Jonathan Alder High School - Power Horn Yearbook (Plain City, OH)

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BUSINESS EDUCATION The commercial department offers a course for those whose interests and abilities are such that they prefer to follow a vocational path immediately after high school. In the tenth grade a student may take Typing I. In his junior year he will continue Typing II and Bookkeeping I. As a senior, a girl or boy gains insight into the opera- tions of a business through the office practice course. They learn the do's and don'ts’ of working in an office. They have training on the business machines available for student use. These include calculators, adding machines, duplicators, and mimeo- graph. Shorthand I provides the tools for skill in stenographic work. The skills and knowledge acquired by electing the course offered by the commercial department constitute a firm foundation for any student seeking employment as a receptionist, clerical worker, bookkeeper or stenographer. TYPING DOROTHY SAYRE, A. B. Business Education

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SCIENCE a BETTY PIMENTEL Science, B.S. The science department consists of physics, chemistry, biology, and general science. Physics is a senior subject and is offered for those students who wish to enter some scientific or technilogical field after graduation. Chemistry is a junior subject for any college preparatory student. General Science is a freshman subject. One year of high school science is required for graduation. In all of these courses some laboratory work is done. More laboratory assignments are made to juniors and seniors than freshmen. In the laboratory emphasis is placed upon the proper care and safety involved in working with various types of equipment and chemicals. ray Russell, b.s. , h.p. e. P.O.D. Biology The purpose of biology is to acquaint students with life, the life around them and their own life. To do this the students are re- quired to study and observe functions of their bodies and the plants and animals which make up their en- vironment. These observations and studies go from microscopic animals and plants to animals and plants much larger than themselves. In so making these studies and ob- servations the student may better understand the many mysteries of life.

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GORDON OXLEY, B. S. JACK O’ROURKE, B. A. and M. E. Mechanical Drawing Industrial Arts Principal INDUSTRIAL ARTS AND MECHANICAL DRAWING MECHANICAL DRAWING Our shop at Jonathan Alder is a general shop. This course is an intro- duction to the industrial world. The students work with many different materials and learn how to use tools and equipment safely. While using these tools and materials the students learn how to design and build a variety of projects. We have woodworking, metal work, mechanical drawing and leather. In the future we hope to add electricity, power mechanics, home maintenance, plastics, ceramics and welding. At Alder a Junior or Senior boy may elect the course of Mechanical Drawing. Mechanical Drawing may be defined as a method of giving complete, accurate, clear and quick description of an object by means of graphic representations. The work of a draftsman has become highly specialized with the particular field of engineering to which it applies. To become a proficient draftsman a student must learn the funda- mental principles of drawing and a thorough knowledge of the details of manufacture and construction in the industry in which he plans to work.