Mattawan High School - Mirror Yearbook (Mattawan, MI)

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HIGH SCHOOL 0LLMENT REACH£S- ' — IT W o GENERAL' AScUi'L'U th ,T ' HON T-C MC'Mbc Rf Hi F IN THE HIGH SCHOOL I KCRSAjEQ 67 PER CEN'r CUi»»NG THE FIRST YEAR AFTER THE EREC'CN OF THE MEW BUILDING. THAT THE END CEr. « Ni.x H-’.D CJ.viE. . • BUT i N THIS. THE SECOND YEAR OF THE USE OF THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING. THE INCREASE HAS BEEN AS GREAT AGAIN. THERE H S ALSO BEEN A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN THE GRADES AS WELL. MAKING A GRAND TCTAl FAR EXCEEDING ANY FAST ENROLL- MENT AT MATTAWAN. THE FOLLOWING DATA WAS SECURED FROM PAST RECORDS.... YEAR OF TOTAL ENROLLMENT OF SCHOOL 1930 1933 1934 1939 1936 19-7 THE FOLLOW.MG FIGURES SHOW 2b4 2 72 2 75 2 77 282 299 358 NEW SCHOOL OFEM3(INCR.59 430 ADDED INCREASE OF 92 THE GROWTH IN HIGH SCHOOL. SEPT JUNE SEPT .1923... 1924.. • 1925.. • 1926.. . I927. , . 1928.. . I92Q... 1930'•• !93 • 1932-.. • j 3 • , • 934 • I 9' R ° . I93U..• • 937 I 10 lOI 81 8 84 S3 ■ 10 .07 I 23 143 II I 937 — 278 ENROLLMENT IN HIGH SCHOOL (7 TO 12!) THESE FIGURES ARE INDICATIVE OF THE RAPiD STRIDES THE MATT A ,7 N HIGH SCHOOL IS TAKING, AN ENTIRELY NEW F REPROOF BUILDING .MODERN IN EVERY RESPECT, TOGETHER WITH THE 1,‘AMV ADDED FACILITIES OFFERS' TC THE STUDENTS...iS THE REAL CAUSE OF SUCI A RAPID GROWTH IN O'JR enrollment, 27 CirFER£v'' DISTRICT SCHOOLS NOV SEND STUDENTS HERE TC MATTA AN.

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CGM'E Clr L fPARTMENT THf TYPING DEPa T NT Or ' aTTAWAN high ?C- lOL H 5 ADDED Fl E ME-; T REWRITE S TilS F LL. DUS T. THE INTEREST ANIFE-'TED in This F Y PRACTIC L SUE 'EOT. THE iFGINf.INO iIbD',;TS HAVE JUST COVE ED ALL Ti-r LrjTE. ON THE s'EYBCXr, j AND ARE NOW ' CAKING TOWARD UJ'SNCY AND THE PERFECTION OF TECH’ ! • -TYPEWRiTERS 'ILL BE. AVAILABLE Tu STUDENTS FOR j3E DURING THEIR STUDY HOURS FOR MAKE-UP WORK AND ALSO OcTJIQE ‘CRK. THE AC V NCcO TYPING CLASS RECC NTLY COMPLETED TYPING A NUMBER OF LETTERS FOR THE CU1” ERCIAL CLUB OF 1 ATT A 1 HICK I 5 SPONSORING MINSTREL SHOW FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20. thESc LETTERS Gave the advanced typing clas: their first real tast of office PRACTICE AND GAVE THE STUDENTS A CHANCE TO DEMONSTRATE THE I P EFFICIENCY. ON A TEN MINUTE TrST GiV N RECENTLY ONE AOVANCFO STUDENT -'EACHED A SPEED OF E? 0RD3 A f I MUTE WITH O LY E CR ORS. THE SHORTHAND DEPA-.T 'EV7 TH.'S YEAR H-o TAKrN AN0THER STEP FORWARD IN GIVING ITS STUDENTS THE LATEST AND OET MODERN METHOD OF TEACHING SHORTHAND, a METHOD '“HICH IS NU’V USED IN ALL THE Larger HIGH SChOOLS THROUGHOUT THE ST TE INCLUDING DETROIT. THE NEW TEXT ,,,HICH I w BEING USED FOR THE FIRST THE THIS YEAR IS CALLED GREGG SHORTHAND 3Y THE FUNCTIONAL 'ETHOD , BY LCLIS a « LESLIE. jY THIS .'ETHOD „ STUDENT F| ST SECURES A THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF READING THE SHORTHAND CHARACTERS AND THEN APPLIES THIS READING KNOWLED DIRECTLY TO THE ' PI TING OF 5HO THANO. 3Y THIS METHOD A PERSON CAN WRITE FASTER IN A SHORTER TIME. THE JUNIOR BUSINESS CLASSES ARE FILLED TO CAPACITY. ; ANY STUDENTS ARE USING THIS COURSE AS A FOUNDATION FCn A COMi'cRClAL COURSE, 3EC;u5E THE COMMERCIAL FIELD OF-ERS Nl ER0U3 OPPORTUNITIES.