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

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FIRST ROW: Mrs. Joan Moore, Miss Lela Wickham, Mrs. Elsie Coffman, Mlss Janet Feeney, Mrs. Dorothy Hamilton. SECOND ROW: Mr. Richard Horney, Miss Alice Lowry, Mr. John Guley, Miss Helen Murphy, Miss Mary Miller, Mrs. Frances Bochnak CUMMERCIAI. DEPARTMENT The Commercial Department supports a wide held of opportunities for those students who are interested in the business world. Miss Alice Lowry supervises this department. The commercial students have four various branches to select their courses from. These include Secretarial Practice, which differs from the others as it requires shorthand, Oiiice Practice, which is similar to Secretarial Practice, except shorthand is not required, Bookkeep- ing, which trains the pupil for office work, and General Business, which caters to those who have made no specific plans after graduation. Central High is very fortunate to have the valuable equipment with which the students can obtain the practice, essential in their careers. Some rooms are provided with calculators, add- ing machines, electric typewriters, dictaphones, and duplicating machines, while three rooms are completely furnished with typewriters. Not only the students who are looking forward to a business career benefit from the com- mercial course, but also the college-minded students. Central offers the regular typing course or else a special course for seniors. The student taking this receives no grade or credits but is aided in typing research papers, which are required in twelfth grade literature class. f 1 . Just k 1 press this buffon Hunt and peck ll

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FIRST ROW: Miss Helen Cusick, Mrs. Mildred Youngstrom, Miss Helen Foley, Mrs. Bessie Gaige, Miss Mary Holleran. SECOND ROW: Mr. Abraham Bernstein, Mrs. Constance Flonnigan, Miss Mory Hinckley, Mrs. Dorothy Freimarck, Mrs. Mary Petro, Mr. John Moore ENGLISH DEPARTMENT English, the backbone of our high school curriculum, is an essential subject-one used con- stantly in our everyday lives. Central's course of study is well-rounded to include all phases of English. In all classes we learn to appreciate the great beauty and wisdom of some of our finest literature, past and present. This includes the reading of short stories, plays, novels, essays, poetry, and biographies. Twelfth grade Literature is a course especially designed to cover these lields. The sophomores, juniors, and seniors who are taking General English also have the opportunity of studying the extreme importance of a broad and effective vocabulary and ac- quire a solid foundation in the application and use of English grammar, spelling and composi- tion. A special course in Dramatics is offered to those students who are interested in acting, directing, and costume design. The English Department, headed by Miss Avis Balcom, strives to teach students a love and respect for the English language. We are deeply indebted to our capable English teaching staff for giving us an excellent and informative introduction to this invaluable course. As bread is the staff of life, so English is the stat? of our education. . 0 eovle E.xerciS25 tis 1 is wGYr P . h md' 411195 Q Ererndlw gram Hee l3