John H Francis Polytechnic High School - Student Yearbook (Sun Valley, CA)

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Commerce Steps rn bookkeepmg procedure are explamed by Mr Glover Mr Htlt says Set stops at 5 and 75 Ads for The Optrmzst ts the slogan tn Mzss Mawes crdverttsmg class Theres busmess as usual m Mr Valqamores class Mtss Lamb tells her students tn busmess gurdance how to lmd thetr places zn the busmess world Mrs Grrttzn teaches short Commercral Students Represent Poly at Hrgh School Day Those students of Poly who are plannrng to enter the bus1ness world after graduatron can be thankful that they have had therr trarnmg at Poly for our commercral department rs consrdered one of the best 1n the c1ty Th1s depart ment headed by Mr Lam offers courses rn stenography salesmanshrp book keepmg and advert1s1ng all taught by a staff of hrqhly tramed teachers Of speclal rnterest to the salesmanshrp classes were Htqh School Day at the Broadway Department Store and the placement of commercral students especrally salesmanshrp mayors rn the downtown stores durrng the Chrrstmas rush Fourteen lucky students were carefully Chosen to represent Poly at Hrgh School Day On one day every year thrs store rs almost taken over by students Srx Poly people were fortunate enough to be asked to report back for employment Th1s semester a new typrng class under the drrectron of Mr H1lt was started Its purpose IS to prepare students for work rn war rndustrres Students who successfully complete thrs course are promrsed placement 25 hand. . . . Accuracy is the keynote in Mrs. Gobrecht's class. , I 1 I I I -

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Mrss Anthony makes suqgesttons as Ruth Tash tmtshes a sculptured bust Vrsrtmg master preces IS my hobby says Mrss Haywood rn art apprecratron Young designers learn about lme and color from Mrs Sargent Mrss Boyd actrve commercral teacher has had a Career rn secretarral work tor the League ot Women Voters and the Rockefeller Foundation Geraldme and Peggy practrce typmq under Mr Lam Everyone enjoys Mr Couchs jokes rn semor problems outsrde he rs serrous about good legzslatron tor schools and teachers Poly Glrl Wlns Scholarshlp for Sculpturlng Students Wllh a creatrve urge tmd almost unl1m1ted opportunrtres rn the art department tor the development ot whatever krnd of sk1ll they possess Classes 1nl1te drawrng parntmg desxgnlng ceramrcs dress deslgntng and commerc1al art are taught by splendld teachers wrth Mrs Sargent as thetr cha1rman Every student 1n school learns somethmg ot tme art when he takes art apprec1at1on somet1me before graduat1on The art students gtve generously ot therr talents 1n many practrcal ways Thetr l1noleum cuts appear 1n our pubhcauons and on assembly programs therr posters decorate our halls and therr destgns appear on the cover and end sheets ot thts book The department sponsors two or gan1zat1ons the Brush and Palette Club and the Board of Pubhcrty Th1s year Ruth Tash a prom1s1ng young artrst won an erght hundred dollar scholarshlp from the Cal1lOfI't1B School of Fme Arts for the beautrful bust whrch she so skrlltully sculptured Th1s trne scholarshrp IS berng held tor her tor three years 24 r Commerce , . . I 1 1 . I I A t

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Diagramminrg is a graphic way of teaching grammar in Mrs. l-leath's opinion. She also teaches Spanish .... Mrs. Dasso, Spanish teacher, acquired a fluent use of this language when she lived in Peru .... The faces of Miss Hindson's class sffow that Spanish is fun .... French Club officers read a newspaper in the court language .... Our library is conducted efficiently by Mrs. Loclclin. . . . Latin is as easy as anything else, says Miss Adams. Pan Amerlcan Day Celebrated ln Spanlsh Style Language study at Polytechnic means far more than learning some grammar and making a few translat1ons Each teacher presents some of the hrstory folk songs hero stones flags costumes and literature of the nationality studied Color fllms help co stimulate the interest of the students Thus with the knowl edge of the language each student acqulres some 1dea of the culture that belongs to the language and thereby understands both to a greater degree Thts year Pan American Day sponsored by this department was great fun for the whole school Students and teachers wore gay costumes of Latin Amerlca all day faculty members Wore lit le rtbbons s1gn1fy1ng the languages strange names Singing waiters and flower girls added to the festive atmos phere The glass case 1n the main hall often exhibrts many foreign articles b1lS of art miniature costumes fl gs and furmture Modern language study 1S more tmportant than ever before and Poly apprecrates the f1ne work of Mlss Hmdson and her tea hers of Span sh French Latm and German 26 Language they had studied,' an-d the cafeteria served several foreign foods labeled with