Calumet High School - Temulac Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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James Churchill Margaret De Vine Christine Drennan Lois Flood Sigrid Johnson Eleanor Kelly Royce Kinnick Irwin Knehans Bertha La Coste COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT It was around the turn of the century that Calumet opened its commercial department-a department which made the high school truly democratic, for it served not only the boys and girls who wished to prepare for college, but also those who wished, upon graduation, to fill a useful niche in the business world. Later developments widened its field of service, for the two-year course was begun for young people forced to leave school early in life, and the college com- mercial course was started for those who wished to learn a vocation during preparation for higher learning. Time had been when wise folk raised eyebrows at the mention of shorthand and bookkeeping in an academic school, but people soon learned that the effort in taking a trial balance was as dignified as that ex- pended in working a theorem. Most high schools had two standard commercial courses: shorthand and book- keeping. At Calumet, however, we realized that still another group should be provided for-those who wished to have a knowledge of the fundamentals of bookkeeping and of the operation of such office equipment as the calculating machine. Since an overwhelmingly large number of office workers hold some other position than that of bookkeeper or stenographer, we feel that we have provided for the needs of all. Nor are these needs filled when a skill is learned. A business worker wants an intelligent knowledge of the business world so that, instead of being a mere cog in the machine, he will be a thinking entity, understanding the why of that which surrounds him. For this reason we have the social sciences of commerce: commercial geography, business administration, economics, salesmanship, ad- vertising, and commercial law. With these for equipment, the young worker can Page 24

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Carrie Barlow Elwood Smith Sybel Beach Arthur Booth john Deegan Harry Fuller Marian Kious Harold Metz Walter Overholser Amerigo Sansone William Seabrook Leonard Teuscher Helen Tobin Glenn Worst TECHNICAL DEPARTMENTS The technical department is one of our most rapidly growing departments. An average of one shop teacher each semester has been added to the technical staff, since we became established in the new building. This department now offers work in machine or engineering drawing, architectural drawing, Wood shop fincluding furniture, carpentry, and a study of building constructionj, electricity, auto mechanics, aeronautics, and printing. Students other than those taking technical courses may take electives toward graduation, both major and minor, in any of the courses named above. The home economics department offers the following courses: food, clothing, and home management. The girls in the clothing courses learn not only how to construct attractive and becoming garments, but also how to judge fabrics and buy clothing intelligently. In the cooking classes the girls learn to choose food wisely and to prepare healthful and tasty luncheons at a low cost. During Open House Day, May 13, the parents who visited the home economics depart- ment were served tea in the dining room. Page 23

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Catherine Mulcahy Raymond O'Brien Agnes O'Donohue Irene Powers Marie Pressentin Anne Rosenberg Nourmahal Rowden Lillian Sattler john Bayston COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT think in the terms of his employer and is so enabled to make himself indispensa- ble. Even with such careful planning, the commercial department now responds to the demands of further evolution. The proposed new curriculum will abolish the two-year course, for it is no longer possible for very young boys and girls to work. Those who do leave school before the completion of the four-year course, though no longer acceptable for positions as stenographers and book- keepers, will have been so trained by the new, full courses in business practice that they will be useful junior workers in any office. Since Calumet wants all abilities exploited, if the advanced student does not fit in the two time-honored vocations-stenography and bookkeeping-he will be sure to find rich possi- bilities for him in the new course. There have been a number of changes in the faculty of the commercial department this year. The new teachers in the department are: Miss Ruth Palmerton, who used to teach in Joliet and is now teaching typing and commer- cial civics at Calumet, in the position formerly held by Miss Addie Mealiffg Mr. Elwood Smith, who came from the commercial continuation school and is teaching bookkeeping and arithmetic, Mr. James Churchill, who previously taught nine years at Harrison High School and is teaching bookkeeping hereg Mr. Royce Kinnick, also a bookkeeping teacher, and formerly an accountant. Mrs. Helen Keleher, who left Calumet for about two years, returned recently to take the place formerly held by Mrs. Alma Davis. Miss Irene T. Powers is head of the commercial departmenigiwhich numbers twenty-eight teachers and about two thousand three hundre? students. - Page 25 X, fc?-'