Central High School - Prospectus Yearbook (Flint, MI)

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GIRLS LEARN CALCULATING Curriculums at Central Offer Variety of Studies ior year Machine Shop V and VI and two electives. The woodwork student takes in the tenth grade, Woodwork I and II; in the eleventh grade, Woodwork III and IV, and Architectural Drawing I and II; and in the senior year, Pat- tern Making I and II and two elec- tives. The printing student as a sophomore, studies Printing I and II; in the eleventh grade, Printing III and IV, and Drafting I and II, if it is not taken in ninth grade; if such was the the case, an elec- tive is taken; and in the senior year, Printing V and VI and two electives. TECHNICAL Trades Curriculum is designed for boys with evi- dent interest and ability in fields of technical work. It combines a double course of machine shop in- struction with the regular techni- cal and academic subjects. To en- roll in this curriculum, the approv- al of faculty advisers must be secured. In the tenth grade, the student takes English I and II, Geometry I and II, Drafting I and II, Pattern Making I and II, and Machine Shop; in the eleventh grade, English III and IV, Machine Drawing I and II, Chemistry I and II, and two hours of Machine Shop; in the senior year. Physics I and II, Algebra III and Geometry III, two hours of Machine Shop, and United States History and Government I and II, or American History and Civics. COMMERCIAL Curriculum offers the student his choice of three different curriculums, each being differentiated so that it can be completed upon graduation, or at the end of the freshman or sopho- more years of Junior College. Com- mercial Curriculum I is for the stu- dent who wishes to major in sten- ographic work, and who will have completed school when he is of employment age (18). Commer- cial Curriculum IA and IB is for the student not yet of employment age, who has the means and time to devote to a better commercial education. In his sophomore year, the Commercial Curriculum I stu- dent studies English I and II. Com- mercial Arithmetic I and II. In addition, the Commercial Curricu- lum I student takes Bookkeeping I and II, while the IB and IC stu- dent is required to take World His- tory I and II. As a junior, every commercial student takes English III and IV. and American History and Civics. The CCI pupil also studies Shorthand I and II, and typing I and II. The CIIA and CCIB student completes his junior STUDYING BOOKKEEPING FUNDAMENTALS PROSPECTUS Page SiJiteen

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A SCENE IN MODERN SCIENCE CLASS Curriculums at Central Offer Variety of Studies subject should enroll in the Col- lege Preparatory Curriculum I. In the tenth grade, the student stud- ies English I and II, Foods or Clothing, Modern Science I and II, and an unrestricted choice of ar elective. In the eleventh grade, the student completes an English ma- jor with English III and IV, as ninth grade English is credited. He also studies Civics and American History, and Foods or Clothing, Physiology and an elective. In the twelfth grade, the student studies Economics and Modern Problems, and Foods or Clothing, if that ma- jor was not completed in the junior year, if it was an elective. The pupil has also two other electives. Chemistry is recommended as one of the electives. If World History I and II is taken as an elective in tenth grade, it will be credited to- ward the social studies minor and Economics and Modern Problems may be substituted with an elective of the pupil's choice. INDUSTRIAL ARTS Curriculum ' is mainly offered for boys who wish to specialize in mechanics, or who desire immediate employment in this field. This curriculum is divided into five different courses, architectural drawing, machine drawing, machine shop, wood- work and printing. These courses do not differ at all in the academic subjects. In tenth grade the student in this curricu- lum studies English I and II. Shop Mathematics I and II, and Modern Science I and II. In eleventh grade, he takes English III and IV, Amer- ican History, (or in the case of a printing student, there is an alter- native of economic geography) and civics. In the senior year, the stu- dent studies Modern Problems and Economics. In the tenth grade, the architec- tural drawing course demands Ar- chitectural Drawing I and II. In eleventh grade, Architectural Drawing III and IV, and in the senior year, three unrestricted electives. If Drafting I and II were carried in ninth grade and Architectural Drawing i n tenth and eleventh grade, more advanced drawing will be offered in twelfth grade. If Drafting was not taken in the ninth grade by all of the students of this curriculum, (ex- cept printing ones), it must be taken in tenth grade and the rest of that major be completed in the senior year instead of junior year. The machine shop student in tenth grade takes Machine Shop I and II; in the junior year, Machine Shop III and IV. and Machine Drawing I and II; and in the sen- LEARNING RUDIMENTS OF DRAMATICS 1938 Page Fifteen

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COOKING CLASS FOR BOYS Curriculums at Central Offer Variety of Studies year with Bookkeeping I and II, and an elective. In the senior year the CCI course is comprised of Short- hand III and IV, Typing III and IV, Economics and Modern Social Problems, Basic English and an elective, usually Calculating, and Retail Selling II and Commercial Law or Economic Geography. The CCIA and CCIB, in the senior year, have but one subject, Economics and Modern Social Problems, in common with the CCI curriculum. The CCIA and CCIB require Retail Selling I and II Shorthand I and II and Typing I and II complete the list for the CCIA while two electives are allowed to the CCIB student. In Junior College, the Commercial Curriculum students A and B complete their commer- cial education studying the more difficult subjects of that field. COMMERCIAL Curriculum II is ' offered for the student inter- ested in bookkeeping and CCIIA and CCIIB for those expecting to be accountants. In the tenth grade, the CCII course does not differ from the CCIB course. The CCIIA and CCIIB are identical with the CCIA. In the eleventh grade, the CCII resembles CCIA. CCIIA and B differ from the CCII in that instead of Bookkeeping, the student may choose an elective. The CCIIA student may take Cal- culating if he wishes. In the sen- ior year, the CCII pupil studies Bookkeeping III and IV, Economics and Modern Problems, Typing I and II, and Basic English and an elective. The CCIIA pupil instead of III and IV takes Bookkeeping I and II, while the CCIIB student has an elective. In the place of Typing I and II, the CCIIB stu- dent may take an elective or Cal- culating. The Basic English and elective of the CCII course is sub- stituted in the CCIIA and B cours- es by Retail Selling I and II. COMMERCIAL Curriculum III is offered for those students in- terested in selling, merchandising, or general office work. In the sophomore year, the CCIII is sim- ilar to the CCII, likewise the CCIIIA and B is like the CCIIA. In the junior year, the CCIII pu- pil has the same classes as a CCII student. The CCIII student has recommended for his electives, Cal- culating, Commercial Law, or Eco- nomic Geography. In the senior year, the CCIII resembles the CCII with Commercial Law and Basic English substituted for Bookkeep- ing I and II. CCIIIA does not very from CCIII, but CCIIIB does with an elective in the place of typing I and II. ADVANCED PRINTING STUDENTS Page Seventeen 1938