John Bartram High School - Trailmarker Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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live to learn. boys are skilied in several Trades and occuca- Tions. From Their ranks come The TuTure Tine ma- chinisTs, elecTricians, draTTsmen, ard radiomen. GraouaTee sTeo ouT inTo The world conTioen'v, Nell crecareo To seek Tame and TorTune. Our ACADEMIC course mighT well loe called a liberal educaTion program. lTs graduaTes, whef Ther They conTinue sTudies in college or wheTher They enTer vocaTional acTiviTies aT once, are equipped vviTh Training and pracTice ir Thinking independenTly and in acTing upon selT-direcTion. This course offers a subsTancial background in English, science, languages, social sTudies, and maThemaTics. The graduaTe whois urable To en' Ter a higher school oi learning, sTill Tinos The curriculum valuable. Once he absorbs a wel! rounded educaTion, he is capable oi underTaking work in various iields. Besides giving a Tino gen- eral knowledge, The Academic course Teaches The individual how To Think clearly, how To prove Things Tor himsell, and how To make careful deci' sions, qualiTies he will reed in inTelligenT adulT iving. ln The CQMMERCIAL deoarTmenT, There 7' The consTar'T hum oT TypewriTers, as deTT Thgers ripole over leTTered keyboards, OTher sTudenTs carefully add. subTracT, mulTiply, and divide on :omoTomeTers, work diligenTly in bookkeecing Take dicTaTion accuraTely in shorThand, and iearn The crooer Techrigues oi salesmanship in reTail selling classes. This is a composiTe oicTure CT BarTram s Commercial course, which shows some oT The acccmo'ishmenTs a ouoil musT have oeTore ccmc eTirg iT. The curriculum also he os TC give TTQ fTuoerTs cracTical excerience, bv oTiering c'erical and otqice pracTice. l-lere The girls 'earr how 'Q Tl cuT business Torms and aociicafiens ard rcw To ccerafe various Tyoes cf ciiite ma- Chines. Thev are TaughT how To To ow orders arc carry cu' scme oT The duTies Trev rnav oe assigned in an cnice. BarTrams Commercial :curse Trains The kirds oT clerks, Tvcisfs. coef- feecers veregrachers, secreTaries. ard cernce ':'neTer :ceraTcrs who are esser a 'n feecrc 'he wrees :T ousiness Turning smocfrlv ard suc- , T CESSTLJVV.

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:rv-if ulearn to live Be iT ever so humple, Theres no place ile lnome . Truer wcros were never spoken, and Thus iT is The prime purpose oT The HOME ECO- NQMICS course To insTrucT girls ir how To organ- ize happy and successTul homes. These sTudenTs underTalce such arTs as cooking, sewing, clean- ing, ard decoraTing, NoT only do They learn how To prepare endless varieTies oT de-lecTal3le dishes ouT how To serve Them in an aTTracTive and ap- oeTizing manner. OperaTing sewing machines pe- comes second naTure To The pupils, and They succeed in creaTing ensembles Ha la Vogue . As unglamorous as clearing sounds, The girls Tino The modern meThods cT lfeeping homes spic and span, inTeresTing ard enioyable. To add The Tinal Touch oT coziness To The home, The imporf Tance oT iTs arrangemenT is TaughT. The TuTure homemalcers plan rooms aTTracTively and come TorTably, choosing TurniTure ThaT is in good TasTe. BarTrams l-Tome Economics course Trains girls To do more Than lceep Themselves well groomed. They are Trained To lceep Those who live wiTh Them, healThy and comTorTable. Boys wiTh special TalenTs along mechanical ines Tind Their needs answered in The INDUS TRIAL course or in The MECl-lANlC ARTS course. BarTram is proud ThaT iT is one oT The pesT equipped schools Tor IndusTrial educaTion in Philadelphia, and wise sTudenTs Tale advanTage oT Their surroundings. Included in The curriculum are several diTTerenr elecTives, such as ElecTricai ConsTrucTion, Machine ConsTrucTion, AuTo Mes chanics, DraTTirg, and Raoio. Radio is also given as a shop elecTive course Tor I2Th grade sTu- denTs. The pupils musT not only be slcilTul wfTl- Their hands, buT alerT and inTelligenT, in order To succeed in These subiecTs. ln addiTion To 'The usual shops and laboraTories used To Teach The pracTical aspecTs oT mechanical slcills, The boys spend several periods in classrooms, learning The elecTrical ard mechanical Theories needed To compleTely unoersTand Their work, lndusTrial sru oenTs deal also with The compiexiilies oT Tr'gorc- meTry,sl'1Op maTh, ard s'rengTh oT maTeriais. Upon comp'e'ior oT BarTrams lndusTrial course.

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