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

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Fwaddee az liken! Zdcccaz'c'an. The General Course offers a well-rounded educational background for those students not expecting to go to college. lt enables them to sample diverse spheres and find the most opportune field for themselves. Gen- eral courses in practical mathematics, science, English, and social studies are designed espe- cially for those who choose this course. Gen- eral students must take modern living, physical training, health and home-making for the girls. A wide choice of electives is also offered. What's cookin Future arch tects room antics

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Making a deposit A Future business women Me A Commercial Course While the Academic Course prepares pupils for college, the Commercial or Business Education Department, with Mr. Ralph Leuf as chairman, prepares them for clerical and business work. Varied and interesting courses comprise the curriculum. Cl-lS offers stenography, bookkeeping, and clerical selling courses as the basic divisions, each with its own choice of elective subjects. Students are also required to take English, history, physical edu- cation and one year of science. Office practice is also included in the course of instruction. Through Mr. Franklin Gill, chairman of the Social Studies Department, students can obtain jobs provided by neighboring employers in the afternoon and evening. The school bank func- tions completely through efforts of pupils in this course who gain practice in bookkeeping and clerical work. Commercial students also serve as office assistants, Cheltonian typists, and secretaries to teachers in various departments. Through this practical experience, graduates leave the school prepared to take on the responsibility of full-time jobs. Gradu- ates from this course obtain positions as secretaries, bookkeepers, and file clerks, as well as other jobs in the business world. lf one chooses, he may continue on through business school. I7 az guinea . . .

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Two heads are better than one Tomorrow's craftsmen, artisans, and signers find that the curriculum of 2 Industrial Arts Course fits their eds. Located in the handsome, mod- 1 Industrial Arts building are the four partments offering unusual courses Cheltenham students. Jewelry-making and gem-grinding, o subjects rare in high-school circles, Jwing, sculptory, and commercial ', all taught by Mr. Edward Hoopes, :ke up the offering of the art depart- ant. Many times during the year, the wool halls were decorated with vari- s works of the artists, while scenery ' assemblies also kept the students tive. House designing? Blueprint-male 3? No, this isn't an architect's fice. lt's Mr. Raymond McCormicl4's zchanical drawing room, where stu- nts learn to develop original ideas as ill as the basic techniques of drafts- Jnship. Amidst the whir of machines, Mr. rence Kunl4le's woodshop pupils 1rn to transform lumber into works art while using the most modern uipment. To the woodshop students es credit for constructing all bazaar oths. Metal shop enthusiasts, under the uidance of Mr. Robert Acker, con- 'uct useful products such as sewing aces, trays, and jewelry with all types metals and dies. Busy metallurgists ' Cou rse eaadea Wanna! ampeteacq The end iustifies the means