Oceanside High School - Spindrift Yearbook (Oceanside, NY)

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Madolyn E. Pancoast Alice Lentzsch Wllhelmina Nunnenkamp M. Louise Campbell Guided by a group of excellent pilots, students who plan to make business their career have the best of instruction in the commercial department of 0. H. S. There are unaccountable opportunities in the field. Whether we are taking a complete business course, or merely one or two of the many commercial subjects, there is more to be gained than just a few extra points to a diploma. Every hour in every course is preparing us in a definite way for the life we will lead, the American Way of Life that awaits us. Business subjects give the student an idea of what the great business world is like and prepare him for what is before him. But there is no teacher like experience, and the classes in Retail Selling are required to secure actual experience as part of their course. They are placed in department stores or shops and work for a week or so at a time. These students are treated as a regular employee and are reimbursed for their work. Stenography is also an important commercial requirement. Shorthand and typewriting are taught to those students who want a thorough foundation for the business world. The United States Civil Service is reporting a great shortage of capable office workers and filling this need are our high school students trained for these positions. In all of our commercial classes our first aim is for accuracy; the second, for speed. All work must be effective, and is therefore vocational and functional in aim. Commercial graduates with a Regents diploma are adequately prepared to accept a position without further study in business school, thereby saving valuable time for both themselves, their families, and industry. One of the highlights of the year was the novel Blond vs. Brunette competition, that took place in the typewriting classes. Since there could be no outside competition, this was substituted, and the results gave the brunettes some margin as better typists. Records for defense were also kept Dy some individual students. 16

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Olga A. Johnson Louise Sanger Tina O. Smith Dr. Anthony’I. Profit. The American Way of Life aims to develop initiative and expression. It is the ideal of our art department to foster this originality and self expression in all students of 0. H. S. Cooperation is reached toward this goal by common consent. Cooperation is the basis of all larger group projects and the department cooperates fully with all other departments particularly the dramatic, publicity, music, and athletic departments. There has been a steady stream of posters, signs, and labels, scenery and illustrations for all imaginable needs. For the Spring Music Festival on May 8 a large scroll accompanying the King Cole Fantasia was prepared by a group of specially talented students. Secondary School Nurse-Teacher is Mrs. Tina Smith, who, with Dr. Anthony J. Profi-ta, medical inspector of the Oceanside Schools, secures the health of every member of our argosy. Foremost in their duties is the thorough physical examination of each student. with a consequent health rating of A, B, C, or D, according to the results of the examination. Mrs. Smith has the task of sending home ill students and readmitting students after an illness. Hers is also the job of conducting ear tests and providing first aid for students stricken in school. She conducts classes in Health Education and has a Red Cross Nursing course in the junior high school. A master of her art is Miss Olga Johnson, our home economics teacher. Sheguides us in the knowledge of good food habits, adequate diets, correct clothing, and household needs. All this we treasure in our American Way of Life. Urging all her students onward tobet-ter ideals, Miss Johnson also stresses the need of saving and constant care in order to prevent unnecessary waste. During the year the home making department sewed for the Red Cross, making children's flannel dresses, scarfs, andafgans. The girls made school letters and flags for the band, and arranged teas.

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