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

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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

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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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Harry Fortney I.. D. Atkins Carl W'illiams Marjorie Titsworth Hazel Bledsoe Verna Helm Practical Arts Courses in foods, clothing and home-making are offered to girls who wish to prepare themselves for worthy home membership-an important aim in secondary education. In Foods I, meals are studied, planned and prepared. The value of certain foodstuffs, vitamins, and calories to the human body is learned, and the girls are taught proper methods of serving, correct setting of the table, and good manners. You have often heard A stitch i-n time saves nine.', It also saves money. During the year the girls in the clothing classes make slips, pajamas, blouses. a suit or wool dress, and a silk dress or a formal. Home Economics III is a very vital subject to all girls who wish to learn the funda- mentals which make up a successful life. Home-making is far from being simply sewing and cooking. The work ranges from the development of specific techniques to the application of art, science, and economics in the solution of home problems. The boys' needs in the useful arts are supplied by the courses in auto mechanics, machi-ne shop, woodworking, mechanical, machine and architectural drawing. and agriculture. ln the auto mechanics classes, the student learns the purpose of the various parts in an automobile and is given instruction on their repair and upkeep. Safety in driving is stressed throughout the course. A course in machine shop teaches the student how to operate the fundamental machines of the modern shop and make simple devices. Thorough instruction in preparatory cabinet-making and carpentry is given in the woodworking classes. Here the student learns how to use the more modern wood- working machines. Prospective draftsmen find that C. T. H. S. is well equipped to offer excellent courses in drawing. Fundamentals are taught in mechanical drawing. More advanced work is taken in machine drawing, while house and building plans are given predomi- nance in architectural drawing. Three years in agriculture are available to boys who are interested in learning scientific farming. Practical information is given on all the principal farming prob- lems. Fiflecu