Fullerton Union High School - Pleiades Yearbook (Fullerton, CA)

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Advised by Mr. Otis LeRoss, the High School Journalism class puts out 30 issues of the weekly Pleiades during the school year. The staff is chosen each semester according to the peculiar abilities of the students. The work on the Annual Pleiades and a senior edition of the paper is also a part of the publications pro- gram each year. One of the most com- plete of book stores is found at Fullerton Union hiigh. In order that the store might operate on a more efficient basis, iv was recently divided into two departments, one the center for the distribution of high school text books and the other where the departmental and Indi- vidual supplies, such as paper and pencils, are sold. Mr. Don Brunsklll Is faculty adviser. Miss Ger- aldine Rockwell, manager; and Miss Edith Canfielld, assistant manager. Fullerton high school students maintain their own banking institution where all money derived • BOOK STORE BANK from school functions is handled. The bank is chartered by the State of California and operated in conjunction with the Security- First National Bank of Los Angeles. Students In Directed Business Training, advised by Irma L. Tapp, account- ant instructor of the Jun- ior College, serve in the capacity of tellers. A sum of approxi- mately $100,000 passes over the counter during the year. Tiventy-fiiie

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CLOTHING • BOYS ' PRACTICAL ARTS In the autumn of 1922 the new High School Li- brary, patterned after the beautiful University library of Salamanca. Spain, was moved into its present quarters. The library is open from 8 till 5 every school day, seats about 150 stu- dents changing each of nine period and contains I 1 ,300 volumes. Students are taught and encour- aged to make the library their workshop of con- stant use and mental de- velopment. Mrs. Emelie Kitching is librarian. TiL-Piity-fnur A practical knowledge of textiles, sewing pro- cesses, design and color, as related to the selection of clothing, is derived by the girls in clothing classes. Elementary cloth- ing classes confine their study to cotton and linen fabrics, while silks and wools are studied by the more advanced students in the work. Knowledge gained by the study of clothing un- der Miss Helm pays big dividends to the girls when trey go out into the world. Practical Arts, a class exclusively for boys, is a very interesting course. The boys study the plan- ning, preparing, and serv- ing of all meals; etiquette and dress for all occas- ions; budgets; stocks and bonds; and household management. Every two weeks students in one group in the class invite guests to luncheon with them and the other groups prepare and serve the meal. Miss Gerritt and Miss Moore are teachers of the course. • LIBRARY

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• WELDING • FOUNDRY without cost to the stu- dents themselves, tour major projects of use to the school were planned by Mr. Ames. The first problem was building eight wood shop work benches completed and installed January 1 , 1933. The second was the build- ing of twelve typewriter tables finished in approx- imately 2 weeks. The third project was build- ing one hundred tablet arm class room chairs; and the fourth, nine work ta- bles for the classes in the science department. Tivcniy-six The method of fasten- ing metal parts together permanently is an import- ant art and the main in- terest of the welding stu- dents. An all metal elec- tric refrigerator and a 300 gallon high pressure tank were the major pro- jects of the class this year. As the work is strictly a trade course, practical jobs of repair- ing and building equip- ment are done for the va- rious departments at a great saving to the school. Many students who have taken this work in the past are now suc- cessfully following it as an occupation. Considerable interest was shown this year in a bronze bookend of an In- dian head design pat- terned from a photograph of a real Indian. The Foundry depart- ment also took an impor- tant part in making the chromium plated bronze ball to replace the glass gazing ball on a pedestal in front of the school. To enable students in the wood shop to obtain more shop experience WOOD SHOP •