Oceanside High School - Spindrift Yearbook (Oceanside, NY)

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SOCIAL SCIENCE ' Y E. M. GOODWIN GIVES TALK ON THE ART OF FLAGWAVING IN MISS WEAVER S SPEECH CLASS ENGLISH ffm: to flalupcntn. . . Plays,speech classes and journal ism work are all part of the Oceanside High Engl ish classes. The study of plays is a definite part ofthe curriculum of the classes, cl imaxing with the seniors, who pre- sent several in class. The speech who wish to speaking and enunciation. Journalism isoffered to those stu- dents who wish tospecial ize in news- paper work. one and three-act plays classes are for those improve their manner of .ftzictfy .facial fciancn. . . The Social Science classes have been augmented this year byanew subject. American Problems,as its name implies, is thestudy of problems which wemust face in the near future. Economics and Economic Geography also give the students aknowledge of present-day events,special izing more on economic conditions. World andAmerican History take the student from the time ofthe cave-man up through the history of Europe,the discovery of America andthe historical background ofthe American government. 20 MISS GUNTHER'S AMERICAN PROBLEM STUDENTS SIT MEEKLY BY WHILE ADRIENNE GRAY BOMBASTICALL SETS FORTH ONE OF HER THEORIES.

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AIR RAID WARDENS on Tic Hfatt. . . The duty of the air raid wardens is to assist the teachers in keep- ing general order inthe halls during an air-raid. They are stationed at the ends of each hall, at the exits and in the basement. They must see that all classroom doors are open. They must help the teachers to see that all students are seated out of the way of all flying glass and out of the way of necessary traffic. The boys report to their posts on a warning bell and do not leave until after the student body has returned to the classrooms. WSUIU MATH CLUB lffaticmatics lads fuy. . . Because of this year's speeded up program with its first period classes, the Mathematics Club discontinued meetings this winter. They began again inthe spring, how- ever, with Anita Short as president, Harry Silverman, vice president, June Bidwell, secretary, Albert Kritzer, treasurer, and Jean-Marie Mahon, his- torian. The group, under the direction of Miss Elaine Rapp, made plans for the spring exhibit anda picnic or dinner to be held at the conclusion of the term. This is an annual affair in honor of the graduating members. T fm sl I AIR RAID WARDENS GENTHNER, THOMPSON AND ORZANO, ASSEMBLY HASTILY T0 MAKE ASSIGNMENTS.

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AMBITIOUS SHORTHAND STUDENTS DILIGENTLY SET ABOUT TRANSCRIBING UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYES OF Wfat, lffo Manley fulfncuf Oceanside's commercial department is devoted to training the student for the business world. The Retail Selling course includes actual sell ing experience in its curriculum. As a main part ofthe course, students are required to obtain positions and work a specified number of hours. Typewriting, shorthand, business law,arithmetic and management,sales- manship and bookkeeping arethe other corrmercial courses. Accuracy is em- phasized in all courses. MARTHA HOFFMAN CALLS MISS RAYNOR'S SPANISH CLASS'S ATTENTION TO...ZOUNDS, OUR MANAGING EDITOR SLICED OFF TOO MUCH. BIDWELL YOU'RE FIREDII COMMERCIAL uWzaulin' uc! Woilln. Webster's definition of the word language as 'Lthespeech ofone nation or race asdistinguished from that of another is perfectly all right as a definition but it far from describes the language classes of Oceanside. Besides teaching the fundamentals of grammar and sentence structure, the classes supply aviyid background of life inthe country whose language the pupils are learning. By studying the language,students learn to under- stand strange peoples FOREIGN LANGUAGE