Menaul School - Sandstorm Yearbook (Albuquerque, NM)

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students get a background for current events . BIBLE A We all want to live a full and satisfying life, and todo this we need guidance. Where are we to seek this guidance? VVhere are we to turn to End the answers to our questions: Where do we come from? Why are we here? Where are we going? What are our places in life? We here at Menaul believe that the Bible has the answer. We believe that as We study its pages God will reveal our place in His great plan. Q The Bible. courses are planned to help us understand the Bible as we read itg to see it not only as unlolding God's plan and purpose for the world but also for us as individuals. BUSINESS -EDUCATION The Commercial department, headed by Miss Irene Richmond, consists of typing, filing, clerical office prac- tice, and shorthand. There are three classes of fifteen each in beginning typing to include students who want to learn to type. The filing class gets practical experience in filing with miniature filing boxes and letters. 1 ENGLISH The English program at Menaul is designed to provide learning materials suited to the needs and abilities of each student. At the beginning of the year a placement test in reading was given to determine what section the pupil would be in. Previous grades in English and results in earlier reading tests were also used for placement. . Students in English II study some of the basic skills necessary for good reading. Those in English III use the magazines Practical English and Literary Cavalcade as well as a workbook to help them improve reading ability. These also stress good English usage in both speaking and writing. The English IV class has studied Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Romeo and Juliet, use the Readefs Digest to develop vocabulary, and have taken a series of grammar tests to deter- mine individual weaknesses. n HISTORY World and American History classes are taught by Miss Sue VVatson. In these classes by studying the way people have lived in the past. A Page Thirty one

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... I AGRICULTURE ART ' The art department has been small in number and has met for work only part-timeg how- ever, the girls made a variety of articles for the National Missions Gift Shop in New York. Small dolls dressed in fiesta outfits, burros, adobe houses, hors d'oeuvre picks with hand drawings, and some western place cards were made. One girl made place cards shaped like the Menaul Arch for a Menaul table at a Spanish-American luncheon in Illinois. The girls also took part in the Scotch Tape Christmas tree contest, and one' girl will enter a booklet cover in the contest for the best cover for the book of poetry by Albuquerque young people. A little weaving on hand looms has been done, and there are plans for more weaving and the sampling of as many crafts as possible. H - y AUTO MECHANICS Three classes of auto-mechanics and one class of welding are under the direc- tion of Mr. Paul 'Wigliaman Textbook and theory are taught the first semester while actual repair and work in the shop are done the second semester. Page Thirty I

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HOME ECONOMICS MATH EMATI CS Algebra I, Geometry, and Trigonometry are the differ- ent courses offered by the mathematics department at Menaul. These courses are taught by Mr. L. M. Bauer. The advanced mathematics classes are primarily made up of boys who desire to study engineering and the various scientific fields in college. Page Thirty-two Cut. . . Sew . . . Show! y INDUSTRIAL ARTS Industrial Arts is a study of the changes made by man in the forms of materials and of the problems of life related to these changes. Some of the aims of the courses are.to develop desirable hobbies, to provide a background for a definite trade, to develop good work habits and attitudes, and to furnish an appreciation of design and quality of manufactured products. There are many areas in industrial arts through which these aims may be realized. At present the' following courses are offered at Menaul: woodwork, ceramics, leather- work, and plastics.