Lowe High School - Towers Yearbook (Windsor, Ontario Canada)

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r 2 The Windsor-Walkcrvilie Trrhnicnl School Year Book OUR COMMERCIAL DEPART¬ MENT With the greatest number in at¬ tendance of any vocational school in the Province outside of Toronto, ihe Border City communities should he proud of their Commer¬ cial Department in the Windsor- Walkerville Technical School. This attendance has increased over el¬ even times in the last sixteen years. With a staff of eight Commercial Specialists to lake charge of Hie special commercial work along with Graduates and Specialists in the English and Mathematical bran¬ ches, 1h is school is ' equalled by none in the thorough business and all round efficient training it gives. A commercial education not only should enable one to earn a liveli¬ hood, bul be such that will fit one to enjoy life in the future and make of one a good citizen. Such an education should be broad and practical in English and Business ; l;dhematics, ana lead One to ap¬ preciate good literature, music and art. The above, combined with the sciences allied to commerce, toge¬ ther with a thorough commercial education, should amply tit one for life ' s work. The great success of our Com¬ mercial Department has been ow¬ ing to the fact that we have en¬ deavored to give our students such an education. For our girls we add cooking, millinery and dress¬ making, knowing that the ideal of women is home-making; and these, added to our Commercial Depart¬ ment course, give an efficient edu¬ cation for a successful life. In the accountancy department we give the boys in addition to the regular subjects, blue-print read¬ ing. drafting and auto mechanics, while the girls are taking part in the household arts: thus our boys are more efficiently fitted for all round office assistants and execu¬ tives.

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The Windroi -WalkerviIIq Technical School Year Book SI MILLINERY The Millinery Department under the direction of Mrs. McIntyre, is certainly a favourite with the girls of the school. Here, the girls of the Technical Department spend a great deal of their time, while the Commercial students have classes once a week during one of the school terms. A three year Course is arranged for girls who wish to specialize. necnnse there is something about hats that appeals to every modern girl, more potently, perhaps than any other part of the attire, the future stenographers make use of every moment of their time spent in this department. The first step towards the Millinery goal, is to learn the stitches, and these are first practised on a piece of cloth, to be made use of later. The style of the hat is then de¬ cided upon, a model being copied or a design originated. The colour most suitable to the hair, eyes and complexion is then chosen, and when the hoods arrive (Tor every smart hat is made from a hood or body hat as it is sometimes called) the girls are ready to start their first experience in hat making. Besides making the hat the pu¬ pil must keep a record of what she spends on it. including time, and compare it with the price charged at a retail shop for a similar hat. The difference is something to make every girl wish she had taken a course with Mrs. MacIntyre. The Millinery students learn to buy intelligently. Buying clothes and materials is a part of the course. The importance of the part play¬ ed by the milliner in achieving the general ensemble of the modern woman, must be emphasized. The perfect design needs two things primarily: creative art and talent, and specialized training in making hats. The creative talent is like other talents: it is born-and developed, but it is not made. How¬ ever, any girl with the average ' rood taste and judgment can copy r adapt styles, and if she has learned Ihe ways of millinery, sh“ •an mak ‘ a chic and stunning hat. DORIS DAY. T3A . -o- A GRADUATE As for the all-important subject, Millinery, it is still fascinating. No doubt, at this season of the year, it is fascinating, or at least inter¬ esting, to every feminine creature and little wonder when you con¬ sider the new Spring styles. With every good wish for the staff, pupils, ex-pupils and gradu¬ ates of the Windsor-Walkerville Technical School. HELEN BEST -o- THE DRESSMAKING DEPART¬ MENT One of the interesting features of the Windsor-Walkerville Tech¬ nical School, is the dressmaking course. The sewing room is fur¬ nished with all the necessary equipment for the making and de¬ signing of dresses or costumes. When I first entered the dress¬ making department, I could not sew on the sewing machine, nor could I use a thimble. Now 1 can use both fairly well, and I could not jvv without a thimble. A girl does not need to have much money to be the owner of lovely clothes. She can make her own clothes with as much style and durability as the clothes she buys. In this department she learns to know the value of materials and how to choose suitable clothing. All the pupils are interested in th coming bazaar and are making different garments for this affair, which is to be held at the end of March. LORRAINE DENNISON, Tl

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Tli Windsor-WnllrefyiHu Twlumnl School Year Hook 63 Our course at present is divided into two regular department s: the Accountancy and the Secretarial, in both of these Departments, all students to jrraduate. must take literature, business English, and oral and written composition, pub¬ lic speaking, business arithmetic, history of Commerce, commercial geography, economics, typewriting, office praetics (including tiling and business machines), junior ac¬ countancy, business law, science of materials, spoiling and penman¬ ship. When one considers the above comprehensive course of study, three years are all too short to ab¬ sorb everything as thoroughly as desired and for that reason we recommend all to take a fourth year, if possible. We have no apo¬ logy to make for our commercial courses or the length of time it lakes. Our courses have been ap¬ proved by a commercial advisory committee chosen from the most prominent business managers in lli border Cities. These men, em¬ ploying office help for years, know the education required for the sev¬ eral positions and so we are certain ' hai our courses are the most effi¬ cient ever devised. To provide for the lulls and gaps that occur our pupils take the add¬ in-. and listing machines, compto- m- or work and billing, and in their fourth year the Bookkeeping ma¬ chine and Dictaphone. To those in their 3rd year who have reached M) per minute on the typewriter, the pri iloge of taking the Dicta¬ phone is given. •V- office typewriting is one of the most important subjects in the modem office, pupils have to take this subject in all years of their coiiisc end the majority reach 50 and 60 words per minute. Medals galore for 50 per minute and over have been taken by our pupils in the past few years.