Julia Richman High School - Spotlight Yearbook (New York, NY)

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WafAemafic5 ff r Textile Arts is a subject which one girl will feel is as good as any to make up part of an elective, and for another, it is of more importance. For the girl with not too much money to usually more inexpensive who is really talented in spend on her clothes, this course is a real aid. It is to make a dress than to buy one. Then we find the girl this art. She'may have a flair for the construction of a Or, perhaps she has a knack for making hats. However, study of Textile Arts has provided her with several basic abilities. They have also been taught the value of charm, personal appearance and good grooming. dress or for its designing. to each of these girls the Each of the girls may use the knowledge to a different advantage. The business girl must always present a neat, well-groomed appearance. If she has taken this course she will be able to do just that because she will have the ability to select a ready-made garment with an eye to such things as fabric, workmanship, cut and finishing touches. For the homemaker the knowledge of the construction process will prove a real saving, and also will provide individuality in personal dress and in the home. And for the talented girl, what? Many fields are open to her-for example the field of merchandising, dressmaking, or designing. Some are good at mathematics. Some are not. Most of us, good or bad, however, have been confronted with the problems of why we learn mathematics and what we can do with it in our future lives. Mr. Arnold, the head of the South School and also the head of the Mathematics Department, has been good enough to answer these questions. First of all, and most important to the majority of us, mathematics is meant to teach us a technique of thinking, that is a way of solving our every day problems by clear, straight-forward thought. Mathematics affects us vitally in our every day lives. It is the very founda- tion of civilization. We have seen the role mathematics plays in our daily lives, and now let us turn towards the future. What can we do with our special aptitude for mathematics? Well, letis see. lt is impossible to enter any field of science, chemistry, physics, etc., without a firm foundation of mathematics. Science and mathematics are closely allied. The field of statistics is open only to those who are especially gifted in mathematics. laid. ,446

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Secretarial Training is a fairly new subject, and it is not offered in many schools. It aims at giving the girls business technique along particular lines teaching them how to cooperate with others in business, and giving them character education. This is accomplished through the means of the Universal Publishing Company fa fictitious namej where every girl is given an office. There are ten departments in all where the girls take care of mail, gather statistics about the books printed, use the telephone, transcribe letters from the dictaphone and ordinary dictation, collect statistical information on the adding machines, operate the switchboard. The most recent office added to the course is that of being secretary to various teachers. Certain girls are assigned each week to act as secretaries, and they may do only secretarial work for the teachers. This gives the girls a little training outside of the classroom. The department feels that this course is a real aid to girls who seek secretarial positions. Of course it is up to all of you potential secretaries to prove it. For girls who intend to be stenographers or secretaries, a four term course of bookkeeping will give a good working knowledge of bookkeeping. However, a six- term course enables a girl to enter the working world with a thorough knowledge of bookkeeping. Many good positions are obtained by girls who started as bookkeepers. Besides regular accounting, the department offers other subjects, there are Commer- cial law, business arithmetic, business laboratory, and also a fairly new course in Salesmanship. This course is a very interesting one. The girls start from the beginning by learning all about various materials. No one can sell anything if they do not know what they are selling. This course is a very good one to take if one is interested in selling. It offers good opportunities. Many of the large department stores offer good opportunities for these girls. Of course, one must start from the bottom up, in the packing department for instance, but by starting there one may end up being a first rate saleswoman or even a buyer. Naturally, a girl must show that she has the ability, initiative, and personality which are the qualifications for a position of this sort .1 ti 1 l oo' das dd fl-if T I4 s ecrefaria jaining unc! .zdccounfing 3-. ,

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cience The Science Department, which includes Biology, General Science, Chemistry, and Physics, is wide enough to interest anyone who has the slightest inclination towards bugs or animals, and a curiosity as to what makes the world go round. Most everyone in the school has at one time taken some course in Science, and never can it be said that there is one of us here who has not had some kind of question to ask about it, even if it were only to know the why and wherefore of personal things that bother us. The world is a mass of scientific problems, and we are constantly endeavoring to find the solutions. Miss Topp, the head of the Science Department, has tried to answer a few ques- tions about why it is taught in the school. 'She believes we should develop a scientific point of view, personal and social tolerance, the ability to self analysis, and to build up sound mental health. Many a girl has a special talent or adaptability for a certain phase of science. For example, she can reprint diagrams, model from life, or formulate problems and see them through in a laboratory. Teaching, medicine, social welfare, laboratory work, research, dietetics, geology, and anthropology, are Helds of endeavor open to women. Mr. Dow believes that the study of science prepares us to live with greater understanding in this scientific world. He thinks that the natural desire of pupils for information shows-the inclination they have towards further interests in this field. Mr. Dorin holds that science'has many rewards-thoroughness, patience, and a sense of personal accomplishment. A good worker possesses courage, alertness, the ability to think independently, honesty, and a love of truth for its own sake. She may become a beautician, with a knowledge of cosmetics chemistry, a journalist for a scientific publication, do museum work, or home economics. In other words, the vocations in which women scientists may engage, are numer- ous and varied. The object of teaching science in the school is to enable us to engage in these positions, and to provide a strong, solid foundation on which we can base our future life. isx