Elko High School - Pohob Yearbook (Elko, NV)

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lgnhnh Commercial URINC the last two years the Comm rclal De partment under the su pervlslon of Katharlne l.. lVl1ller has been re organlzed and put on a unlverslty credlt ba SIS that IS credlts re M fl celved ln thls depart M ment are recognxzed by the large unlversxtles and buslness schools throughout the country Each year the Commerclal Department IS becomlng a more 1m portant factor ln our school system Thls statement IS proved by the large number of students enrolled ln the different classes Thls year one hundred and twenty one students were enrolled 1n the department ln order to recelve a commerclal dlploma a student must have had two years of shorthand typewrxtmg bookkeeplng one half year clal arlthmetxc and buslness Engllsh As a reward any student who has succeeded 1n acqulrmg an average of ninety per cent or over ln any or all subjects wzth the exception of commerclal law commercxal arlthmetlc and busness English wlll be awarded certificates and medals These C6I'tlHC3tCS and medals are awarded ln shorthand by the Curegg Publlshlng Company ln typewrltlng by the Underwood fype Wfltlng Company m bookkeeplng by the Twentleth Century Com pany and nn penmanshnp by the A N Palmer Company Credlt IS glven m bookkeepmg when the first and second year s textbook work IS Hnlshed and the first and second year s certlflcates have been recelved ln order to receive credlt ln penmanshlp the work requlred ln the text must be completed and a students certlflcate must be obtamed ln order to recelve credlt for one year of tvpewrltlng a student I8 Y O , - Q Q, w Q '- . , . , . - nr 'r ' iller 1 . ' 1 D y ' of pCflITl3l'lShlp, One year of OH'.lCC tfalfllflg, COITIITICYCIBI law, COIIIITICY- U l , I , . , - , - . . Q . Y Y l

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lgnhnh Mathematics HIS year Elko l-ll h School of f red courses IU Commerclal Arxthme tlc fir t year General Vlather atlcs Plane Ge ometry Solnd Geome try Advanced Algebra Trigonometry and The oretlcal Algebra One MR, hlgh school credlt was UIVCH for each of the flrst four courses whxlc one half credlt was glven for each of the last three ln these courses the study of mathematxcs IS as completely pro Vldefl for as m most of th larger hr h schools of the Unlted States Elko l-'hgh S hool IS probably the only school ID thls state that new course that IS just bemg trled out ln thrs hugh school for the firs year stud nts Many of he students who would find the first yea course of Algebra hard haxe l1ttle or no trouble wlth the mterestmg wor of Algebra Geometry and Trwonometry combined ln General lVl1themat1cs The work m graphs of statlstlcs PICYOUYBIIIS and canto grams whlch the students have done thls year IS not only lnterestmg but fasclnatmg The Plane Geometry students are taught practlcally all the fun damental pI'lI1C1plCS of planes trlanvles quadrllaterals other polygon and clrcles The development of the formulas for prisms pyramids cyhnders cones and spheres even the prlsmatold formula have been worked out by the Sohd Geometry Class The makmcf of models has been an mterestmg part of thls work Besides mak ng polyhedral angles pyra mlds prlsms paralleplpeds and frustums thus class has made the Hve regular polyhedrons These are the tetrahedron of four faces hexa hedron of SIX faces octahedron of elght faces doclecahedron f twelve faces and the lcosahedron of twenty faces I7 . . , I .0 1 . ' 5 ' .' . Q It- , L V l . ' . - , - K 3 l Kncmeyer ' 1 ' C C x D . 3 ' '. . . e C 'g . r ' - . C . . . offers a course in General Mathematics. General Nlathematics is a . .... . . P 2 . T r ,v Y . . . .x , D 4 . . k Q, O , ' 4 , I , L Y 9 Y , a , . O , K ' ' Q - . . . . , 3 Y 9 n L , , -I , 7 , , 9 0 , Q '

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1511111111 must complete the work required in the text and receive a thirty word certificate To receive credit for the second year s work a student is required to finish the text and receive a bronze medal which means that a pupil can write forty words a minute accurately Higher medals are offered for the ambitious student These are the bronze silver Gold and diamond medals To receive credit for the first year of shorthand the worc re quired in the manual reader and Gregg Writer must be completed and the first year s certificate which is based on the system must b obtained Credit is given for the second year in shorthand when the work required in the Gregg Speed Studies classics and secretarial text has b tn completed and an Order of Gregg Artists certificate has been ceeded in making beautiful shorthand notes Membership in the O G A is the most popular of the certifi cates of the Gregg Publishing Company embracing as it does the triple elements art speed in shorthand writing and the fraternal elements in class work The wmninv of the O C A certificate is a recognized testimonial It means the acquiring of such a knowledge of shorthand and such a stvle in the writing of it as marks the differ ence between a mediocre writer and a writer of promise As a result of the work accomplished by the pupils of this depart ment efficient stenographers and bookkeepers graduates of this school are now holding responsible posltlons in various busmess houses of this and other cities Honor should be given Miss Miller head of this department for her deep and smcere interest in the success of our commercial pupils I9 F ' v .. ' L , . , H . . . , 1 - . . , O . , ' . , 3 Y ei y i . . . obtained. This certificate is awarded to any student who has suc- O . . D , . S . : , D . D . . . n , . Y Y Y