Central High School - Prospectus Yearbook (Flint, MI)

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x FINE ARTS AND ORGANIZATION TOP ROW-Franklyn S. Weddle, Graceland College, Iowa University, Northwestern University, South Dakota University, B. Mus., Music: VV. H. Bloch, North Dakota University, Minnesota University, B. S., Music: J. Monroe Langlo, Santa Barbara State College, California University, St. Olaf College, A.B., Music: Homer Joel M. Barlow, Alma College, A.B., Journalism, Public Speaking, Prospectus and Arrow Head Adviser, Coach of Debate and Contest Speech: Charlotte Needham, Flint Junior College, High School Librarian: C. Bessie Hess, Flint Junior College, Assistant Librarian. MIDDLE ROW--Charlotte D. Bender, Michigan University, New York Public Library School, A. B. KN. Y. PJ, Librarian: Agnes Jo Smith, Missouri University, B. S., Art: Maude Stewart Beagle, Minne- sota University, Minneapolis Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art, A.B., Dramatics and Public Speaking: Helen Brown, Francis Shimmer College, Michigan University, Dramatics and Guidance: Elberta MacGregor, Secretary: Tina Christenson, Stenographer and Attendance Clerk. BOTTOM ROW-Florence T. Leach, Financial Secretary: Alva Mortimer, Office Clerk: Stanley W. Powley, Michigan University, A.B.,A. M., Attendance. LIBRARY INCE the opening of Central High School in 1923, the library has been the nucleus of the school. The collection has grown beyond bounds and along with it a normal and interesting increase in the use of books. At present, there are 14,500 volumes and a circulation average of 400 books per day. How is this possible? The junior and senior girls of our high school take a great interest in becoming the library apprentices of today in order that they may become the librarians of the future. The course in Library Methods given each semester consists of one class period, a problem a week and one hour of faithful work each day. Many of the girls are so interested that they give the library much more time than is required. The service that is extended to the school in this manner deserves recognition beyond that which is extended in units of academic credit. Teachers whose pictures do not appear in the Prospectus: Mirian Darling, Adrian College, A. B., English: Nola Bryan, Ball State Teachers College, Indiana, B. S., Home Economics: Gerald Greenlick, Michigan State Normal College, B. S., Modern Science: Charles Dougherty, Michigan State College, Antioch College, Michigan University, B. S., Mechanical Drawing, Shop Mathematics: Dwight H. Smith, Southeastern State Teachers College, Wisconsin, B. S., Science. Page 26

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MATHEMATICS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE TOP ROW-Florence Bishop, DePauw University, A. B., Mathematics: Mildred M. Fitch, California University, Albion College, A. B., Mathematics: Marie Hastings, Carleton College, B. S., Mathematics: Bessie E. Hemingway, Michigan State Normal College, A. B., Mathematics: Ruth Reik, North Central Teachers College, A. B., Mathematics: Vera Shrigley, Olivet College, A. B., Mathematics. MIDDLE ROW-Lawrence F. Marien, Michigan University, A. B., Science and Mathematics: Idella Waters, Northwestern University, Columbia University, A. B., Mathematics: C. L. Suiter, Michigan University, A. B., A. M., College Mathematics: Louise Armstrong, Illinois University, Columbia Univer- sity, A. B., Historyg C. H. Clark, Alma College, Columbia University, A. B., United States History, Coach of Cheer Leaders, May L. Carson, Michigan University, Columbia University, A.B., A.M., History. BOTTOM ROW-Ruth O. Henry, Oberlin College, Michigan University, A. B., Civics, History: Florence J. Roberts, Wisconsin University, Chicago University, A. B., A. M., Modern and United States History: Clara G. Rue, Michigan University, Chicago University, A. B., A. M., History. HOME ECONOMICS OME ECONOMICS has as its purpose the development of ideals and right habits in personal living, right attitudes toward home living and activities, interest in home-making processes, ideals and standards of home building. The content of home economics studies is based on the three main types of activities carried on in the home: The selection, preparation, and service of foodsg appreciation, selection, and construction of clothing, and the general activities re- quired in home-making and family living. The work is organized in semester courses made up of short units. These units include foods, clothing, home furnishing, care of the home, household management, home care of the sick, family relations, child care and development, income and spending, and mechanics of the household. LATIN OUR years of Latin are offered in the Flint Public Schools. These courses are extremely practical because they are designed to give the student a strong foun- dation for the understanding and use of his own language by increasing his knowledge of the meaning of English words and of language structure and by developing fluency, beauty and the forms of expression. To the professional students of law, chemistry, engineering, pharmacy and medicine, they furnish a technical vocabulary, and to the modern language studert a strong linguistic background. The cultural aim of these courses is to develop imagination and an appreciation and love of literature through the study of the rich Held of Roman mythology and literature. Page 25

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INDUSTRIAL ARTS THE Industrial Arts course in Central High School includes Machine Shop, Wood- working, Printing, Mechanical Drawing, Architectural Drawing, and Shop Mathematics. Shop Mathematics I and II are required of all students electing the Industrial Arts Curriculum. In general, the courses are to afford practice in mathematical com- putation of the same nature as will be met in a shop class. The improvement the students make in the fundamentals and the introductions they receive to new work will facilitate their work in the courses of the Industrial Arts Curriculum, through- out their life in school, and to a considerable extent in life. The Machine Shop Course has been laid out as an introductory course for the prospective machinist or mechanical engineer. It also serves as a unit in the scheme of general education, for a knowledge of machinery and manufacturing processes is useful and necessary in many other occupations other than mechanical. The purpose of the course is to give the stu-dent an introduction to the trade, to teach him the operation and construction of the machines and the types of tools and their uses. This course has been approved by the State Board of Education, Michigan Industrial Education Society and accepted as a state course. The aims in a course of woodworking are set up for two distinct groups, namely, for those interested in a general knowledge of woodworking, and those leaning toward specialization. The woodworking shop is as much a laboratory to the student as the chemistry or physics laboratory. The shop gives the boy a chance to express his ideas, gives him an opportunity to work and co-operate with his fellow students and an idea of the possibilities of the various trades and industries connected with woodworking. Mechanical Drawing is an important means of developing the powers of visual- ization, observation, and perception, disciplining the imagination, and strengthening the co-ordination between hand, eye, and mind. . It is the aim of Architectural Drawing to give the student a sense of apprecia- tion of the subject, and adequate amount of drawing technique and to develop in the student a sense of good taste in architecture. The Printing Course has been arranged to serve not only as a course in guid- ance and consumer appreciation, but to also provide the prospective trade apprentice with a foundation for more rapid advancement in a commercial shop than he would MUSIC MUSIC con-tains everything there is to know about music. Nothing but music will teach you music's secrets. -Calvocoressi. With this quotation and a sur- vey of the music department at Central High School in mind, one may say that each Central student has an unusual opportunity to learn music's secrets. Whether one is interested in the art from an appreciation or a listener's point of view, or from that of the scholar, he may find inspiration for that interest in one or more of the theoretical courses and in the ensembles. For the appreciator as well as the scholar. courses in Harmony and Music Liter- ature are oH'ered. Actual participation in a music activity is one of the best means to enjoy music and to build up a finer appreciation as it is to discover its secrets. Students who are interested in instrumental work become members of the Band, Orchestra. Brass Ensemble or String Ensemble. and those who are vocally inclined, seek membership in the Choir, Opera Chorus, General Chorus, or Glee Club. MATHEMATICS THE courses offered by the Mathematics Department includes General Mathe- matics, Beginning Algebra, Plane and Solid Geometry, Algebra III and IV, and Trigonometry. The objectives of these courses are to develop habits and attitudes of careful, accurate. and independent thinking, the acquisition of which will be effective in the life of the individualg to develop an appreciation for the relation of mathematics to the cultural, industrial, and recreational activities of a progressive civilization. The courses are valuable in that they give a background for the further study in college of engineering, aviation, surveying, chemistry, and electricity. PUBLIC SPEAKING AND DRAMATICS THE Public Speaking Department of the school trains students in the arts of speak- ing and dramatization. Two teachers of the department act as directors and sponsors of the class plays and other dramatic projects of the school, while the other two teachers have charge of the training of debaters and other students engaged in contest speech projects. such as oratory, declamation, and extempore speaking. Two ten-hour courses are offered which are open to any high school student irrespective of grade, and a number of classes meeting on alternate days prepare students for the various speech projects and activities of the school. otherwise receive. Page 27