Klamath Union High School - El Rodeo Yearbook (Klamath Falls, OR)

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?sgrimltuml Eepartmmt HE Agricultural department was established in the fall'of 1912 and is now one of the best equipped and offers work Which in completeness is second to no high school in the state. The courses. offered are peculiarly applicable to the conditions and problems of the Klamath County farmer, and are: squiciently simple to be immediately applicable to the students every day experiences. The course deals With broad general principles and their application Without going further than necessary into technical details. ' Because of weather conditions, outside work has largely been impracticable. Direct application of principles is of the greatest educational advantage and an attempt Will soon be made to do something in this direction. Home credits for work accomplished outside of school, may be the solution to this difficult problem. The bettering of farm conditions and a proper realization of the dignity of farm labor are of primary importance in this work. The following is an outline of the work, these subjects being cor- related With. the other departments of the school: Freshman year: 1st semester-Basic soils, 2 periods per Week; practical stock t judging, 3 periods per 'Week. 2nd semestereBasic soils 2 periods per week; plant culture, 3 periods per week. Sophomore year: 1st semester-Dairying, 3 periods per week; orchard problems, 2 periods per week. 2nd semester-Farm crops, 5 periods per Week. Junior year: . ' 1st semesterQIrrigation and drainage, 3 periods per week; farm mechanics, 2 periods per week. 2nd semestethractical stock feeding, 3 periods per week; animal breeding, 2 periods per Week. 2 Senior year: 1st semester-Soil fertility, 5 periods per week. 2nd semestereFarm management, 5 periods per week. In addition to these courses regularly offered are others in dry farming, vegetable gardening, landscape and home decorating, or other special topics given as interest demands. In cooperation with the extension division of the State AgriCUIt tural College? a short course for the farmers and their Wives was held from March 2nd to March 7th With an average daily attendance of fifty in each of the two departments. Lectures and demonstrations were given to approximately five hundred different people. Day and evening sessions Were held and so much interest was shown that a similar course will be given next year. Page 14 3

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4 12 artmmt nf 4 mm 4 wnnmim 4' n four year course is offered in Home Economics. Classes are A organized this year in cooking and in serving. The work is made practical and as Closely related as possible to the home activi- ties of the student. School credit for home work is being given this year. The system was regarded with such favor by the students during the first semester that it is being continued through- out the year. It is recognized that the school in fulfilling its highest obligations to the Child should lit him for complete citizen- ship; also, that this obligation is an obligation less of the school than of the. home and that the most economical method of meeting that obligation lies in the co-operation of the school and home. The Department of Home Economics has solicited the interest of parents in school activities by invitations in November to lectures on preventative medicine. In January two buffet lunches were given. To the first were invited the parents of all the girls in the Department; at the second, the parents of all the boys who partici- pate in athletics were invited guests. Just before Christmas a merry time was had by the Department girls and the boys of the Manual Training Department at the noon hour. To the joy of a real tree and candy bags, was added a lively, glad 4iChristmas Spirit? These social affairs, to the casual eye, mean little aside from pleasure. Besides the student workers, only the. housewife appreciates the hard work which makes such occasions successful. Greater opportunity for testing executive ability, skill, and faithfulness is afforded by the series of contest luncheons given by groups of four girls each from the cooking class. The iiblue ribbbon groupii has not yet been determined by the judges: Mrs. W. E. Faught; Mrs. Fred Peterson and Mrs. C. V. Fisher. 4 The cafeteria, which was so successfully maintained last year under the direction of the Department, has been given over entirely to the management of Mrs. Lyons. Data shows that an average of 4-7 1-2 persons ate daily at the lunch room during the hrst half of the year. In February, a Class of normal training students was organized for the purpose of introducing, through these future teachers. more industrial work in the rural schools. The rural school hot lunch is emphasized as it certainly should be. The enrollment in the Department has been so great this Year that the equipment in some instances has been doubled in order to accommodate the students. From such large Classes,a goodly number will doubtless be candidates for the third years work in 1914-15. A half credit is given for the Iirst semesteris course, 4iThe House and the other half credit is given for the last semesters course, 44Persona1 Hygiene and House Nursing? Only students who have a credit in cooking are eligible to this course. Page 1 3

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n lb c - partmrut Glnmmertial Eeparimmt m.gn h .12 1 t3..'.! ixwrzgnx. ,1. :3. M , .. 1 The aim of the commercial department is to give students a good thorough business train- ing and t0 1it them to enter a business life. It aims to do the same for the student that the trade school does for the mech- anic. The department does not .- Ann. 3.1. latter 1 91.1.. IWI'M'I Kix- propose to turn out a linished 1. u! ; 31,..13H a 1.; . 1 I111. 11 HM . product but it does aim to pro- W' 1. '5 ' Vide its graduates with a good ' ; mad. foundation on which to build M. MIR 3 '3': a successful business career. '. . 01,.1! 5: !1 ? ' T4 ? :nto'l 1 U. ..L 3,, 0'1 ! I 123111111 yr? Hurt mi- Defective preparation in stenography frequently shows itself ..1- 1- .111' ur'.11.: .1 :r; 1:; in defective work and consequently low wages. Hence, many young - '- w: ..A .1 . 1,., .1, 1 men have considered stenography as distinctly a field for women who . .1! .1. .1 I A V. were expecting to remain in the business for a short time only. One need only to look over the careers of some of the most prominent men of the day to see that this is not true. With the young man who looks beyond stenography to managing a business; stenography is only a means to an end and his chances of advancement are better I ' than in almost any other line. The following is an outline of the commercial subjects: Fresh- man year, bookkeeping, penmanship and spelling; Sophomore year, typewriting and bookkeeping; Junior year, shorthand and type- writing; Senior year, shorthand and typ-ewriting. These subjects are all optional, being taken in connection with work in 'the other .1. . J . . MW w, departments of the school. Work in bookkeeping is supplemented i ' ' 3 'i l by work in the offices. .s- a ,- ... I . n ,'.' I; ;u: 'Jlrh y . ,1 1.17 .: ;...r-...ls get .A stenotype has recently been placed in the department as an. experiment but during the short time of its use it has proven its efIiciency and it is hoped that it may become a permanent feature of the course. So far as learned, this is the first machine of its kind that has been placed in an Oregon High School. ...! v.3 '.v.-.k ;.1:.' .I- ZIIHIt 1111' WP? , . 1,: .3 1: 1-. ana-z'mi :H' . A thirty two drawer filing cabinet has been made in the manual 2, .1 . .1111! !.--111-- 4 1' training department for use in the commercial rooms and greatly . .1: 111.1111I-w- ' increases the efIiciency 0f the school. A new rotary mimeograph 41,. .1! mp 51.1114? has replaced the machine that was formerly loaned to the school. b .1111! 11111 ir MW A Burroughs adding machine is now used in the regular bookkeep- L. .11211 ;110 ing classes and instruction is given in the same manner as in the ' 1 ..'vvv.1-. .11.! drs- nwni other parts of the course until the student is thoroughly familiar 1 ' H ' 1.111111 with the use of the machine. The night school was open for six ith'h' 'H 1: :1. 1s F.h..11.'n1.onths, the work being similar to that given in the day class. ! . 1!... 1:1 .3 19-131'2' Page 15