation for their college days. Even dur¬ ing their high school years, students can use skills learned in the commercial course. Typists find plenty of work on the school yearbook and news¬ paper. As a result of the careful and thorough education received in the course, many students obtain excel¬ lent jobs soon after graduation. Also quick advance¬ ment is assured to those who have had a complete commercial education. Credit is due to Miss Miller and the other commercial teachers for the wonder¬ ful job that they are doing in preparing students entering into the business world. Standing: Mrs. Katherine Gross, Miss Alice Lowry, Miss Mary Miller, Mrs. Frank Bochnak, Miss Doris Reagan. Seated: Miss Leda Wickham, Miss Caroline Wadsworth, Mr. John Guley, Mrs. Elsie Coffman, Miss Helen Murphy.

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Miss Grace Holcomb, art teacher, and one of her classes at work. Home Economics is an excellent course which gives plenty of opportunity to all. The classes not only offer cooking and sewing, but other essential subjects such as child care, interior decorating, poise, and etiguette are taught. The classes are taught efficiently and interestingly in the classrooms or in the modern homemaking room. Modern stoves and refrigerators are constantly being used. The course, under the supervision of Mrs. Lillian Perkins, department head, is taught with the pur¬ pose to prepare young girls to be good housewives and homemakers in the near future. Home £c.... Art. In Room 325 there is always a constant buzzing of art students. Miss Grace Hol¬ comb is the supervisor and does a very efficient job of ' teaching art. Each term new talent arrives with interest in art. The students very often draw a number of posters for our school plays and events throughout the year. They also make cer¬ tain drawings to decorate the school. Each student is always given a week or more in which to finish his or her art project. The students are constantly trying to bet¬ ter themselves as far as their art work is concerned. Miss Dagmar Wulff and Miss Lillian Perkins. Page Thirteen

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Industrial.... Central ' s ground floor is one of the busiest of our school ' s four stories. This floor serves as a training field for the many students taking industrial sub¬ jects. Pupils who take industrial subjects are trained for jobs which they will be able to enter immediately after graduation. The variety of industrial classes at Central is great. Many of these contain a wealth of knowledge, such as: auto shop, in which the boys are taught the fundamentals of mechanics; printing shop, where the pupils gain experience in working with printing machines by turning out many things that Central needs which require printing, such as programs for the term play; and wood shop, where the boys make some things which are for sale. If you ever need a bookcase or a knicknack shelf, go down to Room 5 and 6 and see what they have to offer. Other help¬ ful subjects are machines, metal shop and mechani¬ cal drawing. But not all industrial subjects are for boys. Cen¬ tral ' s girls who wish to become beauticians are offered a course in beauty culture. Any student who takes an industrial subject at Central is going to be well trained in that particular field. Seated: Mr. Frank Collen, Mrs. Elsie Winchell, Mr. Harold Hess, Mr. Francis Gorgos. Standing: Mr. Fred Barrett, Mr. Michael Fanelli, Mr. James Kerr, Mr. Andrew Harris, Mr. Lee Kent. tst-J