Collingswood High School - Knight Yearbook (Collingswood, NJ)

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THE DIRECTORS 0F ously in community life. The Business Preparatory Program of Col- lingswood High School is divided into two courses: the Secretarial Course and the Gen- eral Business Course. The General Business Course prepares pupils for general office work, the Secretarial Course prepares pupils for specialized office techniques. The required subjects of the General Busi- ness Course are as follows: English, book- keeping, typewriting, biology, orientation, business organization, office practice, prob- lems of Amercan democracy, and physical education. These are spread over a three year period. The electives are: Spanish, French, German social relations and economic social geogra- phy, advanced bookkeeping, salesmanship, consumer education, advanced typewriting American history, law and business econom- 1 1 'SPECIHL THLEHTSH ics, cooking, sewing, shop, mechanical draw- ing, art, glee club, and orchestra. The Secretarial Course offers much the same type of Work as the above, but ac- cents those subjects which will help in ob- taining a better job in an office. The required subjects are: English, bookkeeping, type- writing, biology, orientation, stenography, secretarial practice, problems of American democracy, and physical education. The electives of the Secretarial Course are similar to those of the General Business Course. They are as follows: French, Ger- man, Spanish, social relations and economic social geography, advanced bookkeeping, business organization, American history, law and business economics, art, glee club, and orchestra. As in all of the programs, a full season's sport may be substituted for a half-year of physical education. 41,-f fx

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N-wl ' . Photographed at the right is Mr. C. Wehler's first period chemistry class, conducting experiments in the lab. Working at the table to the right. foreground to rear: B. Voegel. M. Crcxll, R. King. W. Vencxble, I. Depuy, B. Thomas, F. Pettengill. Standing at the other table: I. Barr, M. Hopkins. S. Kirsh, C. Hardy. 6 T lx K . ls.:-xi tion, and physical education. These are spread over a period of three years. The electives are: biology, American history, French, German, Spanish, Latin, solid geom- etry, trigonometry, chemistry, economics, geopolitics, shop, mechanical drawing, cook- ing, sewing, art, glee club, and orchestra. The General Program of the Collingswood High School deals with helping the students toward successful living. lt tries to provide boys and girls with experience and instruc- tion in the problems of the modern-day com- munity, such as Collingswood is. This also enables them to take their places in society earlier and more efficiently. lt is an over-all course which takes some of the more im- portant subjects and combines them with what is needed to become a good citizen. The required subjects offered in the Gen- eral Program Schedule are as follows: Eng- lish, biology, general math, social relations and economic social geography, current his- tory, American history, problems ot Amer- ican democracy, and physical education. These are the electives: French, German, Spanish, plane geometry, general chemistry, algebra, salesmanship, consumer education, shop, mechanical drawing, cooking, sewing, economics, geopolitics, general physics, art, glee club, and orchestra. These subjects con- stitute an interesting course lor those pupils who are eager to learn how to live harmoni-

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The upper right picture on this page shows one of Miss Edna Hyde's art classes working on water color paintings and pencil sketches. Posted on the walls about the room are some of the outstanding students' works. These classes also paint posters for special drives about the school. On the lower part of the opposite page 22. three typical classroom scenes are shown. At the lower left Miss E. Valentine is instructing one of her sew- ing classes. Miss B. Huey's glee club is shown singing, at the upper left. At the right is pictured one of Mrs. A. Ernest's cooking classes. Photographs across the bottom of this page show three typical classes. To the left is part of Mr. G. Homan's manual training classes. The middle pho- tograph shows Mr. C. Robb instructing one of his mechanical drawing classes. At the right is one of Miss R. Woolston's senior girls' gym classes. 'H t -3'