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

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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 .

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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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.dzzferdepezz ence OF THE MODERN WORLD We are beginning to realize that racial differences are primarily physical, and that men are human the world over. Modern transportation and commerce have greatly increased similarity of desires, pleasures, and viewpoints. Elaborate divisions of the earth's surface, known as boundaries, serve at the present to hinder trade and to em- phasize trivial differences in customs. Interdependence of nations for neces-- sities as well as for luxuries is today a reality, making everyone a stock- holder in a world market. It is neces- sary to abandon falsely individualistic viewpoints in favor of the vast field of common human interests, in order to further advancement toward a World Peace.