Leamington District Secondary School - Phoebus Yearbook (Leamington, Ontario Canada)

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In our new High School the Commercial Depart¬ ment is located in the North wing of the Upper floor. There are six rooms used by this Department. The Typing Room has been equipped with new desks and chairs. The chairs are made so that a student automatically has proper posture when he is typing. The chairs have shelves under the seats for the student ' s books. There are 36 noiseless Rem¬ ington Rand typewriters which were used in the old school. Two filing cabinets are available for the filing of completed work. The Business Machines Room is equipped with some Remington Typewriters from the old school. Additional equipment purchased in the equipping of the school are: One each of the following makes of Typewriters: Royal, Underwood, Smith Corona and I.B.M. electric: one each of the following Cal¬ culators: Remington Rand electric, Frlden, Plus and a Monroe. We have recently purchased a Tape-Fliter which will give instruction on the use of a Dictaphone. Room 213 is part of the Commercial Depart¬ ment. This room is equipped for Music and is used by the Glee Clubs in the Activity period. During the other periods of the day it is suitable for class room work. The other three classrooms of the Commercial Department have been equipped with new desks and each room has storage cupboards on one side. All Commercial rooms have filing cabinets and at the back of each room is ample bulletin board space. In the old high school there was only one Grade Ten Commercial form but this year there are two, IOC and 10F. Students of 12C qualify for a Secondary School Graduation Diploma in General Business. This school has a Special Commercial Course taught to students who have completed three years of Academic work. The Diploma for this course is the Secondary School Graduation Diploma. If a student of 12C or Special Commercial has a satisfactory examination record he is permitted to accept a position and leave school early in May. -JEAN KROPELNISKI. OLGA WAYTUK

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Miss Gertrude Mayeock. B.A.. is head ol the Commercial Department, and counsellor lor all o! the Commercial students. She teaches typing, penman¬ ship. and shorthand. Miss Maycock, who is a graduate of the University of Toronto, is a specialist in Commercial Work. She has been a member of the Leamington District High School Teach¬ ing Staff for seventeen years. She Is interested in colour photography and music. Miss Mary House, B.A.. has been a member of the Leamington District High School teaching Staff for the past year. She is a graduate of Queen ' s University and loaches bookkeeping. Canadian Law, penmanship and German. Miss House is interested in art. Miss House ' s hobbies are playing golf and ice skating. During ihe summer Miss House lives at Balm Beach on Georgian Bay. We are pleased to welcome Miss Daphne Ford, B.A., as an addition to the Leamington District High School teaching Stafi Miss Ford is a graduate from London. England. Miss Ford leaches business correspondence, Grade Nine History and shorthand. Miss Ford ' s hobby is playing the violin. Miss Ford spent a very interesting summer in England and France. Mr. Sidney Pike. B.A., has been a member of the Leamington District High School staff far two years now. He Is a graduate of the-University of Toronto. Mr. Pike teaches commercial mathe¬ matics and bookkeeping. Mr. Pike is the director of a drama group. The Hamlets”, which meets Tuesday and Thursday in the activity period. Mr. Pike ' s hobby Is playing golf and is active in the Lions Club. We are glad to welcome Mr. K. I. MacDonald. B.Com., to his first teaching position as a member of our Commer¬ cial Teaching Staff. Mr. MacDonald re¬ ceived his High School education in Smooth Rock Falls and Timmins, On¬ tario. After high school, he attended McGill University where he received his Bachelor of Commerce Degree. His hobbies are hunting and fishing and he also enloys a good game of chess. —MARILYN LATIMER. JOYCE MOODY

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The Arts and Crafts Department In the Leam¬ ington District High School is one of the most modem rooms in the school. The furniture is arranged to give the room a spacious and informal appearance. Students sit on stools around work-tables. At the front of the room is a display-case, where finished articles are arranged. A kiln for firing clay models has been added to the equipment. Cupboards for supplies and art equipment line the south wall. A visitor during one of the classes might see some students working with leather, some with clay, wood, shells, plastic, or yam. and others with oil paints or water-colours. This department often gives assistance to other departments in one form or another and this is appreciated. Miss Ruby Scott, B.A., is In charge of the Art Department In our School. She graduated from the University of Western Ontario after High School education in Leamington. Before coming to the Leamington District High School she was a teacher on the Mill Street staff in this town. Miss Scott has a Specialists Certificate and very capably manages the many activities of her Department. Her hobbles are Music and Photography. —MARGARET FROESE