Classen High School - Orbit Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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Mafffvff W?1v1f'v1'3iUEf5i3ii2lQ75TfUf5' T , fx, wig J EARL COFFEY RETHA WAVE HULET FRANK E. MCKE1-: G. W. BRUCHER Industrial Arts and Physical Education Departments A total of approximately one hundred students was enrolled for woodwork each semester this year according to Frank E. McKee, head of the industrial arts department and instruc- tor in manual training. End tables, furniture novelties, cabinets, and various household fixtures are some of the articles manufactured by the pupils. Four lathes, a surfacer, and a hand saw were installed this year as part of a two year equipment program for the woodwork de- partment, and application has been made for four additional lathes, a jointer, and a morticing machine. The mechanical drawing students under C. W. Brucher held to their regular courses of study consisting of architectural and mechanical designs together with the more elementary work. Although Arthur Hutchinson's auto-mechanics classes were somewhat handicapped by a lack of apparatus this year, such will not be the case in the future since the requisition for new equipment includes everything that goes to make up a modern auto-mechanic shop. Addi- tional electrical apparatus and a print shop will also be requested. Materialization of plans, now under advisement, will somewhat alter the boys' physical education courses next year according to Earl Coffee, instructor. Every boy will be required to take at least one year of gym and such additional physical education as may he warranted by the individual. The boys spent most of their time on calesthenic nomenclature and marching, while the girls classes, under the supervision of Miss Retha Wave Hulet, made a specialty of gymnastics proper throughout the latter part of the year. E5 Page 23 QQ WW 1 Wwvamra ' 2,

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EDNA B. STEVENSON FERN Hoovnn A. C. Core' CHARLOTTE STRINGER The Art and Music Departments Two departments upon which all school activities are dependent are the music and art departments. The Art Shoppe and the music rooms are busy places before any big school activity. The music department offers in addition to the Girls' and Boys, Clees, band and orches- tra, a chorus class open to all girls, and one year of harmony. Full credit in outside music is allowed with the requirement that the student have one year of high school harmony which counts full credit. Miss Fern Hoover is head of this department, having full charge of all vocal music and harmony. A. C. Goff has charge of the orchestra and band. Special classes of the art department are planned to cooperate with other school functions. The commercial art classes design posters, announcements, cafeteria cartoons, and linoleum cuts for the newspaper. The design classes give the pupils an appreciation for beautiful design and color and seek to apply this appreciation to their daily lives, in dress, surroundings, and home furnishings. Stage craft is taught in the interior decoration class and every stage setting used in the school is arranged or worked on by art pupils. For those who wish charcoal, pencil or pastello, a class in drawing has been organized. This course includes outdoor sketching. History of Art is another interesting advanced course. Mrs. Edna B. Stevenson has been at the head of the art department since the school was built. This year Mrs. Charlotte Stringer has been her assistant. Page 2 2 E TfiTfE71fjEEiQFEnznilxmiimxiii1zDIi5fii 7'A aq A'T'A'n xMx'A' 'A lTxDL10UA'?7W 123mLqT'31l'7

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Q ' .1 ETHEL BASINGER GRADY SKILLERN GRACE Pmrcnnnn ETHA TOWNSEND EMMA MENEELY HAz1-:L HORNUNG The Commercial Department The chief business of the commercial department is to offer a Afundamental business training to students who plan to enter the business world. This department is showing rapid growth with the addition of adequate equipment, and is becoming more advantageous to the student than it has been in the past. The book- keeping rooms have been equipped with new tables and a new calculating machineg lockers are being installed wherein each student shall keep his own office supplies and, before the next semester, a book-keeping machine is expected to be added. The aim of the typing division of this department is to enable students to write accurately with efficient speed to meet the demand of commercial efficiency as well as the economizing of the students time in his college work. Many typewriting honors have been won in the past year by students from this de- partment. From the L. C. Smith company there have been eight pins awarded to students making over forty words per minute. From the Remington company six pins have been giveng and over eleven have been received from the Underwood company.. The watchword of the book-keeping department is Service -independent business on the part of every student. Students from the third year accounting class have worked out their own plan of accounting and have served as book-keepers for the Classen Life. The students in the salesmanship classes have devoted their time to the learning of the art of real salesmanship. Sales talks by different representatives from various companies in the city have added much interest to these classes. Other courses ollered in this department are penmanship and spelling, commercial law, and commercial arithmetic. Page 2 4 Ep Mn ' J W - , , 'I . . ..-gh munnnnm mmmmmqmmmm