Central High School - Cehisean Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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Required of all students, English in Central has had the double purpose of making the student familiar with the background, history, and the greatest authors in the several fields of litera- ture as Well as giving him better com- man-d of the language. lncluded in the subjects are American and English liter- ature, drama, poetry, and short stories. New courses are World literature open to seniors and modified English offered to students not planning to enter college. Practical literary experience is gained through the journalistic undertakings, the Times , the weekly newspaper, the World , the magazine, and the Cehi- sean , the senior yearbook. The commercial course teaches the theory of business ethics and practice in addition to practical business experi- ence. lnstruction is given in three major subjects, bookkeeping, typing, and shorthand. These are supplemented by courses in office practice, business cor- respondence, commercial law, and world history. Practice makes perfect. We see Mr. William Bush admiring the targets of his ambitious proteges. Be- sides advising the Rifle club, he is modern to the minute in his ideas of chemistry. J KAN 5' X1 lCi,!?'f2, K if SEM .- .,,.w,... 5 1. LLL' lxzil Matters of state are no doubt being discussed, for don't you recognize Bernard Anderly, junior class president, and Albert Moorman, general chairman of the l. S., taking up the time of Miss Cora Timme, their class advisor? Thcy seem to enjoy the discussion. That pleasant occupa- tion, handling money, takes up the time of Mr. Robert Brockman, faculty bursar, when he isn't teaching book-keeping or advising the Chess club. Keeping track of Central's varied fi- nancial affairs makes it duck soup for this man to defeat any and all of his club members at the an- cient and honorable game cf chess.

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Advising the Times , teaching journalism and English, directing the Times' Revue , and advis- ing Quill and Scroll don't leave Miss Olive Allen with a great deal oi spare time, but she'll drop everything to listen to a story about dogs, her favorite hobby. Behind the headlines sit Frank Neu, lune lensen, Al Schwab, Herschel Cap- lan, and Earl Dunne, striv- ing to bring order out of chaos in the Times room to make the deadline. A look of envy came in- to the photographers eyes as he, a mere hunt-and- pecker , watched Gayle Skipton's fingers dart nimb- ly about the keyboard. Hundreds of other girls get training in typing, sh-ort- hand, bookkeeping, and business correspondence in Central's business depart- ment. Creating another excel- lent World for us, Mar- garet Blegen and Marion Dornfeld confer with Miss Grace Cochran, editorial adviser for our literary magazine. English is pleas- ant under her, too. . x 451'

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Manipulating S1100 worth of machinery is no child's play, so Iohn Schroeder can feel proud of his ability to make things go without their running amuck. Mr. Robert Berg, metal shop instructor, teaches him and many others the gentle art. Drawing boards and sharp edged tools take the place of textbooks and chalk in the class- rooms in Central's basement and sub-basement. Industrial arts including wood- turning, cabinet making, me- chanical drawing, home plan- ning, and metal working are ir- resistible to numbers of boys and a handful of girls, and from their classes come delicate, beautiful, useful, and sturdy articles. Air- plane and other models, maga- zine racks, book cases, and desks are constructed by the manual experts. To some a womans place is in the home, but to Dot Maxness, shop is her hide- out. The girls' Woodwork shop in which she learned Working on a more pliable substance than Iohn Schroeder and his metal, Mer- lin Serum chose wood shop for his in- dustrial art. Taking the grunt out of some of the work is the job of the me- chanical planer that Merlin is working. Mr. Albert Schwabe taught him how. to make that candelabra has become a popular part of the curriculum under Mr. Lewis I-larnsberger.