Fort Vancouver High School - Alki Yearbook (Vancouver, WA)

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IN LEARNING SKILLS DEVELCDPING TALENTS 1432 In learning the tongue of a country a brIef hlstory of that country IS taught In the four dIffer ent foreugn languages classes German Spanish French and LatIn The students acquIre an ade quate vocabulary and after Iearmng correct con structlon of sentences they are glven the chance to apply theIr skIIl Nearlv all of the Student Body has at one tIme been assocIated wIth one of our school music groups They Include the Instrumental and vocal groups and also a course In muslc theory offered for the last semester These groups brnng honor to our school by performmg throughout our cIty and state Boys Interested In the mechanIcs of cars, or In makIng thIs theIr VOCGIIOH fInd themselves rIght at home In the auto mechanIcs course taught at the Vocational BuIldIng These boys devote theIr entIre afternoon to overhauling engines finding out how they work making repairs and putting them together again. Included in the training of young women inter- ested in homemaking, is the instruction of inter- ested young men in the essentials of sewing and cooking. The girls also study good grooming, tex- tiles, and the arrangement and care of furniture. In the spring, they display the garments they have made in the annual style show. Learning the skills of the mathematic courses offered in school, varying from general courses to a study of the higher' mathematics, a student can apply them not only in things that need this experience, but in solving every day problems. Several of the courses offered include: general math, geometry, algebra, and trigonometry. 1--S9 II New 2 .,..,f..s,,Hm ,Zi

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Teaching a student to develop an understanding of the English language to study different types of writing and to encourage those interested in drama is the purpose of the English department A student studies the different parts of speech learns to apply them and also gets some practical experience in writing Students taking the one semester course of Driver Training learn the essential parts of the car handle a car andthe various rules of driving They receive their training in a car loaned to the school for this purpose In the social studies classes one may not only choose those which pertain to World and United States History but Contemporary World Problems Psychology and Social Studies Contemporary World Problems deals with events of malor impor tance in our modern world whereas in Psychology the students study the behavior of individuals Offered In the art department of our school are varied courses rangmg from ceramics to com mercial art These give students the chance to express their feelings to carry out original ideas to make useful oblects and to help the school by working on murals decorating for dances and painting posters In the printing classes of graphic arts and ad- vanced printing the students not only learn these skills but aid their school by making programs, printing the school paper and other useful items. These classes are valuable to the school curriculum for they help the students interested in this field as a career. NUMEROUS DEPARTMENTS ASSIST STUDENTS

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Typung Shorthand and Bookkeepung are among the courses offered to traun students so that they wull be better prepared for the busuness world Even uf a student has not chosen one of these specufuc courses as a career all of the knowledge gauned wull be of value un the future Useful skulls un all the phases of large machunery and theur operatuon are gauned by the boys takung Machune Shop Actual undustrual machunes are operated by the boys thus guvung them valuable experuence so that they may obtaun employment soon after graduatuon uf they wush Recognuzed as an essentual for the development of a sound mund and body the Physucal Educatuon classes struve to achueve the development of unter est and skull un sports the furtherung of physucal abulutues and the advancement of good health Thus us a class that all of the students partucupate un and enuoy Choosung from the several scuence courses of fered many students receuve benefuts whuch wull be of value throughout theur luves These courses unclude Buology whuch acquaunts students wuth plant and anumal lufe Chemustry a study of the elements theur uses and functuons and Physucs a knowledge of the laws of physucal scuence Many opportunities and much enioyment and satisfaction are open to the students who enroll in one of the Industrial Arts classes. ln this field students work with wood leather and metal to create useful products. Another phase of lndus- trial Arts includes classes offered in Mechanical Drawing. l APPLYING KNCDWLEDGE, FOR FUTURE USES