Edison High School - Wizard Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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machine shop class Louis Lopala . . . Woodwork • anlcal Drawing: Loonard Johnson Basketball Carl Buckman ... Eloctrlclty. . M«ch- Petcr Gu«y . . . Bays’ Gym . . . Football; Harry Miller . . . Boys’ Gym ... Hi Y. The Industrial Department emphasizes precision and individuality. Demonstration and practical experience are an aid to the students in attaining a high degree of accuracy. Included in the Industrial Arts courses are Machine Shop. Wood Turning. Cabinet Making, Electricity. Sheet Metal, and Mechanical Drawing. Special training for defense machinists was given after school hours this term. Physical fitness is the main objective of the Boys’ Athletic Department. Sound bodies and minds are essential to those who enter the armed forces and to those who remain on the home front. Competitive sports are encouraged to promote good sportsmanship. Pag 20

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TYPE CLASS Chariot Lombard . . . Bookkeeping . . . School Treasurer; Gcrdon Sander . . . Typing . . . Class Play. Soated: Lucille Simmon . Stenography . . . Commercial Chairman Key Pen; EverlJ Schellenberg . . OMlco Training; Etto Turner . . . Stenography. The Golden Key The aim of the Commercial Department is to prepare students lor the busi ness world. Because of the increased demand for stenographers and secretaries, this course of study is becoming more important. Bookkeeping teaches the fundamentals of accounting, while Shorthand and Typewriting give the pupil stenographic training. The study of business and personal letters is an important part of the commercial department. Commercial students may join Key Pen Club and become better acquainted with the responsibilities and opportunities of an office. Pupils wishing to learn typing for their own use may take Personal Type for one semester. Pag 19 BOOKKEEPING CLASS

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Dorothy Le« . . . Lunchroom; Gladys Jacobson . . . Foods ... 12A Social Adviser; Frances Ford . . . Foods. Modern Design Edith Barton . . . GuIs' Gym . . . G. A Wilma Ericson . . . Girls' Gym . • Adviser. Lorraine Starenas ... Jr High Fccx s and Clothing; Helen Hickok . . . Clothing . . Home Economics Chairman; Maymo Luther . . . Clothing .. . Red Cross. The Home Economics Department gives gir s aining in the domestic arts. This year the girls tceived practical experience in planning bal-iced diets to emphasize the importance of nu-Ition for the home front. Clothing classes teach ie girls the basic principles of sewing. Proj-:ts at home and in school are required from iris In the advanced classes. The Girls' Athletic Dejsartment stresses the hysical well-being of youth during war time, [any of the special courses have been elimin-ed in order to accommodate the greater num-Br ° girls who are now taking gym. Girls who in a,hleto become Pag 21