North Side High School - Legend Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Moved Forward in Preparation for Eventual Emplovment

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Salesmanship Gave Unique Variety as Business Students Mike Boles answers his comprehension test questions with confidence and Salesmanship, a new course in North Side ' s business curriculum, attracted many students during the 196 -64 school year. The course dealt with the development of the ability to sell not only one ' s product but also one ' s commodity and service. The purpose of the course was to reach poise, self-confidence, and correct procedure. Also taught were the business courses ranging from clerical practice to business arithmeti c. These courses developed office and secretarial skills needed by the business majors in their later pro- fessions. In the clerical practice classes a new transcribing machine aided in filling out teacher ' s orders for mimeograph copies of tests and in- formation sheets. The instrument was very helpful in teaching the students correct procedure in an office. Mr. Robert Traster headed the business department this year, and he was often seen scurrying about in his efforts to keep the department operating efficiently. These touch typists thump their typewriters.

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Johnny ' s Becomes Art Annex; Artists, McClead Move In Altnougn this clay resembles mud pies, it is a future piece of pottery. Artistic fingers will have nothing but the best in clay, potters ' wheels, and water. Johnny ' s will never be the same. Gone is our neighboring confectionery, gone is our gum supply, and our hamburger joint. Now our supplier, our old Casba, is the new Art Annex. New art desks and other basic materials have been added to provide an exclusive art room for Mr. Donald McClead. With this second art room. Mr. McClead and Miss Marjorie Bell offered eight art courses, including drawing, crafts, and ceramics as well. In the basic courses, Arts I and II, the studies of textiles, sketching, and designing were briefly attempted, while the other courses dealt with the more limited topics. Craft students, experimenring in such material as leather and enamel, created many original and unique articles. The huge new kiln permirted ceramics and pottery to be studied much more exrensively and thoroughly, while the foot-treadle sewing machine, which arrived piece by piece, provided equipment for persons en- gaging in textile handiwork. Upon completion of Ar t IV, lettering and poster painting, students took life drawing, a course involving the sketching of detailed portraits, and from there found it possible to go on to a more extensive study in the form of advanced crafts. In the crafr classes, Arr VI, pupils learned to make, among other things, rings from strips of silver. After sketching a design which was approved by Miss Bell, the artist filed, cut, shaped, and filed again the silver intended for a ring. When all of this was done, the jewelry was burled to a high gloss, and an intricate ring resulted. The more advanced courses, Arts VII and VIII, included graphics, an advanced form of etching, and an advanced arr apprecia- tion course