Jefferson High School - Spectrum Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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COMMERCIAL Secretaries and stenographers are born in the commercial department of Jefferson, as typewriters peck and pencil points yield queer figures. Included in the commercial department are typing, short- hand. commercial law, commercial geography, bookkeep- ing, writing, and spelling. Because of the extent of the regular commercial course, a student planning to do secre- tarial work does not need to spend as much time at busi- ness college. With the exception of the college preparatory, the com- mercial course is the most popular one in the school. Our commercial teachers are Mr. R. L. Edwards, Miss Betty Burgard, Mrs. Audrey Coons. Miss LeeNora Cunningham. Mrs. Louise Srondahl, Mrs. Margaret Larson, Miss Mar- garet M. Purvine, Mr. John Rockwell, Jr., and Miss Anna May Sechler.

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MRS. AYER MISS DEIERIEIN MISS CAMPBELL MISS ELDER LANGUAGES With an ever-increasing interest in international affairs, including the present European crisis, the study of foreign languages is becoming more important every term. The Jefferson language department is offering to its students courses in Latin, French, Spanish, and German. With the aid of modern textbooks the teachers are enabled to make the people and their languages live for the students. A four year course is offered to students who wish to major in any of these languages. Two years' study of idiomatic grammar with some translation is compulsory for those students taking a college preparatory course. The third and fourth years, which are spent mainly in translation, are elective. Each language department maintains a club for the pupils who wish further to develop their knowledge of the subject. The language teachers are Miss Irene M. Campbell. Mrs. Ethel Ayer, Miss Grace Deierlein, Miss Mary Elder, Mrs. Louise Grondahl, Miss Estelle M. Ingalls, Miss Ella Karnopp, Miss Juanita Parker, Miss Almeda Poynear, and Miss Ruth Rockfellow.

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MATHEMATICS Mathematics is the clue to logical thinking. By pursuing a diligent study of this subject and by becoming able to solve a problem, one develops within himself a practical and logical mind. This fact is probably the main reason why a two years' study of the subject is compulsory for college preparatory students. For those pupils who like to explore the profound depths of equilateral triangles and prisms, the mathematical course includes algebra, plane geometry, solid geometry, trigo- nometry and business arithmetic. The mathematics teachers are Miss Sarah Ruby. Miss Ruth E. Bonnett, Mr. Alan T. Button, Mr. L. C. Campbell. Miss Grace Deierlein, Mr. Carl M. Knudsen, Miss Maurine Laber, Miss Abigail McRaith, Mr. Charles C. Marlowe, Mrs. Mildred E. Mitchel, Miss Katherine Piggott, and Miss Jessie A. Skinner. MRS. MITCHEL MISS PIGGOTT MR. KNUDSEN MISS SKINNER