Central High School - Girardot Yearbook (Cape Girardeau, MO)

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DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATION Commercial For those students who plan to engage in commercial work, a very satisfactory course is offered. The school is equipped with standard machines, and a one-year course in typing is offered, with special emphasis on speed and ac- curacy. Students who are actively interested in commer- cial work as a vocation are urged to take the two years of shorthand and one year of bookkeeping. Other courses included in this department are commercial arithmetic, law, and geography, all of which are one-semester subjects. To supplement the regular departmental activities and to give an opportunity for students to test their aptitudes for com- mercial work, the Typing and Shorthand Clubs were organ- ized. y All commercial work is under the direction of Miss Cor- nelia Gockel and Mr. C. E. Miller. Even though the work in this section is optional, the department is filled to capacity. Home Economics The activities of the home economics classes include most of the important phases of homemaking. Students not only learn how to sew and cook, but they are taught in- telligent buying, home nursing, the selection of clothing, and interior decoration. The courses are organized as fol- lows: First year -- cooking and sewingg second year - clothing, home equipment, and home decoration, with some of the crafts related to the home. The last unit is correlated with the art department and is done there in the regular ZA section. The work of this department gives some of the most practical information offered at Central, and the in- creasing demand for its courses gives evidence of the ef- ficient work Miss lones is doing. Foreign Languages Although French was formerly offered at Central, it has not been in the regular curriculum since 1927. First year French is again a part of the course, being reinstated in the fall of l938. lt includes the study of French grammar and some literary selections. Miss Uhl is in charge of all activities in this section. The Latin division regularly includes a two-year course, and third year Latin is offered when the demand is sufficient. First year students learn Latin grammar and do intensive work in word study. The second and third year courses include the study of the writings of great Roman authors. One of the important departmental organizations is the Latin Club. All of the work of the department is under Miss Krueger's direction. -i23L,

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DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATION Art The art department, which was placed on a major basis in the year of 1925-26, has shown steady development both in numbers participating and in phases of activity offered. The present course consists of two years of art, and each semester's work gives one-half unit of credit. The lb course deals with color theory and the principles of design. The second course, cataloged as la, is commercial in its emphasis and gives particular attention to lettering and the problems involved in poster making. Costume and figure drawing are the main topics in Zb, or third semester art. During the fourth term, or 2a course, interior decoration is the chief topic: and crafts connected with the home are taught, thereby giv- ing opportunity for the practical application of principles previously developed. For those who are not particularly talented but nevertheless interested, the Art Club is provided. All of the work of this department is under the direction of Miss Edna l-larnan and is designed so as to bring out crea- tiveness in the student and to build an appreciation of beauty in all of its forms. English and Speech All high school students are required to take four years of work in English. These regular eight semesters of work include grammar, composition, literature, speech, and jour- nalism. For students who wish to do some specialization, there are additional courses in public speaking and drama, each being one-semester subjects. The departmental work in speech is supplemented by the lunior and Senior Public Speaking Clubs. The Red Dagger and Silver Spear Clubs offer extra practice in dramatics, having one regular week- ly club period and one public performance each year. The extracurricular work in journalism includes the Tiger, a bi- weekly newspaper, and the Girardot, a yearbook which is issued at the close of school. The English course is planned so as to give the student a skillful use of mechanics and an appreciation of all differ- ent types of literary effort. The journalism unit centers around the intelligent reading of the newspaper and an understand- ing of its function in expressing American public opinion. Speech fundamentals and drills encourage the student to speak well and give him an appreciation of the beauty of his own language. The work of the English department is organized as fol- lows: Miss Welman and Miss Lucille McLain 4 sophomore English: Miss Sadler, Miss Eckelmann, and Miss Reed e-- lunior English, Miss Eloise McLain and Miss Uhl f senior English. ln addition to regular class work, each teacher sponsors one or more extracurricular activity. ,-224.

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DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATION Music The music department ot Central is a very exemplary one, it being accustomed to receiving excellent ratings in competitive events. No music credit is required for gradua- tion, but a great many students take advantage ot the ex- cellent opportunities ottered them. For the people interested in the vocal phase of music there are the chorus classes, Girls' Glee Club, and Boys' Glee Club. The highest honor in vocal music is membership in the A Cappella Chorus, and its members are chosen from people in the two glee clubs. An extracurricular group which meets just tor the pleasure they derive from singing together is the Boys' Singing Club. Instrumental instruction is given in band, orchestra, and string ensemble. Miss Frieda Rieclc is the director ot music, having charge ot all the work in the department except the band which is instructed by Mr, William A. Shivelbine. About half oi the students in Central participate in some form of musical activity. They tind in it an outlet tor their own self-expression and a sense ot power which comes from the development ot skill, as well as the joy that comes from hearing the great harmonies ot the masters ot music. Industrial Arts Each ninth grade student in the junior high schools is required to take a year of manual training. When he enters Central, this work is entirely optional, but the department is filled to capacity. Three courses are otiered, each one earning one-halt unit ot credit toward graduation. Mechani- cal drawing is tollowed by advanced drawing. For those who desire further practice a course in benchwork is given. Many usetul and attractive articles are made tor the homey and in their construction students learn about woods, colors, scale, balance, proportion, and all of the important elements in home decoration. Extra instruction is also given in home mechanics from which may be learned methods ot repairing and adjustment ot gadgets in the average house- hold. All departmental activities are in charge oi Mr. Martin Roth. Undoubtedly the classes otiered do help in a sub- stantial way to bring about a real appreciation ot beauty as it tinds expression in both home and public structures. Mathematics Only one unit of mathematics is required tor graduation: however those students who plan to enter college are urged to take an additional unit. Algebra is the required course, but further Work may be done in advanced algebra, plane and solid geometry, trigonometry, and commercial arithmetic. The Math Club is the extracurricular branch tor the depart- ment. Miss Grace N. Williams and Mr. Albert I. Weis have charge ot instruction. i ,..24,,,