Central High School - Wakitan Yearbook (St Joseph, MO)

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v ' ' ' 'fill'- .-X Mgr xxx WAKIT be---nl S Y 7 Dx l. w u fggz E, W N4 57.4, U Ni L! Ii! L41 ji , 14 ,L Q.. P4 c it K2 1 9, ,ii N J Y W Second Row-Miss Hester Robinson, art: Miss Beulah Bennett, music: Harry E. Erickson, 9 ,A 1 music: Miss Jean Trowbridge, library. f dlrirst Row-Miss Eugenia. Andriano, office: Miss Beulah Metz, office: Miss Ruth Breit, H ca e . w Us s Q Liberal Arts Department and the Office M The curriculum of the art department is quite extensive. Color and design, draw- 1, . ing and perspective, commercial art, and stage craft are some of the fields that are 1 N 5 it covered. Outdoor sketching tours are conducted in the perspective classes, and ln- Q4 f terior decorating is studied in the color and design course. The stage craft class is ,gg 171, an innovation this year. The history of the theater is studied as a foundation for D '51 H the subject. Decorating is emphasized and an effort is made to express the atmosphere A I' A! of the play in the setting. Unusual lighing effects and new arrangements of painted A ,7'C' scenery, curtains, and plastic pieces are tried. The class makes all of the scenery for I' the school dramatic productions. Z lx. Eithercurricular or extra-curricular credit is given for the music courses. This 'A 7' department includes the orchestra, band, Girls' and Boys' Glee Clubs and chorus N classes. These organizations present programs at different times during the school L4 L 1, year, and produce the annual operetta. The band played at all of the home athletic ,f contests, and together with the Boys' Glee Club, broadcast a program of Central songs. N The Girls' Glee Club sang at several churches and dinners. H , li The library, used jointly by Central and Junior College, is well equipped with ref- -A K erence books, current magazines and pamphlets. T 155, Instructions in the use of the library were given to all new students entering these ' schools the second semester. On an average, eighty books per school day are checked 15 out of the library, to say nothing of those not taken from the room. All of the busi- Qg iii. ness of the school is carried on through the office. The issuance of bulletins, check- N ing of absentees, recording of grades and ordering of supplies mentioned but a. few 'gl ,YS of the many duties of the secretaries. In the event of the absence of a teacher, the N11 Q, lg cadet teacher takes his class temporarily. This is a part of teacher training, and 7' Mi is required before a regular position can be secured. j A, i sf , 'Tre I lx' f ls X. fxkbx, ,n .N ' ,f . ' ' ,, ., iZT 'Z .V ' ., , ,ATT ., , Y 'Z ., M , '. .' ' '. ,,'If'i-L .QLL4 Pl A1545 L4 Till ki Page Twenty-one