Central High School - Zenith Yearbook (Duluth, MN)

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Sight Saving One of the most beneficial courses at Central is that of sight saving. Students are taught the best methods of preserv- ing their eyesight. Under the super- vision of Estelle Watts, they practice these methods in class. Music Every day discordant wails and shrieks leak through the cracks of the music room to entertain long-suffering moni- tors. By the end of the year these wails have become lovely melodies under the energetic supervision of Carl Borg- wald and John Thomason. The music courses are varied. We have the or- chestra, band, glee clubs, a cappella choir, and newly formed mastersingers, supplemented by classes in musical appreciation, theory, and harmony. Library V Helen Perry and her assistant, Myrtle Gray, are in charge of Central's popular library. The recent fad of knitting in school has increased its popularity, but the prime reason is still its inexhaustible fund of information. Art Under the guidance of lone Squire, students' grotesque markings with a generous application of elbow grease turn into artistic portraits. From these classes emerge many talented artists. They learn art and its appreciation by actual practice, such as drawing posters for school events.

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liftypfi 0,5415 W u Biology The biology course is divided into two parts, animal life and plant life. The former often becomes rather o'Ffen- sive to dainty-fingered maids who do not enjoy picking a frog apart. The biologists, taught by Ruth Hollingsworth, Susan Lovald, Margaret Pollock, and Eleanor Abbett, share a laboratory with the physicists. Physics, Chemistry, Physiology Pictured here are Florence Klaus, girls' physics, Selmer Anderson, phys- iology, G. C. Sayre, chemistry, and John Steele, boys' physics. A great portion of these subjects is experimentation. Chemical experiments often produce strange results and even stranger smells. Commercial Mabel Richards, typing, shorthand, secretarial training, Frank Tuzka, book- keeping, G. D. Stiles, office practiceg and Warren Gude, bookkeeping, are shown here. These are several of the important commercial courses which have proved very popular with the students. Commercial Cyrilla Burns, shorthand and typing, Henrietta Peacha, shorthand, typing, and filing, and M. F. Hartley, senior typing, personal typing, general mathe- matics, and salesmanship are pictured here. Such courses as these are largely responsible for the success of Central graduates in the hard, cruel world. Muttered exclamations over broken fin- gernails are often heard in typing classes.

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PRINTING-The course in Trade Printing prepares students for any of the trades in the printing industry through apprentice- ship. The boys gain actual experience by printing much school material. lmaged here are the instructors-G. W. Glenn of the quizzical look and Harold S. Berg with the studious air. MACHINE SHOP-The maior obiective of this work is to develop com- petent young machinists. They are taught the proper care and handling of machine and hand tools by H. L. Ebeling. Students tinker to their hearts' content, but never a port is lost-they hope. FOUNDRY-The foundry trade is an essential step in the production of machinery or other materials cast from molten metals. This work necessitates a high degree of skill. Adolph Johnson is the L. P. of F.-- Learned Pedagogue of Foundry. .EL MECHANICAL DRAWING-Shown here hard at work is the mechanical drawing class taught by A. N. Parkes. Beginning with simple obiects, such as machine parts, more difficult things such as the face plate and connecting rod are drawn. AUTO MECHANICS-Auto mechanics covers the fundamental principles in the construction of the internal combustion engine and work re- lative to the mechanical construction of the automobile.