Huntington High School - Huntingtonian Yearbook (Huntington, WV)

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First Row: llefl- to rightl S. E. Rusmiselle, G. A. Schwartz, and C. lvl. Withers. Second Row: Adelaide Russell, W. H. Sayre, C. R, Schurman, H. C. Shadwell, R, V. Simons, W. B. Trosper, E. L, Waltz, Clarissa Williams, and Chloe Wylie. Third Row: Kathleen Ryder, Viola Schulze, I. L. Seibert, Frances Shumate, E. W. Taylor, Macil Via, Helen Wellman, Hite Wilson, and Pauline Wylie. The automobile trade course consists of two years' work seven hours per day. Three and a half hours each day are devoted to actual work on cars, trucks and buses, three and a half to the study of automobile science, drawing, mathe- AUTOMOBILE TRADE SCHOOL matics, English and other subjects that relate to the auto industry. Students enter this school after com- pleting their junior school work. However, there are a number of students coming to this department after graduation from high school, many of whom make very rapid prog- ress. The school is financed by federal, state and local funds, as it is operated according to the regulations of the Federal Government, Smith-Hughes Act. Physical education is a subject that is required only in the Sophomore year in Senior high school. No credit is given for the course, but it is required for graduation. Boys who are physically unable to do the required work either have their PHYSICAL EDUCATION family physician send statements to the school or go to the school physicians for an examination, These students are then given an extra study or rest period. ln addition to the regular class work, the boys and girls also participate in the intra-murals, sports consisting of volley ball, basketball, indoor baseball, ping pong, horse shoes, bowling and track. No girls are excused from physical education. A program of activity classification has been adopted suitable to the needs of the individual. I5

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fAEllllY had other commercial fields from which to draw. We found that we were living in the Horse and Buggy Age and that the Machine Age was quickly crowding us out. In place of the combination course of shorthand and book- keeping, we now have four well defined courses of com- merce. ln the first year all students take English, biology. economics, geography, given for a better background course for understanding what people do loccupations and industriesl and why they function as they do, and busi- ness arithmetic. ln the eleventh and twelfth years students are then al- lowed to specialize in their major fields, which may be chosen from one of the following: Stenography, bookkeep- ing, spelling and office clerical, where specialized training is given in the field of work they choose to study. The mathematics department continues to offer the tradi- tional courses in plane geometry, solid geometry, algebra, and trigonometry. These form the mathematics major and are designed, in particular, for those who have interest and ability in mathematics, or who need the training MATH for careers such as engineering. ln plane geom- etry a technique in logical thinking is developed and practice to develop skill is provided. The twelfth grade arithmetic course and the new course in consumers' mathematics in the tenth grade acquaint the students with the social-economic problems of everyday life and point ways of intelligent and wise solutions of such problems. The new course in fusion mathematics consists of units of algebra, trigonometry and solid geometry fused into a year's course. lt is designed for those who are not espe- cially interested in mathematics or for those who need more preparation for advanced courses. The twelfth grade algebra course, in addition to the advanced algebra, in- cludes topics from calculus and from analytic geometry. Perhaps the most interesting part of the course is the study of the elementary principles of the theory of relativity. When household arts were first introduced, it was given largely in the lower grades, in response to the appeal to train the hands as well as the head, and it involved little beyond hand work. Later more emphasis was placed upon acquired information and knowing HOME ECONOMICS the reasons for things. Too little attention was paid to deferred values, and too little to the immediate needs of the pu- pils. ln our food classes we are teaching foods on the meal basis in place of separate dishes as formerly used. The meal basis type of instruction is desirable because it functions directly in the girI's life and in her home. Dem- onstration and thorough planning is necessary in advance if the best results are to be obtained. The girls in the tenth grade have a combination of units, as marketing, preparation and serving meals, and home making in gen- eral. The girls in the classes are divided into groups, each serving for one week in the school apartment house, which is fully equipped for all household duties. Care of the sick, elementary nutrition, home furnishings, economics of buying, and commercial clothing are units of work of- fered in the home economics department at the present time. I4 Elizabeth Koletka Myrtle Kraft Miles, I. Lee H. A. Lightner Vernice McMullin Terrance McDermott Eva Miller Mabel Myers Virginia Neale H. C. Ohlson Delia Parker I. D. Pollitt Helen Potts Maryellyn Price luanita Ramsey Sylvia Rell Minnie Reinwald Bertha Rider Mattie Rider Gertrude Roberts james Rowsey

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