Elgin High School - Husky Tracks Yearbook (Elgin, OR)

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,,if,.. -..Am prog an torneter. wi -'-. The corninercioil deportnient offers courses tor two groups ot students. ln one group ore those who gre interested in one ot the business voccrf tions. These vocottions include bookkeeping, stenogrophy, retoil sell- ing, gnd generol oltice work. ln or second group oire the students Who ore interested in one or more courses in business which might be of Votlue to them in their everydoy lives. lncluded here orre such studies os personol typing, eleirientgry bookkeeping, business low, ond solesmonship. The depdrtinent cooperotes with the business inen ot Elgin to pref sent business troining which will prepore g highschool student tor ci job in his home town. The troining is also brood enough so thot it cgn be of vdlue to the pupil no rnottter Where he Indy choose to live ond Work. Zzzifclerd in ommercia 12 Mitzi: Eflno Lewis of Abbott concluctaa her bookkeeping i W Peck, Miss Glen- nie E. Morrow, and Miss Dorothy Murroy study the CTU.: Cf T115 TOIKID- The steps to success ore jointly ascended by I. A. Kroitt ond 'Walter A. Kurxpf, heod ot the department. L, V. Robinson ond Charles L Morrill zatudioufsly ubgl- 3'i 'i lc id 1 t i f rg mf

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Social science is the study of the activities of hu- rnariity since the beginning of history and is of great value to the present-day generation because it pre- sents the problems that others have faced and coped with. There are reauired courses in this field in Elgin l-ligh School, 1.-:hich are taught with the following obf jectives in mind: to give to the student a clear concep- tion of what various ages and cultures have contrib- uted, to present enough historic background to give an appreciation for the various types of government and social institutions in the past which have contributed to or modified our present social, political, and economic system, to develop in the student not only an under- standing but an appreciation of a government, what that government means to him, and what his responsi- bilities under this government areg to afford an underf standing of the economic system that the nation has tcday and a better itncx-:ledge of world affairs and cur- rent events, af: our present age makes its own history. Miss Martha Black and E. G, McLean stop in the Abbott halls for a last minute chat. R. S, Cartwright, head of the depart- ment, Miss Katherine H. Davery, and Maurice O. Graff smile over some social science fuzz. pas. Shadow and Substance, Leaving after a department meeting are Kenneth I. Rehage, Miss Mary Louise Smith, Miss Nellie E. Purkiss, and K. A Montaonzerv. Zzzifalerd in ada! .Siience l I

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uifclerd in Wa fkemaficd lf x:y and x:z, will y-iz? Such are the thoughts of a mathematics student. Algebra, plane geometry, solid geometry, and trigonometry are studied durin th f ' g e our years. ln plane geometry as well as solid the students make models to show those things in which geometry is found, naturally and indus- trially. Posters and diagrams illustrating geometric problems are of most im- portance. Elementary and college algebra are taught to give the student fundamentals which they need in the more advanced studies of mathemati cs. Business arithmetic is excellent training for those interested in bookkeeping. Shop mathematics, offered this year for the first time, is designed to help solve the problems that arise in shop work. The mathematics department looks forward with anticipation to the addition of more mathematics rooms in the old building, for there will be displayed examples of work done by this department. Of greatest importance, however, is the special project of designing and constructing a sun dial to go in with the landscaping at the southeast corner of the new building This work is left entirely to the students under the direction of their instructors. lt is with great interest that all look forward to it. Mis Ad la Thom and Miss Mary A. Peters ss 'iTcday's Geometry Miss Adah A Pratt, head of the department, and Miss l-lortense E. Wilson admire students' V ner it cones: to mathematics, Miss Ellen projects. ol' a d Miss Sylvia l'-llust of Abbott see eye to eye. A math student attempts to solve a theorem. 13