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

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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

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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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lournalism is interesting, says Miss Hov, while looking over the Optimist dummy .... lvfir. Stell, formerly a college speech teacher, explains English difficulties to Bonnie and Salvatore ..,. Mrs. Klawitter, formerly P,-T.A. chairman and past annual sponsor, answers a question. Her summers are spent on a New England farm ,... An ardent bowler, Phi Beta Kappa, and receiver of several scholastic honors is Mr. Porter .... Smilingly Mrs, lolmson discusses a student problem. . . . Miss Edwards, Poly alumna and new drama teacher, reads the script lor the S342 class play. Mrs. Heath, pictured with the language department, also teaches some classes in English. Englxsh Three Publtcatlons Glve Splendld Opportunltles rn Iournahsm The chtet work of the English department teachtng readtng wr1t1ng and speaking went bus11y on as usual th1s year The drama and public speaking classes were unusually well filled and new talent was dtscovered at every turn Th1s 1nterest 1n speech was reflected 1n two hne sentor plays and tn a number American Leg1on and Pan Amencan contests Our publ1cat1ons The Opt1m1st The Poly H1gh and The Polytechnlc Student seemed to excel in every way The Opt1m1st aga1n claimed its usual share of lournaltstlc honors being chosen medahst for several consecutive years The annual class was thnlled at the All American award for the 1941 Polytechn1c Student and the whole school was proud of this achlevernent 27 l of speaking contests. Our students won zone awards in the Herald-Express,