Indiana High School - L Indien Yearbook (Indiana, PA)

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E 5 , .J .veqc 4.4 , 1.4.4 J Two courses in agriculture have been added to the department this yearg hortif cultural enterprises and crop production and management. SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT The lessons revealed by the records of the past will prove beneficial to the wise man or woman of tofday and will provide a basic guidance for his future actions. That which has already been attempted and has proved unsuccessful will not then lend a hand in marring the perfection of the present world. It is the constant de- sire of a good American citizen to preserve the high standards of liberty and def mocracy introduced and maintained by our forefathers. They will not be pre- served unless our youth are led to understand and love them. It is the aim of the Social Science Department to provide the youth with this understanding, to equip him with a stable knowledge of the past, and to convey to him the true meaning of American spirit. PHYSICAL EDUCATION Without health one is greatly handicapped in providing the initiative required in undertaking one's mental vocations. To see that the boy or girl acquires and maintains this necessity is the task of the Health Department. A thorough phy- sical examination is given each student at the beginning of the school year. All students in the 7th, Sch, 9th, and 10th grades, unless excused by a doctor's cer- tificate, have two free periods a week in which they are required to attend physif cal education classes. Owing to the difficulties met last year in running intra- mural sports, competitive games have been arranged for these regular gym periods. Physical Education provides another outlet for students to spend their leisure time in a worthwhile manner. I WARD JOHNSON, Industrial Artsg LAMBERT JOSEPH, Head of English Departmentg CATHERINE LAMER, Commercialg WILLIAM LANDIS, Commercialg EVELYN LING, Commercialg I-IAROI.D LUTZ, History and Physical Education, ELIZABETH McCLURE, Englishg FLORA MCCULLY, Commercialg MARY MCGREGOR, Englishg FERNE Mdl-IENRY, History and Art. -meg Rea... 5. 1 or iff

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L' INDIEN MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT Few other schools present a better variety of mathmatics than Indiana High School. Students in the department have every opportunity to familiarize them' selves with almost any mathematical subject on the high school level according to their desire. This year's curriculum has undergone a slight change from that of previous years. Full term studies in high school arithmetic, plain geometry, and first year algebra have been continued, but the department offers only semester courses in solid geometry, trigonometry, and advanced algebra, the latter being chiefly a preparatory subject for pupils planning to continue their educations in a scientific or liberal arts college. This change in the curriculum was made in preparation for future advanced mathematical courses which are planned to be fitted into the program and which will provide the student with a more basic knowledge of the subject. NATURAL SCIENCE The studies available to the pupils in the department of natural science have been enriched somewhat during the present school year by the partial segregation of the students into two different types of classes. In one class will be found mainly pupils who are lilcely to study beyond the high school level in the field of science and whose curriculum needs to be, to some extent, of a college-preparatory nature. The same subject matter is taught in other classes from a different view- point, that of the pupil who will graduate from the high school with the intention of securing immediately a gainful occupation and whose requirements, therefore, are different from those of the collegefpreparatory group. The problems of school- program building limit the extent to which this procedure may be followed, but the intent is to provide insofar as is possible exactly the kind of natural science inf struction best suited to those two main types of pupils. Q73 . x ff WM f dw Q,l Vi , s x 1 I W' mia- LAURA CHURCH, Mathematics: ALICE CLEMENTS. Cooking: MELINDA DETWILER. JL Mathematics and History: DAVID DUNMIRE, Arithmetic: CAROLINE GESSLER, Mathematics Hd and Geographyg GERTRUDE GLUCK, Biologyg GERTRUDE HANDLER, Englishg HELEN HERSPERGER. Head of Language Department: GEORGE HILL, Head of Science Departmentg HELEN HOLSTEIN, English and Latin. 13 Ig..-

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J ,- 15.4.4.4 ,,,,,.J J J .- THE COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT An excellent curriculum is provided in the Commercial Department for those pupils wishing to secure a business education from their high school studies. The department has three aims: CID to train pupils for the contact job with business and prepare them for advancement to higher levels of employmentg QD to pro- vide pupils with a broad general training which will enable them to continue their education as they see fit in related fields on a higher levelg UD to make pupils intelligent consumers and distributers of business services and commodities. The organization of the department consists of two main divisionsg Account- ing and Secretarial. Present day statistics reveal that approximately 955 of all stenographers employed in the United States are females, thus making the former branch of the department more beneficial for the modern boy to study. After completing the Accounting curriculum a pupil should be sufiiciently well trained to undertake the duties of a retail salesman, general office clerk, or a bookkeeper. Pupils following the Secretarial curriculum are required to master the difficul- ties offered by shorthand, typewriting, and ofIice procedures. Pupils finishing the Secretarial curriculum should have gained enough knowledge and skill to render valuable stenographical services in a present-day business firm. INDUSTRIAL ARTS DEPARTMENT The Industrial Arts Department furnishes an outlet for the students not wish- ing to undertake the higher educational studies. It offers complete instructions in Mechanical Drawing, Electrical Construction, and Woodwork and gives the pupil an excellent opportunity to prepare for some form of trade activity. '..' My k . ..- , , A 7 .ff ' , .,kA . -L ' . 1 3 . l 1 - ,L Q 3 Q, 3 ,W V: . shi JAMES IVICKELVEY of Mathematics Depart- mentg GLADYS PHAROAH, Commer- ' ' N Librarian' ' cial. FRANKLI CHARLES RINK. School ROWENA RUSSEL. Secretary to JOSEPH SHANE, ...egg ?g9a.-