Centralia Township High School - Sphinx Yearbook (Centralia, IL)

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Commercial onol Qfiioo Students desiring a commercial education will find that C. T. H. S. offers some very practical courses in typing, bookkeeping, shorthand, and commercial law. These subjects are planned so as to give a knowledge of the work-a-day world with its problems and idealsg the conduct of its affairs, the records it keeps, and the machinery and methods of modern business practice. The first course in stcnography prepares the student to take complete notes in his classes and office dictation at a speed of from sixty to eighty words a minute. The second course enables him to increase his speed to more than a hundred words per mi-nute. In the first year of typing emphasis is placed on personal typing problems. If the speed of, say, thirty-live words per minute is not enough for his needs, the student may enroll for a second course in which he should attain a speed of better than sixty words per minute. At the same time he will get practice in handling all sorts of otlice typing, mimeographing, and in using the dictaphone. The course in bookkeeping deals primarily with the fundamental principles of accounting as applied to sole-proprietorship, partnership, and corporation businesses. The work includes an analysis of business transactions, journalizing, posti-ng to ledgers, preparing trial balances, working sheets, a study of accounting statements as to form and construction, adjusting and closing entries, depreciation and its problems, bud debts, and development of control accounts. The commercial law course is intended to introduce the student to some of the more fundamental phases of business law. Cases are studied to aid one in developing skill in deciding simple questions of law. Wfhen the enrollment of a school passes the eleven hundred mark, the amount of oflice work to be done to keep things running smoothly is enormous. Besides having to take care of all the school's oflicial correspondence, the oliice must keep a detailed record of the attendance of, and work done by pupils in the school. Ruth Clay Oscar M. Corbell Paul Rau Madge Hardy liva Wlilters Virginia Marshall 7-Z7il'fl'l'Vl

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Grace McCreedy Harold Brown Helen Constable Celia Berry Josephine Harris Grace Seiler Irene Langham English The purpose of all English teaching in the high school is two-fold: To habituate students to oral and written accuracy and to lead them to know and to enjoy good literature. In order to achieve this purpose, the work in English must include much exacting practice in straight thinking and in clear, accurate writing and speaking. It must make provision for the reading of books by the better authors, both standard and contem- porary. In addition to the regular classroom reading, each student in the first three years of English is required to read at least six books during the year. In the fourth year the number is ten. Students must report upon the books read. Extensive book lists are provided from which they may choose. Three years of English are required for graduation from the Centralia Township High School. The first two years are devoted to drill of certain literary types. In the written and oral work required of students during these two years emphasis is placed on sentence structure. Some attention is given to correct forms in personal and busi- ness correspondence. The third year continues the study of the fundamentals of grammar, spelling, and pu-nctuation. It surveys, also, the development of the English language and literature from their beginnings to the present day. The fourth year of English, which is elective in our high school, includes the study of American literature, the review of the fun- damentals of oral and written expression, and the writing of four formal papers of considerable length. Each year the students of the various English classes unite in working on one or more projects, i-ncluding book week, oratorical, essay, and other literary contests. Honors in English are awarded at Commencement to those seniors who during their four years of study have shown superior ability in appreciation of literature, in expres- sion of ideas, and in creative writing. Twel ve

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Mathematics and Music Since it is unreasonable to suppose that everyone who goes to high school will need exactly the same kind of training, mathematics is no longer required for graduation from C. T. H. S. In spite of this fact, the enrollment in the department is quite large Courses are offered in commercial arithmetic, general mathematics, algebra, geometry, advanced algebra, solid geometry, and trigonometry. Commercial arithmetic is a half year course recommended to persons interested in business training or in improving their mastery of elementary arithmetic. General mathematics is intended to meet the needs of those who want to obtain good review of arithmetic and a knowledge of the more useful parts of algebra and geometry Within the space of a single year. For those students desiring to prepare for college, a full year's course in algebra and one in plane geometry are provided. In algebra, one studies simple equations and formulas of the sort usually met in the problems arising in science and industry. In geometry, attention is given to the more important properties of polygons and circles. Methods of presenting logical arguments are emphasized. In the semester course in advanced algebra, one continues the study of formulas, equations, and graphs. Applications of the subject to engineering, science, and insurance are stressed. A semester course in solid geometry introduces the student to the properties of pyramids, cones, cylinders, prisms, and spheres. Problems of indirect measurement engross the attention of students enrolling for the semester course in trigonometry. Much time is given to the study of the many applica- tions of the subject to the 'problems of physics, astronomy, ballistics, engineering and surveying. Musically inclined students find that C. T. H. S. has a very extensive program of work i-n chorus and band. Thorough instruction is given in music fundamentals as applied to solo work and group arrangements. Although four credits in music are counted toward graduation from the high school, only two are accepted for college entrance. Robert Barr Raymond Huck Jean Gerould C. Scripps Beebec Georgia Hanna Fourteen