Modesto High School - Sycamore Yearbook (Modesto, CA)

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Business Meets Future Needs Sharon Buer and Gaylord Wilburn operate one of the duplicating ma- chines in the business department. Business is an integral part of today's world. It is on the philosophy that the Business Department of Modesto High School trains students to meet the problems of the business world. The offerings of the Business Department prepare the students not only to handle his own business affairs, but also to meet the requirements of the many iob openings in the business field. Classes in business are offered to students in four major fields: QU Secretarial, C21 Bookkeeping, C31 Merchandising, and Q41 Clerical, Classes included in these fields are business machines, typing, shorthand, bookkeeping, and CPT lcooperative part timej. Business Machine classes teach students how to run ditto machines, electric type- writers, calculating machines, and mimeograph machines. Typing and shorthand are essential for a secretarial iob. Typing is a practical course for students and it may be used in all aspects of living. Keeping records of expenses and incomes, and learning the procedures of filing are included in the Bookkeeping classes. CPT students help teachers by printing tests, and writing business letters. , Mrs. Thelma Zingel is the head of the Business Department. V S Mrs. Virginia Johnson Mr. John McCaffery Mrs. Lucille Pester 'll Mr. William Allen Mr. Leonard Choate Mr. James Dixon Mrs. Thelma Zingel Page ll

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' K i esisr s .Auf Hs-an -My Mr. Pritchard Amstutz Mr. Walter Baddell Mrs. Thelma Brandly Miss Dorothy Eernandez English Program Offers Enrichment i alll: 'rr i' lift i E ,eg . , I .' 1 tiff I if Two students pass out English books to members of Mrs. Parlin's English class. Teaching the use of good grammar, both in speech and in writing, is the main obiective of the English teacher. 'Students at Modesto High School have a wide variety of English subiects offered to them. Some ot these subiects are Speaker's Bpreau, Debate, Public Speaking, English Masterpieces, and Modern Literature. Speech classes include the development and the interpretation of speeches, the con- struction of debate cases, and the overall understanding ot better speech, English Masterpieces carries on a historiccl survey of the classics of English litera- ture. Special emphasis is placed on a type study ol the various kinds of literature. Modern Literature is a course geared to help students develop an appreciation ot literature ot the contemporary period. Each ot these courses promotes the intellectual enrichment of the student. Mr. ,lay Cline is department head, Mr. Jay Cline Mr. Dan Donlan Mrs. Martha Ebert . rf sseemwqsz 7- Dr. Will Jumper Miss Barbara McJilton Miss Ruth Morgan Mrs, Lucretia Parlin Mrs. Mary Ritter Page l0 .,,d. . ,,.. Q Miss Roberta Stimmel Mr. Charles Willburn Miss Rachel Woods Mrs. Fern

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Mr. David Casper Mr. Arthur Eggers Mr. Eugene Mould Not pictured - Miss Jennie Cowan Math Serves Needs of Students Two math students work out a problem on the slide rule. The Mathematics Department at Modesto High School serves a wide range of student needs. The department offers courses for: CU the college preparatory student, C21 the student who plans to follow a career in science, mathematics, engineering and related fields, and C35 the student who wishes to advance his understanding of mathema- tics. Courses are offered in algebra, geometry, advanced algebra, trigonometry, and solid geometry. Courses also may be taken in general mathematics and practical mathe- matics. These courses are for students who feel they need more practice in math before taking the more advanced math classes. Practical skills designed for use in everyday life are also offered. There is no requirement making students take math, but if a student should fail the math test given in the iunior year, one semester of senior mathematics is required. College preparatory students, however, must take algebra and geometry to complete their course. A course i offered in business mathematics for students going into that field. It consists of m t matics which is used in the business world. Mr. Elug ld is the department head. A .tki K ' , I 'VIL 1 , ,. i ,I .2 .. . . g J X S tt lfl.. QPA Mr. Jay Pattee Mr, Carl Parrill Mr. C. T. Storlie Mr. Dilwyn Studebaker Mr. Orville Underwood Page i2