Joel E Ferris High School - Exeter Yearbook (Spokane, WA)

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Commercial and Mathematics The local commercial department offers two years of shorthand, two years of typing, and one year of bookkeeping. Its aim is to fit the student for positions open at the high school level and to prepare him for advanced training in his selected field. The contest idea in Minne- sota was dropped during the past year. In- stead, types of tests that are made for enthusi- asm and good work in the schools and that are better educational tests were introduced. Otlice training comes in the fourth semester of typ- ing. It includes a short course in filing, a re- quired amount of work on adding, calculating, and duplicating machines, transcription from the ediphone, taking dictation of letters and preparing them for the mail, advanced projects in typewriting, letters of application, and some vocational guidance. In shorthand, students now have the use of typewriters during the shorthand periods. The thrift department, organized on March 8, 1928, is an outgrowth of the commercial de- partment. In the five years of its existence, there have been approximately 2,500 depositors. Roosevelt High School offers two years' work in mathematicsfone year of plane geometry and one semester each of higher algebra and solid geometry. The National Committee on Mathematical Requirements says, The pri- mary purpose of the teaching of .mathematics should be to develop those powers of under- standing and of analyzing relations of quantity and of space which are necessary to an ' insight into the control over our ene- vironment, and to an appreciation o. the progress of civilization in its vari- ous aspects. TOP-Typing and Iran vrriiiing. CENTER-Miss Curry, Miss Henning. BELOW-Mif.f West, Mr. Pike, Miss Smith, Miss Nlarkus, Miss Orvis. l Page Twenty-two L'

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ocial Sciences In the field of social sciences, Roosevelt High offers a variety of courses to its student body. 'Lo give the lI'1C1lV1i1l13.l an inkling of the various phases oi' his community lite, and to help him to become in the Iuture a useful citizen of his country, the social sciences are taught. lt has been said that nistory is the written record ol past events, passed down Iroiii generation to generation. 'i wo courses in history are offered here, the full year's study of world nistory under tne name General History, and a semester's study of the rise of the United btates Irom its discovery to the present day. This course is concerned not only with the woi'ks of warriors and statcsmen, nor yet politicians, but the every-day lile of the people who pushed the American civilization westward and made a Union of States. Sociology ranks among the most important of these sclences. It deals with the two elements, man and nature, which are behind all social problems. These problems, their causes, re- sults, and solutions, form the course of study for Sociology. The Civics course strives to give to the students a better understanding- of their duties and rights as American citizens as well as to interest them in political problems of the day. Alexander Pope said, The proper study of man- kind is man . This thought is basic in Eco- nomics, for Economics is the study of man as he works for a living. It is also a science-the science of man and work. These problems of work which affect everyone as a member of an organized society and the ways and means of biettering them are discussed in an Economics c ass. - T A claxxroorn discusrion. -Far away and lung ago. r. MCIIVGIIYIG, Mr. Olson, Mr. Sletle, Mis! Simonr, Mr. Anderton. Page Twenty-one 1 v.-mega

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The Arts There a1'e certain subjects which, when omitted from a curriculum, leave a huge gap in one's education, Latin, taught by Mrs. Mcflullough, increases one's vocabulary and provides an ex- cellent study of ancient Rome. As a character builder, it encourages orderliness, accuracy, and perseverance. Two years of French under Miss Knickerbocker enables a student to read French with understanding and to appreciate the litera- ture of France. Short essays, written in Eng- lish, give the student a knowledge of the coun- try and its people. German, which has just re- cently been placed on the curriculum, has rapid- ly regained its pre-war recognition. As in French, German students become acquainted with both the language and the country, Miss Johnson is the German instructor. The other arts are also essential to a Well-round- ed education. Miss Kettunen's art department puts forth an earnest effort to produce only that which is of a high calibre. Public speaking and dramatics classes composed of students who have some ability or previous experience in this line, offer, under Mr. Leyden, valuable training in speaking and acting. Debate, which is also under his supervision, encourages intensive re- search and develops clear thinking. The cook- ing course has recently attracted the boys al- most as much as it has the girls. Many of the details of cookery in addition to the rudiments are taken up in Miss Petersonls course. The study hall and library, under the supervision of Mr. Smith and Miss Arlander, respec- tively, are excellent for the student who wishes to cultivate habits of study. The library has steadily grown until it has as many books as many college li- braries. Toiaifirt in the rmzleing. CENTER-Mr. Leyden, Mist Ketlrmerz, Mis: Arlander. BEI.0W'M7X, Mcffullozzgh. lllisx Knickerbaf- ferr, Mir! jofmsorx. Mixx Peterson. Mr. Smi!f7 I: Page Twenty-three 1 1 l u l Jr r l c e b lf r L Q 1 5 5 E n i i nl lr Ii 'L l if .4 li if l' t E .. i. 'L s li L t 2 2 gl lt ' 1 i i .5 it l' i -A-,ze .1 E ul I I 1: F g. if Y 5. yi E K 5. I.. lk I t l i Q I 3 Y l i .