Central High School - Prospectus Yearbook (Flint, MI)

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HOME ECONOMIC TEACHERS—Eleanor na Carr, Hazel Hoyt, Luella Harris. Carah, Dorothy Stone, Ed- The Home Economics Department Home Economics plays an impor- tant part in education when it is considered that training in home- making will be invaluable to most girls. The food classes in the Home Economics department seek to aid students in the management of a home, shopping wisely for food, combining foods into nutritious and attractive meals. Maintenance of high health standards, instruc- tion in a hostess’ duties, and good table manners become important objectives. A unique class is a foods class for boys. A need for this has been recognized in Central due to the importance of teaching boys good home management and wise in- come spending as well as prepar- ing them for certain jobs requir- ing culinary experience. In the clothing classes girls are given help in the selection of suit- able clothes, taking into consider- ation color, design, style and qual- ity. The students make many arti- cles of wearing apparel as they become more advanced. Page Twenty

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INDUSTRIAL ARTS TEACHERS- Ralph Carpenter, Robert Starmer, Sul ho Nurmi, John Short, Edgar Dobler, Dorr Snoyenbos, John Seaton, Francis Smith, Harold Mumby, Keith Entrekin. The Industrial Arts Department THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS course in Central High School offers Architectural Drawing, Machine Drawing, Machine Shop. Wood- work, and Printing, for the stu- dents especially interested in me- chanics. Shop Mathematics I and II is required of all students who select the Industrial Arts course. The course accustoms the students to the mathematical computation used in a shop class. The improve- ment made by students throughout the course helps to facilitate their work in the Industrial Arts Curric- ulum. Architectural Drawing is to give the students an adequate amount of drawing technique. Its aim is to develop a finer sense of good achi- tecture in the student. Machine Drawing is an impor- tant means by which the power of visualization and the drawing of machines in operation is realized. This course sends the students forth with a basic knowledge of machine in operation. The Machine Shop course has been carefullv planned for students who are prospective machinists or mechanical engineers. It also helps form a plan of general education for the knowledge of machinery and machine manufacturing. This also provides the student with an introduction to the trade, and teaches him the operation and con- struction of machines and different types of tools used. The aims in the course of Wood- working are divided into two groups. For those who are inter- ested in the general knowledge of woodworking. and those who choose to make this their speciali- zation. The woodwork shop is greatly compared to that of the chemistry or Physic laboratory for the fact that the students has an opportunity to express and work out their own ideas, and to co-op- erate with fellow students. The Printing course not only serves as a course inguidance and appreciation, but it also provides an excellent prospect in trade ap- prentices with a foundation for ad- vancement. Another important course offer- ed by Central is the technical group. This has been planned for students financially unable to at- tend college. The course prepares the student to be able to meet the rising demands of industry for skilled labor. If the student should make a specialty of one subject while studing in the technical group, he may enter the factory with the seniority of one year’s apprenticeship. Puk - Nineteen

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FINE ARTS FACULTY — Seated: Maude Stewart Beagle, Helen Hardy Brown; standing: Franklyn S. Weddle, Agnes Jo Starmer, Walter II. Bloch. The Fine Arts Department HE AIMS of Art Education are to provide the student with the fundamentals so that he may represent objects about him easily and accurately; to stimulate and develop imagination through crea- tive work; and to develop an ap- preciation of fine arts in every day life. After a student has learned the fundamentals of art, he is free to work in any medium he chooses —charcoal, pastels, water colors, oils, and sculpturing. A survey of the music depart- ment of Central High school will show that both musicianship and appreciation of music are stressed. 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 dis- cover its secrets. Students who are interested in instrumental music become members of the band or orchestra. In both these subjects there are first and second organ- izations for preliminary and ad- vanced training. Those vocally in- clined seek membership in the a eappella choir or the opera chorus. For the appreciator as well as the scholar, courses are offered in har- mony and music literature. In drama classes there are many points stressed. The periods of drama, modern plays and play- wrights, history of drama and a study of famous works are all part of the course. In addition to this instruction in acting, voice train- ing, gestures is also offered. In public speaking classes the train- ing of debaters as well as prepara- tion in such speech projects as oratory, extempore, and declama- tion. The chief aim of this division of the Fine Arts department is to give poise and self-confidence to the student. Page Twenty-One