Central High School - Booster Yearbook (La Crosse, WI)

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THE BOGSTER 1933 COI11I11CfCl3l Department ONINIEPCIAI work IH the Ia C rosse Schools had lts beglnnlng ln 19041n the oldhlghschool cor ner of 8th and NIHIH wlth 'Xlr A A Zlmmer IH charge In 1908 'XIr Zlmmer was followed bg, Nlr Butler the present head of the department At present the other commerclal teachers are Anna C olllns Anna Roche and Illlle Selelstad In 1091 a Iunlor Hlgh School was addcd at C entral In the 8A gradc there IS a lryout course ln whlch students are glxen half a semestcr of forelgn languages and half a semes ter of commerclal work shorthand typlng and bookkeeplng Phls course has proved to be a tlme savcr IH senlor hlgh school work Now as a result of 'I ry outs there are very few students enterlng regular com for the work The present Senlor Hlgh School commerclal course offers two vears of bookkeeplng two years of stenog raphy a semester each of commerclal law OIIICG practlce salesmanshlp and commerclal or lndustrlal geography All commerclal sublects are also electlve IH other courses Senlors may take tvp ng wlthout shorthand In the bookkeeplng department students first become famlllar wlth slmple buslness transactlons and gradually mect wth more complex problems lhey begln wlth lndlyld ual ovvnershlp and adw ance to part nershlps and corporatlons always maklng use of current s tuatlons In the stenographlc course the alm IS to prepare studcnts to takc lllCt2lt1OIl and trarscrlbe thelr notes on the tvpewrlter at a good ratc of speed At the end of the course they are taklrlg fl1CtH1210I1 at from 100 to 129 words per mlnute 'Xlany haxe typed 60 words per mlnute IH a fifteen mlnute test whlle some haxe typed ox er 80 words One Fentrfll student was au arded a portable tvpe wrlter bx a typewriter company fol txplng oxer 80 words per mlnute wlthout error ln a 19 mlrute test The course ID commcrclal law alms to teach the proper urderstard rg of the purpose of law especlallx relatlon to buslness trars ct ons Students dex elop the abllltx to know the rlghts lnd llabllltles of those wlth whom they haxe buslness con tact No lttcmpt IS made to dcwelop lcgal technlque but rather to make the students aware of lcgal sltu ltlons and to seek legal 3.flVlC9 when dlfI1 cultles arlse Newspaper ltems bear lng on tODlLS studled ald IH brlnglng to the class a reallzatlon of the lm portance ol the study of commerclal law and lts appllcatlon to ex eryday ew ents lhe salesmanshlp classes learn the necessary steps IU maklng sales and tactfully honestly and courteously The work lncludes actual sales dem onstratlons Irstructlons when not to buy are alsa glxen lhe ofllce practlce course whlch tr uns studcnts for general othce work lncludes LLlttlI1gSt9I1CllS mak lng dltto and mlmeograph CODIQS preparlng mall fillng bllllng maklng out pay rolls also operatlng the dlctaphone and xarlous computlng ITlE1ClIlH9S lhe class has practlce ln the use of rallroad tlme tables the telephone and ln wrltlng telegrlms Buslness people are lnxlted to the school to speak to the classes on warlous toplcs pertalnlng to thelr work and students V1Slt downtown ofllces to enable them to correlate thelr lnformatlon wlth lctual usage and to acqualnt them wlth a buslness atmosphere Some of the advanced students act as secretarles to VJFIOUS members of the faculty take charge of banklng and Booster Club clues and accounts file and make reports for the deans vocatlonal guldance dlrector and truant offlcer Otllers gct thelr elrpcrlence bv asslstlng ln the supellntcndents otllce 1 . as dna a-- 1 . . L A 4 ' ' i 1 I ' ., , ' - 's y - B . I, i h i . , .... . - -, . . , . . , - 2' ln I y ' . 1 rs . . . , . H s ,. . , . 7 . . , , . I ' . ' 1 v -' 1. , s 1. . sy V I ' Ln ' rv C I D , 4 A 1 , ' f 1 .- , . . . , D 1 i . 1 .' Q ' - . 2 ' . ,,,, ,, v . .i Y . . . ' v A, , ' ' v ' - ' - g , . s- -. ' , 1 I. 3.4 'W r 1 1 - .' ' . . : ' . ' ' , Y . . r U ' , ll v 7 17 f - ' , f 1 . - A u . . 1 merclal classes who are not fitted the value of deallng wltll people . I c ' , I , ' . .. Y L l Y. L . ' 1 - Y 11 ' V , D . D . n I o I rd I 1 I 1 I l y - . . , u 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 1 Z ' A ' . , 4 f ' . 1 ,. . . , . ' ' . c. , -' ' ' a s 1 Q . . . . . , . 7 A sL 5, c 5 1 , ' 2 . y K Y . 1 . ', . 1 5 , -' Q, .1 . 1 , , is ,, Z 4 . 1 . ' J ' I A . I- , ll Y f ' . Y - ' n 7 I 7 I . L ' , r ' . . v v . . I ' '. l . ', . V ZD- Page Twenty-n ne

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THE BOOSTER-1933 so w w N W M MLRC AL DEPARTMENT COM .. W M M i M W M 2 1 5 'E 3. S az Y? ke -., K F1 , . A 1 L , P'

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THE BIOOSTQER-1933 The School Year HANCES IN FAFL LTY Among the teachers who left us ln June 1932 were Mlss Beacom Engllsh department Mlss McLeod Engllsh department Mr Brokaw vlce prlnclpal Mlss Thlel dean of J unlor Hlgh School and MISS Owens physxcal educatlon dxrector for glrls The new teachers ln the Enghsh department are Mlss Engelke Mlss Ierschbacher and MISS Malchow who IS also dean of the Jumor Hlgh Mr Hoff IS teachmg ln the chemlstry department Mr Hetherlngton for mer teacher of chemlstry IS vlce prxnclpal and Mlss HlCklSCh IS the glrls physlcal educatlon dlrector In February 1933 due to the very sad death of Mlss Agnes Hayes there was another change ln faculty Mlss Lorraine Patnode substltuted for several weeks after whlch Mr Eagan took her place as regular teacher ENROLLMENT For the past few years there has been only a sllght increase or decrease IH enroll ment from one September to the next The class enrollment from February to June IS as follows B A B A 2B 1 A September 1932 records show a total enrollment of 1 212 students ln Jumor and Senlor Hlgh The Feb ruary graduates decreased thus num ber by 58 students The February 1933 enrollment shows a decrease of 49 or a total of 1 133 Nmeteen of the new students In February came from Hogan twelxe from VS ebster flfteen from V1 ashmgton and two from Wash burn Lmcoln Jumor Hlgh sent on er fifty four students who entered Sen lor Hlgh SUMMER SCHOOL For the past elghteen years that IS from 1915 up untll thls year there has been a summer school sesslon for those falllhg ln one or more subjects for those finlshmg school IH less than four years and for those takmg double courses Thls year the st hool board has for the sake of cconomy declded to change that custom and have no summer school VOCA'1IONAL C UIDANC E On November 18 1932 vocatlonal guldance talks were glven by bus1 ness and professlonal men and women of thls clty Sxteen groups heard talks lnstead of the usual fifty or thereabouts The new plan IS to have each of the talks glVCD ewerv three years The speeches on vocatlonal guld ance have been glven annuallv to ald students ln chooslng thelr l1fe work The followlng groups and speakers were hsted lfrank Muth Harry L Baum Geo ge Bracken Dr W F Bannen Bert A Johvette A Barnatz L Staddler Avlator Auto Mechanu I- let trluan Doctor I' armer Salesman Barber W S Woods Meta Jonas Only Johnson Clvll I' nglneer Elementary Teacher Stenographer Loulse Schrexber Clerk B C Smlth Flla Neuhs K Turmo Radlo Rose Jahlmxak Nur 1 lhe number of students who attended the groups were axlatlon 93 auto mechamc 31 elettrluan 32 doctor 41 farmer 18 salesman 27 barber 14 locomotne engineer 26 ClXll englneer 33 elementary teacher 74 clerk 34 stenogrzpher 97 busmess 63 ITIUSILIAH 44 Iddl0 64 nurse 60 Buslness Man N1 uslc lan lg my Av I Av v . . . . . L V . ' , , u. , . . ' ' I 7 J ,i .' l I Z 1 I . 1' Y I J ' ' ' - ' l , A n n 7 A . . 1. . . u ' n , a - . . . . . . ' . ' ' Q .' ' . , . . . . , . h , '. 1 1 ' 7B ............,.,..... 51 . ..,.,...,. . ' 7A ...........,......., 44 . ' ........,...... 1 ' 8B .................... 52 . . 1. .......... ,... , . 8A ...... ,.,,,....,,.. 5 7 . . ' . ........,...... . 1' 9B ....,4.............. 61 . ' ' ...,....,,...,..... ' 9A ,........,....... ... 82 '. ' ' ,..........,,..,.... .. ' 10 .......,...,....,... 127 . '. ..... ,.....,,, ' ' 1 ' 10 .................... 200 ' .......... I ' ' 11 ,...,,......,...,... 89 .......,...,,.. ' 11 ............,....,.. 180 ' ' ..,......,..... ,.. 1 ,..,.....,..,....... 93 . . ' ..,...,.......,. ' . ' 2 ............,...,... 200 A ' .,..,.... ...,.. . , . s' ' hd' . a . .1 ..............,.,..... I ' , ' ' ' ........,. ......... S ' ,- . . . - ,, i K I ' 3 Fi' ' . , t g . . .. , Y C 3 Y 7 I . 3 'N' A l Y 1 7. , 3 . . , .5 A v Y l , 6 . 4 L l Y 1 ' ' 1 1 l .Y . ' 2 -2 .' , y . - - , i I 1 'a e Thx