Central High School - Arrow Yearbook (Aberdeen, SD)

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HOME ECONOMICS Home economics is offered as an elective to all the girls in senior high school. Two types of courses are available. Girls wishing to major in the subject elect two years of the course and in addition Related Art and Phys- iology. The other course is offered to girls enrolled in other departments of the school who wish some home economics but cannot give more than one year to the subject. The class in Home Economics Survey has been organized for this latter group. The plan of the survey course is to offer many short units in different phases of homemaking with the development of appreci- ation, rather than skill, as the aim. This course, offered for the first time in the spring semester 1931, is proving a popular elective in filling a real need in the high school program. However, there is much of the subject matter which is as interesting and valuable to boys as to the girls, and the depart- ment hopes there will be an opportunity to organize a class in the future. The home economics department has been housed since the fall of 1930 in a modern homemaking suite on the second floor of the Washington building. The rooms consist of a clothing room, a foods room, equipped with seven unit kitchens and a combination bedroom, dining room and living room. All rooms are artistically decorated, yet modest and in keeping with the homes of our community. Equipment is available for the teaching of practically every phase of homemaking. In addition to serving the depart- ment needs, the rooms are fast becoming the center of the social life of the school. The home economics classes also sponsor the annual banquet for the football squads. Miss Clara Flemington is the supervisor of these classes.

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ART CLASS The Art Class formerly occupied a room in the high school, but in the fall of 1931 it was transferred to a large room on the second floor of the Washington building. All art courses are elective six courses being offered. The first year art is known as Art IB and Art IA: the former is the study of general drawing and color, while the latter consists of freehand drawing and design work. Art IIB and IIA is the second year course, first and sec- ond semesters respectively. Art IIB is the study of hgure construction to- gether with advanced design and color application to practical problems. The second semester includes a study of the history of art and art appreciation in connection with house and costume designing. The next year's course is known as Show Card, which is a developing of skill in lettering along with show card making and advertising. The last course is the Related Arts course, a subject related to the Home Economics subject. This is open only to girls and is an appreciation and crafts course. Problems dealing with every day life are studies in this class, consisting of the principles of art, color, interior decorating, and costume designing. Miss Christensen, the instructor of the Art classes, has 121 students enrolled in all six courses. Each pupil has his own desk and portfolio, in which he keeps his materials, pencil and ruler. All supplies are furnished for the daily work. Two students, outstanding in art work, are chosen each year to do the designing and drawing on the Arrow. These artists do very fine work on our Arrow and have been rated highly in our annuals of the past, several of them having been especially commended.

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COMMERCIAL All the commercial subjects offered in the Aberdeen High School are elective. For students wishing to pursue a definite course of business sub- jects, two courses are outlined: the stenographic course and the general bus- iness course. The stenographic course is planned for students who wish to learn to write shorthand and transcribe their shorthand notes on the type- writer. Bookkeeping is offered to such students in their sophomore year. The study of bookkeeping gives much valuable and necessary business infor- mation and increases the student's vocabulary of business terms. Shorthand and typewriting are offered in the junior year with commercial law and of- fice practice in the senior year. Commercial law and office practice are each offered for one semester enabling a student to take both in one year. In the general business course, bookkeeping is also the elective in the sophomore year. Typewriting X or typewriting without corresponding work in shorthand is offered in the junior year. The electives for the senior year are Commercial Law and Economic Problems. Economic Problems is offered by the History department but students in the commercial department are urged to take this work. Students not wishing to pursue either of the two definitely outlined programs, may elect any of the subjects offered in this department. Many students find time for bookkeeping only, others type- writing X and still others take only the work in commercial law. There are four teachers with six hundred and eighty-five students enrol- led in the department. The subjects are adjusted to better train for citizenship.