Cardinal High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Eldon, IA)

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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Mrs. Nobile's French II class isn't always working hard. Here we see them singing the French national anthem, La Marseillaise, led by Mrs. Nobile. Singing in class serves two pur- poses. The students learn how to pronounce French words correctly and it helps to make the class more interesting to the stu- dents. Often students find that they have problems, both scholastic and personal, which are beyond their competency to handle. Help in solving these problems is given by Miss Madelyn Hunter, our guidance counselor. Miss Hunter's duties are many and varied. Keeping records of the student's scholastic standings throughout his high school years is supplementary to her counseling duties. Whether as a housewife or a working girl, a course in home economics gives ’CHS girls a more technical preparation for life. Some girls may receive scholarships in home ec., go on to college, and become teachers, as did Miss Bowman. Bowman

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Commercial business courses offer the basis for a secretarial, stenographic, or clerical career. The instructors, Mrs. Gobble and Mr. Baker taught: typing, short- hand, filing, bookkeeping, office and clerical practice as well as the operation of various business machines. Drivers Education is a new sub- ject at Cardinal. It took a brave man to teach it and Mr. Laverne Baker handled the job. This is a one semester course that teaches students how to operate a car and to recognize the different highway signs and ob- serve the rules of the road. The course should provide more competent drivers and help slow the mad rush toward death on our national highways. Baker Our English curricu- lum was expanded this year. In addition to the standard courses, more specialized ones were added. English Seminar, a college preparatory course for Seniors, speech and journalism were new. I M L Higgins Hunter Nobile Shive

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The Journalism class supplies the foundation knowledge for a journalis- tic career. The course is concerned with the role of mass communication in todays life. Daily exer- cises in news production are carried out under the direction of the student editors and the instructor, Mr. Higgins. The class writes and edits the Cardinal Crier, the Cardinal, and string stories for the Eldon Forum and Batavia Bea- con. Higgins Keeping their eyes on the man at the blackboard is the algebra class. Here, Mr. Ward, BS, Ames, is explain- ing a problem to his students on the road to learning in business and industry where algebra must be relied upon to help solve many problems. Ward The vocal department provides an outlet from the toils of studying. The student receives, through his musical training, something that he may use in self-entertainment for a life time. Our music department was headed by a very competent man, Mr. Charles McClain. McClain re- ceived his BA degree at Parsons College.