Nottingham High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Syracuse, NY)

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Business Education Christie Hummerle Personal typing students learn such skills as manuscript typing, tabulation, and memorandum forms. Nottingham's Business Education Department offers a program of studies to pupils planning to com- plete their formal education on the high school level. Courses include typing, business law, American business problems, briefhand, shorthand, and bookkeeping. Students put their skills to practical use and prove of service to their school by discharging accounting and stenographic duties for the faculty, typing copy mats for 'L' MUG, and managing Nottinghom's bar' 'D NYY Jun. siwnn I y Marion Swcnman Typing speed progress tests are a common occurrerce in the business classes. 13

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Mathematics 2 s Thomas Reardon Mathematics Department. Although at first glance mathematics may seem far removed from the routine of everyday life, it can be seen that the development of practical abilities and logical thought is essential to adopting to the adult world. ln addition to basic geometry and fusion, a com- bination of plane trigonometry and intermediate algebra, students are. offered accelerated courses under the 12 . t,.. -- ,V l . ,,' I l fist 3 .., 4 , K i , 1,-M, , ,jst fu . ' ,ltiscii N r rf f' 'tsl' , . , fl 1' ' Margaret Blanchard Elizabeth Glidden A if 5 ArthurMeaker ss S, , 5 iff' f if -. , George Policano Madison plan. Twelfth grade math includes an ex- celled course providing experience with sets and the laws of probability. Advanced algebra and solid geometry are each taught on a half year basis. Those showing an aptitude for advanced work are permitted to study calculus at Syracuse Universi . Nottingham pupils have br 41 honor to their school by consistrot' Y com- petition sponsor' 'tics Teachers and th 1.

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Industrial Arts Q 'ii 3 it Q 58 Eliot Bimbaum NHS's lndustrial Arts Department rather resembles a small factory with Je f its great number of constantly humming machines. Robert Crull Nottingham's Industrial Arts Department offers pupils three main areas of study. Woodworking teaches the basic fundamentals of carpentry and practical design. Drafting provides a familiarity with the mechanical drawing necessary for a career in architecture. Students in the printing divi- sion also perform an invaluable service to Nottingham activi- ties by publishin tickets and ro rams for musical dramatic, ' s,m,.,nd mievem. P 9 ' Home Economlcs k,. ' - Fi l ,- ' t , s iltilll i i Jean Haines , ' f' I' J ,J , .,t,,,,,VLh..,t 1- Girls taking advantage of the benefits offered bythe Homdfconomi xrtment are complete analysis of today's home and its various aspects. ' Among the practical skills taught in the model kitchen and child care. .'he study of home economics provides a and living room of the Home Economics Department are foundation for other careers, such as dietetics, teaching, and meal-planning, cooking, sewing, and general housekeeping. foods research science. Students may also enroll in courses exploring family relations