Maria High School - Maria Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Art classes beautify walls with murals Common lciTchen uTensils including a rolling pin and Towel are uTilized by lrene Lapinslcas in clay worlc. 42 SelT-expression oT each sTudenT Through a varieTy oT means is The main obiecTive oT The arT deparTmenT. lnTeresTs are displayed in painTing, ceramics, sculpTure, sTained glass, poTTery, and wood burning. FirsT year arT sTudenTs learned The Tuncla- menTals oT line, Torm, color and design. and advanced sTudenTs concenTraTed on devel- oping a personal sTyle Through more cliTTiculT underTalcings. Many arT sTudenTs spenT class periods involved in inTricaTe painTing and ceramic proiecTs while oThers paTienTly sTood aT The poTTer's wheel and Tashioned vases and conTa-iners oT all shapes and sizes. A special group oT seniors Toolc on a diTTiculT challenge, ThaT oT painTing murals on walls ThroughouT The school. FirsT, The Tigures were slceTched in challc and were Then careTully painTed in Tempera. Many hours were spenT on These murals, buT The resulTs broughT beauTy To The school and a sense oT saTisTac- Tion To The arTisTs. OTher proiecTs illusTraTing The versaTiliTy oT The arT deparTmenT were decoraTions during The ChrisTmas season and posTers ad- verTising The Unsinlcable Molly Brown. SaTurday visiTs To The ArT lnsTiTuTe provided opporTuniTies To view The masTers. Junior arT sTudenT MargareT Bowling carefully Trans- Torms a shapeless hunk oT clay inTo a human Tigure.

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Business department adds selectrics One oT The mosT imporTanT aims oT The business deparTmenT is To prepare sTudenTs Tor The business world. For This reason, sTu- denTs are oTTered a yarieTy oT skills which will beneTiT Them laTer in clerical posiTions. Courses consisTing oT sTenography, oTTice machines, and bookkeeping were conducTed in such a manner as To crea'Te an oTTice-like aTmosphere in each class. By Taking Timed TesTs, The sTudenTs began To realize The ex- Treme imporTance which speed and accuracy play in The compleTion oT a Task. To make possible specialized Training in The IBM Tields, selecTric card punch Type- wriTers were purchased. Also added This year were new elecTric Olympia TypewriTers. STudenTs sTudying sTenography Tound ThaT aTTer pracTicing sTeno consisTenTly each nighT, They could acTually read and wriTe Their sguiggly ouTlines accuraTely. Taking classroom noTes provided opporTuniTies To puT Their knowledge To pracTical use. The TirsT Tew monThs oT Typing were ones oT many errors and Tew rewards. UndaunTed- ly, The sTudenTs pracTiced unTil Their TalTer- ing clicks became smooTh and Their Typing almosT wiThouT error. Many sTudenTs made use oT Their acquired skills by applying Them To aTTer-school and week-end iobs. STeno sTudenT, Sharon Bogus careTully pracTices The Careful concenTraTion is displayed by Caren Delich as she rechecks her compuTaTions on The Tape. rx, various sTrokes needed Tor a TranscripTion. ff fff'5'5, 5 SisTer Florence SisTer Teresa Mary Kaminskas Clarkson

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