Lancaster High School - Cayugan Yearbook (Lancaster, NY)

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OOHHEHCIAL DEPARTMENT The purpose of the Commercial Department is three- fold: To provide vocational knowledge, provide proper social habits, and to provide business knowledge for personal use. The teachers are: Miss Gracia Haight, M . E. W. Ockerman, and Miss Eleanor Smedley. The Commercial Department offers three courses: Bookkeeping offers the student an opportunity to obtain instruc- tion for vocational and personal use' a Stenographic course 57 502930 16,83 g F ' Q3 X a lfj of 5 'Ura --N offers a student training in typing, shorthand and general sten ographic techniques for both social and vocational purposes the Clerical course Provides the student with a knowledge of general office techniques and sufficient control oftechniques forsuccess ful vocational participation This department also provides many students from other courses with valuable electives THE E NGL I SH DEPARTME NT Our high school's English courses acquaint students with great American and English authors, distinguishing between genuinely good books and those which are cheap or only briefly popular Correctness in expressing one'S self, especially in writing, is another aim of English, and equally important is the attempt made to direct students toward the best 1n radio and motion pictures So the four years of English are not Just a school subject but a source of lasting value for life after high school Besides the usual four years of English, American and Enqlish literature and World Literature are offered here 15 y Q Y .K Q20 . 03. L TIF kj, Q 9, i yp ' CX ,ts X ,ik A 8.1, QB ' - IU , Z 0' .4 3 M ' Q 1 4? P'

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SOCIAL STUDIES Good American citizens are formed by knowledge of their social environment and good trainingj the social studies de- partment of our school endeavors to give the students this train- ing. ln Social Science Miss Snyder instructs them in the machin- ery and functions of our political, social, and economic life' ' Economics in the business of earning a living. A three year COUTSG iN history devoted to the study of the development of human society attempts, under the instruction of Miss Cowan to make them aware of the achievements and failures, the inspiration and by Wu 43 I 3 u T5 :T All gLaqT J K A lvxywx X X Nl-gy, h is Q NJ Chevn1aTi E HHBfy ., pitfalls of the past, that their Judgment and sympathies may be broadened to cope with the complex problems of today The entire program stresses current problems SCIENCE The purpose of the science department at Lancaster High School is to train students for professions, although for the average person the chief aim is to bring about a more intel ligent way of living The course in general science, taught by Miss Frances Ruffner, and senior science, taught by Mr Robert Wright, tend to give the individual a more intelligent view of life The courses in chemistry and in physics, taught by Mr Wright are designed train the students in the field of chemistry and in the field mechanics respectively In addition, biology taught by Mr W Kling, is offered for the sake of those students who expect enter any of the various branches of biology 14 9 N F xrkqfg? Q W P 5 Q. I 1. .GQ ' P 7?f Xxx U ,J if us, w f r N X h- tr is i 3 is 5 1 1 i s I 5:1 F , I, 6 gig 1 E ' :Q li 4 ,y . ' Ik app . . . . . . of . . . I to

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NUSIC DEPARTNENT Th1S department enables the student to have a know ledge of and an appreclatlon for muslc teaches h1m co operatlon responsrblllty and leadershlp and allows h m, 1f he has the ab1l1ty and des1re to pursue technlcal courses 1D preparatlon for a career IH mus1C Besldes the three major QCt1V1t19S of band orchestra and chorus our Mus1c Department offers glrls' glee club, lnstru mental lnstructlon and two academlc courses, H1StOIY and Appre Ppb, x 3 Nix!! Aiijiiv Qf'WfQ 'Trl G 0., gf K 1 ,.. -fa Hon s E4-van-n aa -f-f' Musw c1at1on of Muslc and Rudlments of Muslc It 1S hoped that more may soon be added All musxcal act1v1t1es of the Hxgh School are under the d1rect1on of Marlo K Schermerhorn HOME ECONOMICS Preparatlon for Real L1v1ng' mlght well be the motto of the Home Economlcs Department for lt focuses 1ts attent1on upon the two lmportant problems of the home the selectron ofthe food, cloth1ng, and shelter from the standpo1nt of hYg1ene, eco HOm1CS and art and a study of the relatlons of the members of the fam1ly to each other and to SOC19tY The department offers the follow1ng courses under the d1rect1on of M155 Florence E Putnam Home Economlcs Foods Home ECOROm1CS Clothlng Home ECOROm1CS Home care and decoratlon 16 'Noir' 4 5 JC ah I 3 3 Xi?pL.. XXX I.fr S 'J 4,,l,, 'E3 fi f f V .. f ' 'fig - . is lf,H V Xxib if 1 Ffh s l , X ' ka- . 49 R - 1. ' 11-- 2. ' IV-- ' 5. ' v1-- '