North Central High School - Tamarack Yearbook (Spokane, WA)

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Music . . .Art Kenneth C. Mhyre, Robert Biner. V. Stanley Taft. Lowell C. Bradford. Gerald Hartley Kenneth C. Mhyre Art, Head Washington State College, B.F.A., B. of Ed.; Art Club Adviser. RoiiEKT Bines Art University of Washington, B.A. . Stanley Taft Music, Head Occidental College, B.A., M.A.; San Jose State College; Washing- ton State College. LOWELL C. Bradford North Central Band Director Reed College, B.A.; Whitman College, M.A.; Boys ' Adviser; Productions Committee. Gerald Hartley Music University of Washington, B.A., M.A. Artistic geniuses draw rapt aitenlion during jewelry class. thirteen

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Most prominent in the music programs this year were Marvin Lanphere, Pep Band pianist and choir accompanist, and baritone Ron Safflc who has starred in two operettas. It is the aim of the music department not to necessarily make musicians out of its students but to give them a proper outlet for their spare time, states Stanley Taft, music department head. Approximately 500 students were enrolled in the music department which consists of 11 different subjects. The Nautical Knot , an operetta, was presented along with several concerts, r -tr ir ir Courses in the visual arts have been offered by American high schools for many years. At North Central, the art department has grown to the point where it now has one of the largest varieties of art courses in the high schools of this state. Consisting of everything from painting to crafts and stagi ' design to jewelry, thirteen courses are offered. twelve

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BUen Kawaguchi attempts vainly to instruct Kathryn Kelp in the intricacies of shorthand hieroglyphics. The Commercial department is organized for two purposes: (1) to give students an opportu nil to prepare themselves for business positions :(2) to give those who need this training for personal reasons an opportunity to become proficient in or acquainted with the different fields. Subjects taught include four semesters of bookkeeping, open to sophomores; one semester of business English; one semester of business law; and one semester of office practice, open to seniors. Those who wish business positions choose from the above subjects as many credits as their schedules will permit and enroll in either four semesters of bookkeeping or four semesters each of typing or shorthand. It is also an advantage if a many as possible of these subjects be taken dur- ing the last semester-- of their high school work. fourteen