Cheltenham High School - El Delator Yearbook (Cheltenham, PA)

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X Rr , l .-, 50 a Minute Commercial The Commercial Course has its electives and its required sub- jects which prepare the student for work in the field of business, as secretaries, stenographers, bookkeepers, file clerks, and similar jobs which they can assume upon graduation The backbone of the course is the work in the fields of book- keeping, stenography, and typing, Additional subjects available include commercial law, office practice, and the use of business machines Students from the Commercial Department gain complete banking experience through running the School Bank, which handles the funds of all school organizations. Students in the typing classes do a great service to the school through their typing of the Cheltonion and the yearbook and their secretarial work in the various offices. ln addition, something new has been added. Now students in the Commercial Course, and some from other courses, are able to get work experience during the afternoon in iobs supplied by local employers. Students learn by doing, and also earn money in this new departure, which is directed by Mrs Franklin Gill. 3 1 J I 'J S.. 2fff3r: The Fiscal Year

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Macbeth Resurrected a d m I c The Eternal Triangle Are you interested in o professionol coreer, or improving your culturol bockground? Then you ore probobly enrolled in the Acodemic Course, o progrom designed to prepore the student to continue his studies in college. lmportont to the successful completion of the Acodemic Course is the study of English! sociol studies, mothemotics, ond two yeors of o foreign longuoge, Of the tosks focing the ocodemic senior the most grueling but perhops the most rewording is the writing of term popers for English ond Problems of Democrocy The contents of these popers ronge from city plonning to Russion Iiteroture. Trips to the United Notions for oll who wont to go ore o new feoture of the ocodemic progrom. Modes of leorning yory in the different closses from reports ond dictotion in Problems of Democrocy, to formol notebooks in solid geometry ond trigonometry. Loborotory experiments in chemistry often result in omozing ofter-effects. Oro! ond yisuol work in French Lotin, ond Sponish round out the student's usuol doy.

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Stitching Time 1 Meddling in Metal General l6 -1 The General Course at Cheltenham offers a liberal baclcground in a wide variety of subjects to those students whose needs are not satisfied by other courses. A basic foundation in mathematics, science English and social studies enables graduates of the General Course to enter the world adequately equipped to face practically any situation that arises, Special emphasis is attached to the elective part ofthe General program, allowing students in this course to branch out into various fields where their abilities mav lie. Good preparation is presented in the areas of typing, shop, music, speech business, and art. Students are required to study in such fields as physical trainf ing, health, modern living! biology, and, for the girls homef making, These classes help to insure the personal wellebeing of the General student in later life. Courses like practical math and practical science enable the General student to Cope with the common problems that crop up in every day living. The General Course gives individuals who have no particular academic bent the necessary solid background upon which to build a happy, productive lifetime. lt enables those students who have not decided on a life career to sample diverse spheres and so to find for themselves that field of endeavor in which they will be most successful.