Farrell High School - Reflector Yearbook (Farrell, PA)

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W. R. ANDERSON High School Principal Thirteen

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Twelve W. W. IRWIN Superintendent of Schools

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HIGH SCHOOL ORGANIZATION THE COMMERCIAL CURRICULUM The Commercial or Business Course of the Farrell High School is offered to young men and women who have ability and who show a natural inclination toward commercial work or who wish to prepare for a paying job as soon as they finish the course. Because business life is so complex today, it is useless to attempt more than a training in the fundamentals. Careful attention is given to stenography, typewriting, bookkeeping, commercial arithmetic, English and a thorough knowledge of the operation of the adding machine and the comptometer. For those who want a brief business training which will enable them to make a living for a few years or in case of necessity, a two years’ intensive study of shorthand and typewriting is provided. The standards set for this work are high enough to insure good preparation. Bookkeeping in the last two years includes not only practice in keeping books for various types of businesses, but instruction in the elementary theories of accounting. This work is supplemented by a careful study of commercial arithmetic, including rapid calculation. Recognizing the demand of modern business, several comptometers have been added to the equipment. A thorough knowledge of the operation of this time-saving machine is offered to our commercial pupils. These general courses give a good knowledge of the fundamental principles on which all business is operated and thus furnish the pupil with a background of valuable knowledge that it would take years of experience to supply otherwise. While these curricula are truly vocational, they are also cultural to a marked degree and will tend to have a broadening rather than a narrowing influence. The four years study of English, civics and history will result in valuable general training. Most graduates of this curriculum will probably enter clerical positions at once. However, it should be pointed out that the way is onen for higher education in business colleges, and in the business departments of various colleges and universities. Pupils should consider carefully the possibilities of further education beyond the high school and should choose subjects that will make this possible. Fourtrvn